I loved this book. Jane Goodall has been an inspiration from elementary school on. I've always felt her as a kindred spirit in her love of animals and travel so I couldn't wait to see what she had to say most recently.

She talks about hope vs optimism or faith and intellect and intelligence and lots more. She echos another smart woman, Mariame Kaba, in her explanation of hope as a vision for the future as well as action toward it.

One of three questions her co-author put to her was are humans mostly good or mostly evil. Her explanation was perfect - we're both. It's more what we nurture and what our environment demands for our survival. 

The bit at the end was surprising though. We aren't such kindred spirits where she talks about not believing in coincidence. I just think there are better, more likely explanations for that, though I understand why people want to believe there's a reason or higher power driving things. It could be a comfort. It's related to her hope, but isn't a reason for mine. She is able to acknowledge we've left the realm of science and doesn't demand we believe as she does, so I even enjoyed that part. 

The book is arranged as a discussion so at times it's kind of funny to hear a quote referenced and suddenly she's got to go feed the birds so could Doug look up the exact quote on the laptop, which is kinda funny. But I chose an audiobook, so I did get to hear her parts in her voice. I recommend that.