Someone Should Stop This

Finally, finally, finally, my second book is here.

Someone Should Stop This is about the future, and how the world is failing to imagine a future that doesn’t completely suck.

You can preorder it here.

Here’s how I put it on the back cover:

The future looks kinda scary, doesn’t it?

There’s the wars, the fascist politics, the unaffordable economy, the burnout jobs and the Big Tech billionaires. And then there’s climate change, looking like the final boss of it all.

But what if climate change could show us the links between far-right politics, toxic masculine echo chambers and our declining quality of life?

That’s what this book is about. It’s about carbon emissions and solar panels, but also new ideas about wellbeing and belonging, fairer economics and ambitious political movements that refuse to accept a broken status quo.

My first book was about making sense of shopping in an age of crisis. This time, I’m thinking about the future, and how the path toward a stable atmosphere could take us away from this darker form of politics — and toward something better.

It’s the same size and format as The World Is On Fire But We’re Still Buying Shoes — a lil pocket-sized thing not much bigger than an iPhone, printed on pulpy paper, with infographics and typography designed by Kris, aka Studio Pyda, who I worked with on book #1.

We are putting the final touches to the design and then it’s done. Preorders will be shipped late June, early July.

In the coming weeks I’ll be writing more about the motives behind the book, and I’ll tease some chapters as well. Not long after that, I’ll be back here with a podcast.

Paid Subscribers: you will get a copy for free. I’ll be in touch via email to get your shipping address.

I’m very excited to be beginning this next chapter. Thanks for sticking around.

Preorder Someone Should Stop This here.

Credits

Self-published by Alec Leach
Creative direction by Alec Leach
Print design by Studio Pyda
Cover art by Elliot Beaumont
Produced by Kris Latocha @ Casimir Books
Edited by Heather Snowden and Yasha Wallin
Website design by Martin Major
Website development by R11N