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Mediocre at Best!

Reviewed: 02-22-24

I stopped listening when the author incorporated Tony Robin's Theory of Essential Human Needs into the Attachment Theory. I expected this to be a complement to the scholarly work of John Bowlby, Mary Ainsworth, and Foster Cline. It is not and it is rather poorly narrated.

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A good book poorly narrated

Reviewed: 02-20-24

A native British or American narrator would have pronounced the Iranian names better than the Iranian lady who narrates this book. the book itself, however, is a well-written chronicle of of the brave and free-spirited Iranian women's decades-long struggle against the misogynist, regressive, and corrupt regime of mullahs.

That an Iranian woman has been chosen to narrate the chronicle is fitting and commendable. That she butchers the Iranian names with her pronunciation of them is disturbing.

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There should be an option for no star.

Reviewed: 02-18-24

I am not sure one can compile several thousand sentences without making statements that direct you the truth. Any true-sounding statements in this book are either borrowed from others to use as inappropriate premisses to wrong conclusions, or scientific-sounding nonsense of the kind produced by Cheapack Dopra. If you are of the kind that avoids eating the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, this book is for you. Actually, the author does one better than the 70 that wrote that book. This one says don't even think, for your thinking is the cause of your suffering. Leave it to the universe, the source of infinite wisdom to bring about what you want. Your only responsibility is to want. In this, at least he holds you responsible for wanting, otherwise the lord is your shepherd, you shall not want. Just want something, look it on Amazon, pay for it with credit card, see if you can get reimbursed by your fellow church goers, or discharge your debt in bankruptcy otherwise. All the while do not think, for you may suffer as the result of thinking.

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The primacy of sound

Reviewed: 07-21-23

The content of an audio book must be heard, and the quality of the narration determines the quality of the content. the muffled voice of the narrator and the pace of its reading, combined with the fog of its academic prose render this book rather dispensable.

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Get to know about your occasional experiences

Reviewed: 05-11-23

Who would think of writing about something that everybody experiences without knowing or thinking much about it? Professor Keltner.

Had I not have the privilege of attending a lecture of his, I would not listened to this book. But fortunately I had, and that was one of the occasions in which I experienced awe.

This must be one of the most difficult subjects about which to write a nonfiction book. Listen to it without prejudice and learn how to seize the day and savor your everyday experiences.

At the end, he will tell you how many people have collaborated with him and from how many sources he has drawn the material presented in this book. That is awesome in itself.

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Outstanding!

Reviewed: 01-29-22

The book is excellent, Sean Pratt's narration, sensational. Listening to this book is therapeutic.

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His Magnum Opus!

Reviewed: 10-09-20

I have read all but two of his, and found this his best by far!

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Whence and Whether Re-examined

Reviewed: 01-26-19

This seems the most comprehensive and articulate account of human's origin, progress, and subjective happiness todate.

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Annoying, But Worth Listening To

Reviewed: 01-09-19

There are some gems in this tub full of crap, which you have to dip both your hands in elbow-deep, without gloves, to be able to find.

Taleb is so full of himself that he stinks. He trashes the work of several Nobel-Prize winners, Ivy League researchers, and Oxford graduates by name (Pinker, Thaler, Piketty, Krugman, Stiglitz, Freedman, and Sunstien), and many others categorically (economists, psychologists, etc.).

He claims his acerbic comments are meant to be satirical, but they suggest a deep personal insecurity that in Audible have the effect of nails dragged on a chalkboard.

I have read and listened to his three other books, too, but I will not tolerate a fifth book of his, for his stink gets worse with each new book.

I do, however, recommend this book, even if you need to don a hazmat suit to get through it.

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Great Content Poorly Narrated

Reviewed: 10-06-18

The idea is masterfully woven from many strands of wisdom dating back to Socrates.

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