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The Parasitic Mind
- How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense
- By: Gad Saad
- Narrated by: Jim Meskimen
- Length: 7 hrs and 36 mins
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Serving as a powerful follow-up to Jordan Peterson’s book 12 Rules for Life, Dr. Gad Saad unpacks what is really happening in progressive safe zones, why we need to be paying more attention to these trends, and what we must do to stop the spread of dangerous thinking. A professor at Concordia University who has witnessed this troubling epidemic firsthand, Dr. Saad dissects a multitude of these concerning forces (corrupt thought patterns, belief systems, attitudes, etc.) that have given rise to a stifling political correctness in our society.
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Some pros and some cons
- By chris boutte on 10-11-20
- The Parasitic Mind
- How Infectious Ideas Are Killing Common Sense
- By: Gad Saad
- Narrated by: Jim Meskimen
good book
Reviewed: 06-23-24
funny engaging and full of decent ideas. Almost agree wiyh everything said. Would like to read other similar books like this.
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A Thousand Brains
- A New Theory of Intelligence
- By: Jeff Hawkins, Richard Dawkins - foreword
- Narrated by: Jamie Renell, Richard Dawkins
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
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For all of neuroscience's advances, we've made little progress on its biggest question: How do simple cells in the brain create intelligence? Jeff Hawkins and his team discovered that the brain uses map-like structures to build a model of the world - not just one model, but hundreds of thousands of models of everything we know. This discovery allows Hawkins to answer important questions about how we perceive the world, why we have a sense of self, and the origin of high-level thought.
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Starts out good, ends up a train wreck
- By Warren on 03-15-21
- A Thousand Brains
- A New Theory of Intelligence
- By: Jeff Hawkins, Richard Dawkins - foreword
- Narrated by: Jamie Renell, Richard Dawkins
It's okay.
Reviewed: 04-02-23
Not my favorite but decent. It feels a little everywhere. Am lookijg forward to other books by the author.
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Upheaval
- Turning Points for Nations in Crisis
- By: Jared Diamond
- Narrated by: Henry Strozier
- Length: 18 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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In his earlier best sellers Guns, Germs and Steel and Collapse, Jared Diamond transformed our understanding of what makes civilizations rise and fall. Now, in the final audiobook in this monumental trilogy, he reveals how successful nations recover from crisis through selective change - a coping mechanism more commonly associated with personal trauma.
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The Urine of the Earth in a Teacup
- By Marian on 05-12-19
- Upheaval
- Turning Points for Nations in Crisis
- By: Jared Diamond
- Narrated by: Henry Strozier
Meh
Reviewed: 02-09-23
Guns germs and steel was 1000 times better. Thought most of the content was obvious...besides the South American countries' history I did not know of
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Everybody Lies
- Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are
- By: Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, Steven Pinker - foreword
- Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
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By the end of on average day in the early 21st century, human beings searching the Internet will amass eight trillion gigabytes of data. This staggering amount of information - unprecedented in history - can tell us a great deal about who we are - the fears, desires, and behaviors that drive us, and the conscious and unconscious decisions we make. From the profound to the mundane, we can gain astonishing knowledge about the human psyche that less than 20 years ago seemed unfathomable.
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Leave out the politics please
- By Shane Hampson on 02-20-20
- Everybody Lies
- Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are
- By: Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, Steven Pinker - foreword
- Narrated by: Timothy Andrés Pabon
must read
Reviewed: 07-15-20
amazing intuitive funny and eye opening book!! never thought data science would be so funny. one of the best books I have ever read. I laughed so hard at the conclusion LOL!!
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Comedy Sex God
- By: Pete Holmes
- Narrated by: Pete Holmes
- Length: 6 hrs and 32 mins
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Part autobiography, part philosophical inquiry, part sacred quest - The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck for the spiritual seeker - a hilarious, profound, and enlightening romp around the fertile mind of standout stand-up comedian, host of the hugely successful podcast You Made It Weird, and star of HBO’s Crashing Pete Holmes.
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Mixed bag
- By Brandon on 06-20-19
- Comedy Sex God
- By: Pete Holmes
- Narrated by: Pete Holmes
Both Funny and Deep
Reviewed: 01-03-20
This book opened me up to new dimensions of spirituality. I was not expecting that! I'm a ultra rational person, and am an agnostic, but this book made me wonder if I was missing out on something. Great book. I don't even know the guy BTW cuz I'm not from the US, but now I gotta watch his gigs.
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Blood, Sweat, and Pixels
- The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made
- By: Jason Schreier
- Narrated by: Ray Chase
- Length: 7 hrs and 58 mins
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Developing video games—hero's journey or fool's errand? The creative and technical logistics that go into building today's hottest games can be more harrowing and complex than the games themselves, often seeming like an endless maze or a bottomless abyss. In Blood, Sweat, and Pixels, Jason Schreier takes listeners on a fascinating odyssey behind the scenes of video game development, where the creator may be a team of 600 overworked underdogs or a solitary geek genius.
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Behind the Scenes
- By SAMA on 11-27-17
- Blood, Sweat, and Pixels
- The Triumphant, Turbulent Stories Behind How Video Games Are Made
- By: Jason Schreier
- Narrated by: Ray Chase
great book
Reviewed: 01-02-20
fun, insightful, easy to read, and highly detailed. a good book even though I did'nt play any of the games listed.
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Shoe Dog
- A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
- By: Phil Knight
- Narrated by: Norbert Leo Butz, Phil Knight - introduction
- Length: 13 hrs and 21 mins
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In this candid and riveting memoir, for the first time ever, Nike founder and CEO Phil Knight shares the inside story of the company's early days as an intrepid start-up and its evolution into one of the world's most iconic, game-changing, and profitable brands.
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Just read it. (or listen, whatever)
- By Dan D on 07-07-16
- Shoe Dog
- A Memoir by the Creator of Nike
- By: Phil Knight
- Narrated by: Norbert Leo Butz, Phil Knight - introduction
fun
Reviewed: 11-28-19
fun, but there wasnt much I got from the book. just a few key insights, maybe.
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The Mystwick School of Musicraft
- By: Jessica Khoury
- Narrated by: Suzy Jackson
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
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Amelia Jones has always dreamed of attending the Mystwick School of Musicraft, where the world’s most promising musicians learn to create musical magic. Unfortunately, Amelia botches her audition and her dream comes crashing down—until the school agrees to give her a second chance. Amelia vows to do whatever it takes to make her dream come true.
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What a cute story!
- By Anonymous User on 09-07-19
- The Mystwick School of Musicraft
- By: Jessica Khoury
- Narrated by: Suzy Jackson
Better than Harry Potter
Reviewed: 11-08-19
Im a 27y old guy who almost always reads serious non-fiction and thought this book would be a dumb children's book. But I gave it a try and wow... the music, the story, the narration, all of it was perfect. It's the best audiobook production I've heard so far. Amazing. Totally worth your time and credit.
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A People's History of the United States
- By: Howard Zinn
- Narrated by: Jeff Zinn
- Length: 34 hrs and 8 mins
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For much of his life, historian Howard Zinn chronicled American history from the bottom up, throwing out the official version taught in schools - with its emphasis on great men in high places - to focus on the street, the home, and the workplace. Known for its lively, clear prose as well as its scholarly research, A People's History of the United States is the only volume to tell America's story from the point of view of - and in the words of - America's women, factory workers, African-Americans, Native Americans, the working poor, and immigrant laborers.
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Amateur hour in the production booth
- By Thomas on 11-09-10
- A People's History of the United States
- By: Howard Zinn
- Narrated by: Jeff Zinn
A must read for all americans
Reviewed: 11-07-19
I have to admit it was a bit too long, especially the slavery part, and I wanted to quit, but after around two fifths of the book it moved on to other interesting parts. The US, like almost every country out there, also has a dark history.
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Ten Drugs
- How Plants, Powders, and Pills Have Shaped the History of Medicine
- By: Thomas Hager
- Narrated by: Angelo Di Loreto
- Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins
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Beginning with opium, the “joy plant,” which has been used for 10,000 years, Thomas Hager tells a captivating story of medicine. His subjects include the largely forgotten female pioneer who introduced smallpox inoculation to Britain, the infamous knockout drops, the first antibiotic, which saved countless lives, the first antipsychotic, which helped empty public mental hospitals, Viagra, statins, and the new frontier of monoclonal antibodies. This is a deep, wide-ranging, and wildly entertaining book.
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Engrossing to physicians & lay persons alike
- By C. White on 03-08-19
- Ten Drugs
- How Plants, Powders, and Pills Have Shaped the History of Medicine
- By: Thomas Hager
- Narrated by: Angelo Di Loreto
Really dense book. Nice.
Reviewed: 10-24-19
almost everything mentioned in the book had a reason to be there. Super fun and informative. One of the best books I read in a while. Highly recommend.
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