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No Is Not Enough
- Resisting Trump’s Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need
- By: Naomi Klein
- Narrated by: Brit Marling
- Length: 7 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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The election of Donald Trump is a dangerous escalation in a world of cascading crises. Trump's vision - a radical deregulation of the US economy in the interest of corporations, an all-out war on "radical Islamic terrorism", and sweeping aside climate science to unleash a domestic fossil fuel frenzy - will generate wave after wave of crises and shocks to the economy, to national security, to the environment.
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Great story, TERRIBLE narrator
- By Audio Engineer on 11-09-17
- No Is Not Enough
- Resisting Trump’s Shock Politics and Winning the World We Need
- By: Naomi Klein
- Narrated by: Brit Marling
Could not stop listening
Reviewed: 01-13-18
What did you love best about No Is Not Enough?
This is a book I would hand to anyone who wants to add depth and breadth to their understanding of the moment. It's concise, but expansive enough to define our context and the various strains in our culture that lead us here.
Any additional comments?
Brit Marling was an inspired choice for the reading. Her voice is clear and calm and fit the tone of the material perfectly.
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Superintelligence
- Paths, Dangers, Strategies
- By: Nick Bostrom
- Narrated by: Napoleon Ryan
- Length: 14 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Superintelligence asks the questions: What happens when machines surpass humans in general intelligence? Will artificial agents save or destroy us? Nick Bostrom lays the foundation for understanding the future of humanity and intelligent life. The human brain has some capabilities that the brains of other animals lack. It is to these distinctive capabilities that our species owes its dominant position. If machine brains surpassed human brains in general intelligence, then this new superintelligence could become extremely powerful - possibly beyond our control.
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Colossus: The Forbin Project is coming
- By Gary on 09-12-14
- Superintelligence
- Paths, Dangers, Strategies
- By: Nick Bostrom
- Narrated by: Napoleon Ryan
WHO CHOSE THIS NARRATOR?
Reviewed: 07-03-16
Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?
I'm trying to make the most of this recording.
What did you like best about this story?
It's a well written book with just enough clarity for the lay person.
How did the narrator detract from the book?
He's not a bad narrator, but seems more suited to historical fantasy novels than science writing. Get Scott Brick on the case!
Did Superintelligence inspire you to do anything?
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Sandstorm
- A Sigma Force Novel, Book 1
- By: James Rollins
- Narrated by: John Meagher
- Length: 16 hrs and 17 mins
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An inexplicable explosion rocks the antiquities collection of a London museum and the race begins to determine how it happened, why it happened, and what it means. Lady Kara Kensington's family paid a high price in money and blood to found the gallery that now lies in ruins. Her search for answers leads Kara and her friend Safia al-Maaz, the gallery's curator, into a world they never dreamed existed.
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Liking James Rollins and his scientific mind!
- By Michele on 12-15-11
- Sandstorm
- A Sigma Force Novel, Book 1
- By: James Rollins
- Narrated by: John Meagher
Where is Scott Brick when you need him?
Reviewed: 07-06-13
Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?
So far I've had to keep rewinding to orient myself.
Who would you have cast as narrator instead of John Meagher?
Scott Brick would be my narrator of choice. His voice is well suited to this sort of book.
Any additional comments?
It seems like there is a good story under the poor narration, but I can't get into it despite listening for over 3 hours so far. If this weren't the beginning of a 9 part series I wouldn't be sticking with it, but I see that book 3 ushers in a new narrator so I may press on.
The reader's voice is too high, his accents and individual voices are unconvincing, and he speeds through the story as quickly as he can. I don't know what sort of book this voice would be suited to, but not a thriller like this.
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