Peter Boyer
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The Constitution of Knowledge
- A Defense of Truth
- By: Jonathan Rauch
- Narrated by: Traber Burns
- Length: 12 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 465
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 395
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 390
In this pathbreaking book, Jonathan Rauch reaches back to the parallel 18th-century developments of liberal democracy and science to explain what he calls the “Constitution of Knowledge” - our social system for turning disagreement into truth. By explicating the Constitution of Knowledge and probing the war on reality, Rauch arms defenders of truth with a clearer understanding of what they must protect, why they must do - and how they can do it.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A really good book
- By Will Blakey on 06-25-21
- The Constitution of Knowledge
- A Defense of Truth
- By: Jonathan Rauch
- Narrated by: Traber Burns
A MUST read.
Reviewed: 07-15-23
For anyone, with hunger to know how to separate good ideas from bad ideas, you really should read this book. And then send a copy to every politician, academic, voter, and, well, everyone you know.
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The Undertow
- Scenes from a Slow Civil War
- By: Jeff Sharlet
- Narrated by: Jeff Sharlet
- Length: 11 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 196
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 172
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 172
An unmatched guide to the religious dimensions of American politics, Jeff Sharlet journeys into corners of our national psyche where others fear to tread. The Undertow is both inquiry and meditation, an attempt to understand how, over the last decade, reaction has morphed into delusion, social division into distrust, distrust into paranoia, and hatred into fantasies—sometimes realities—of violence.
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3 out of 5 stars
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I'm just not feeling this one....
- By J. Richmond on 08-04-23
- The Undertow
- Scenes from a Slow Civil War
- By: Jeff Sharlet
- Narrated by: Jeff Sharlet
Bravo!
Reviewed: 06-03-23
If you read to be moved, and can face hard reality, Sharlet’s Undertow will carry you away.
Remarkable.
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The Deficit Myth
- Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People's Economy
- By: Stephanie Kelton
- Narrated by: Stephanie Kelton
- Length: 10 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,635
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,357
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,348
Stephanie Kelton's brilliant exploration of modern monetary theory (MMT) dramatically changes our understanding of how we can best deal with crucial issues ranging from poverty and inequality to creating jobs, expanding health care coverage, climate change, and building resilient infrastructure. Any ambitious proposal, however, inevitably runs into the buzz saw of how to find the money to pay for it, rooted in myths about deficits that are hobbling us as a country.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Good core idea, ruined by polemics
- By Amaze on 06-25-20
- The Deficit Myth
- Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People's Economy
- By: Stephanie Kelton
- Narrated by: Stephanie Kelton
MMT, an idea whose time has come (hopefully!)
Reviewed: 05-01-21
Effort is required to hear, understand, and accept the monetary approach presented here.
BUT, when the light goes on, it powerfully illuminates both the outmoded, imprisoning, effects of traditional thinking about money and deficits, AND the liberating, humane alternative.
Highly recommend!
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Bad Advice
- Or Why Celebrities, Politicians, and Activists Aren't Your Best Source of Health Information
- By: Paul A. Offit MD
- Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
- Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 133
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 118
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 119
Science doesn't speak for itself. Neck-deep in work that can be messy and confounding and naïve in the ways of public communication, scientists are often unable to package their insights into the neat narratives that the public requires. Enter celebrities, advocates, lobbyists, and the funders behind them, who take advantage of scientists' reluctance to provide easy answers, flooding the media with misleading or incorrect claims about health risks. In Bad Advice, Paul A. Offit shares hard-earned wisdom on the dos and don'ts of battling misinformation.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Important and Engaging
- By mobius_spider on 03-22-19
- Bad Advice
- Or Why Celebrities, Politicians, and Activists Aren't Your Best Source of Health Information
- By: Paul A. Offit MD
- Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
Important
Reviewed: 08-19-20
Dr. Offit makes the case for rigorous science in this highly informative book.
What a shame that the case must even be made.
One can hope that his experience and wisdom will help many to decide between the truths discovered by science, and the claptrap hawked by unqualified politicians, celebrities and opportunists.
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