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Nexus
- A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
- By: Yuval Noah Harari
- Narrated by: Vidish Athavale
- Length: 17 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,689
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 1,556
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 1,556
For the last 100,000 years, we Sapiens have accumulated enormous power. But despite all our discoveries, inventions, and conquests, we now find ourselves in an existential crisis. The world is on the verge of ecological collapse. Misinformation abounds. And we are rushing headlong into the age of AI—a new information network that threatens to annihilate us. For all that we have accomplished, why are we so self-destructive? Nexus looks through the long lens of human history to consider how the flow of information has shaped us, and our world.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Painfully boring
- By 80s Kid on 09-18-24
- Nexus
- A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
- By: Yuval Noah Harari
- Narrated by: Vidish Athavale
Information isn’t truth
Reviewed: 11-22-24
This reading has emphasized several core elements of our existence, including our behaviors, beliefs, and experiences of suffering. Key strategies such as self-reflection, education and awareness, mindfulness and emotional regulation, seeking support, setting goals, embracing change, and practicing compassion are crucial. By actively engaging with these approaches, individuals can successfully navigate and tackle these essential aspects of their lives. Ultimately, it's important to recognize that information does not equate to truth.
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No Self, No Problem
- Awakening to Our True Nature
- By: Anam Thubten, Sharon Roe - editor
- Narrated by: Fred Stella
- Length: 4 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 862
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 746
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 737
AnamThubten, in remarkably easy-to-understand language, provides teachings for doing exactly that, based on the wisdom of the Buddhist traditions. He illuminates the path of going beyond the misconceptions of the ego to experience the reality of our true nature, which is already enlightened. He communicates with clarity, humor, and refreshing honesty, lighting the way to a life full of love, compassion, and true satisfaction.
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3 out of 5 stars
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This book gets a little "preachy"
- By Ammon Anderson on 06-25-15
- No Self, No Problem
- Awakening to Our True Nature
- By: Anam Thubten, Sharon Roe - editor
- Narrated by: Fred Stella
Doing nothing
Reviewed: 08-25-24
I enjoy this reading the most. It is doing nothing where I find the most joy. This book is a good reminder and also a good start for someone who wants to detach from systems.
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Decolonizing Wealth (Second Edition)
- Indigenous Wisdom to Heal Divides and Restore Balance
- By: Edgar Villanueva
- Narrated by: Edgar Villanueva
- Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 69
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 57
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Story5 out of 5 stars 57
The world is out of balance. With increasing frequency, we are presented with the inescapable truth that systemic racism and colonial structures are foundational principles to our economies. The $1 trillion philanthropic industry is one example of a system that mirrors oppressive colonial behavior. It’s an industry whose name means “the love for humankind”, yet it does more harm than good.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The most important book for white people to read
- By Leandro Lopes on 05-06-24
- Decolonizing Wealth (Second Edition)
- Indigenous Wisdom to Heal Divides and Restore Balance
- By: Edgar Villanueva
- Narrated by: Edgar Villanueva
The most important book for white people to read
Reviewed: 05-06-24
Even that I agree with 96.5% about this book, something tells me how wrong would be for black and indigenous people to use this system. The system of oppression. We don’t want your change, and this book has not have the change to decolonize itself. We black people are not lazy, like whites are calling us. Black people knows deep down consuming resources is unethical.
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Sacred Instructions
- Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-Based Change
- By: Sherri Mitchell, Larry Dossey MD
- Narrated by: Sherri Mitchell
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 276
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 240
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Story5 out of 5 stars 237
Drawing from ancestral knowledge, as well as her experience as an attorney and activist, Sherri Mitchell addresses some of the most crucial issues of our day—including indigenous land rights, environmental justice, and our collective human survival. Sharing the gifts she has received from the elders of her tribe, the Penobscot Nation, she asks us to look deeply into the illusions we have labeled as truth and which separate us from our higher mind and from one another.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Much needed wisdom clearly shared
- By Eileen Flanagan on 02-20-20
- Sacred Instructions
- Indigenous Wisdom for Living Spirit-Based Change
- By: Sherri Mitchell, Larry Dossey MD
- Narrated by: Sherri Mitchell
100%
Reviewed: 04-24-24
I found this book to be a very important read. I don’t have better words to describe it, satisfying, healing, perhaps even love. It is a must for leaders to read it.
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Humankind
- A Hopeful History
- By: Rutger Bregman, Erica Moore, Elizabeth Manton
- Narrated by: Rutger Bregman, Thomas Judd
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 2,104
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 1,822
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Story5 out of 5 stars 1,814
If there is one belief that has united the left and the right, psychologists and philosophers, ancient thinkers and modern ones, it is the tacit assumption that humans are bad. It's a notion that drives newspaper headlines and guides the laws that shape our lives. From Machiavelli to Hobbes, Freud to Pinker, the roots of this belief have sunk deep into Western thought. Human beings, we're taught, are by nature selfish and governed primarily by self-interest.
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2 out of 5 stars
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He’s correct but he misrepresented the data
- By Andrea Allen on 02-09-21
- Humankind
- A Hopeful History
- By: Rutger Bregman, Erica Moore, Elizabeth Manton
- Narrated by: Rutger Bregman, Thomas Judd
The west is in need of this kind of material
Reviewed: 11-16-23
I cannot express how content I am to hearing this book. It absolutely fenomenal how out behavior is being shaped the world we live today. We are never alone. I would recommend everyone to unlearn what have been taught to you.
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Middle Passage
- By: Charles Johnson
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
- Length: 7 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 161
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 138
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Story4 out of 5 stars 140
After the Confederacy falls, newly freed slave Rutherford Calhoun is eager to avoid marrying a prim schoolteacher and boards the first ship he finds moored at a New Orleans port. Unbeknownst to Calhoun, the vessel is a slave ship enroute to Africa. On the return trip, Calhoun is put to work as a cabin boy and quickly assists the newly captured slaves in revolting against the drunken crew. This compelling adventure is filled with a perfect blend of colorful narrative, historical romance and suspense.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Unique Story, Wonderfully Told!
- By Ingrid A on 10-17-17
- Middle Passage
- By: Charles Johnson
- Narrated by: Dion Graham
Colonizers do not have a soul
Reviewed: 10-06-23
There’s no words to review what atrocious experience white man had inflicted around. A hard reading for sure
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Entangled Life
- How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
- By: Merlin Sheldrake
- Narrated by: Merlin Sheldrake
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 4,062
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3,448
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Story5 out of 5 stars 3,440
When we think of fungi, we likely think of mushrooms. But mushrooms are only fruiting bodies, analogous to apples on a tree. Most fungi live out of sight, yet make up a massively diverse kingdom of organisms that supports and sustains nearly all living systems. Fungi provide a key to understanding the planet on which we live, and the ways we think, feel, and behave.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Mycology for Everyone
- By Cephalopods Revenge on 05-12-20
- Entangled Life
- How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
- By: Merlin Sheldrake
- Narrated by: Merlin Sheldrake
Repetition Science
Reviewed: 10-05-23
Is hard to find the right words for this book. I feel like being neutral reviewing it is a better choice. Did I learn anything new? No. Was I surprised with the language? No. Did this book pushed me to stay away from science? Yes. Do I recommend this book? No.
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The Path Is The Goal
- A Basic Handbook of Buddhist Meditation
- By: Chögyam Trungpa, Sherab Chödzin - editor
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 3 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 993
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 843
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 833
According to the Buddha, no one can attain basic sanity or enlightenment without practicing meditation. The teachings given here on the outlook and technique of meditation provide the foundation that every practitioner needs to awaken as the Buddha did. Trungpa teaches us to let go of the urge to make meditation serve our ambition; thus we can relax into openness.
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5 out of 5 stars
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$2.00!!!
- By Roberta and Johnny Shaughnessy, Mindfulness Meditation Teachers on 12-04-16
- The Path Is The Goal
- A Basic Handbook of Buddhist Meditation
- By: Chögyam Trungpa, Sherab Chödzin - editor
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
Crisp
Reviewed: 09-29-23
Grateful for the teachings. One feels joy in the moment. Until next moment. Love and peace.
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The Celestine Prophecy
- A Concise Guide to the Nine Insights Featuring Original Essays & Lectures by the Author
- By: James Redfield
- Narrated by: Lou Diamond Phillips, James Redfield
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 742
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 646
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 642
In the rain forests of Peru, an ancient manuscript has been discovered. Within its pages are nine key insights into life itself - insights each human being is predicted to grasp sequentially; one insight, then another, as we move toward a completely spiritual culture on Earth. Drawing on ancient wisdom, it tells you how to make connections among the events happening in your life right now and lets you see what is going to happen to you in the years to come.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Does not age well
- By Kenneth Powell on 08-18-20
- The Celestine Prophecy
- A Concise Guide to the Nine Insights Featuring Original Essays & Lectures by the Author
- By: James Redfield
- Narrated by: Lou Diamond Phillips, James Redfield
No action required
Reviewed: 06-01-23
What I like about this book is that the West is actually grasping about spiritually, not there yet. What I dislike about this book is that it hangs itself in the duality system, the cycles of data repetition. How do you write a book about spirituality and consciousness using old habits, and conditionings? I do not acknowledge the linguistic systems, and label system, monetary system, and the law system to find about spirituality. I hope this doesn’t became what Yoga is in the West, a 200 hour certificate. I wouldn’t recommend this book no one, that’s is to say the book will find its readers.
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Tao Te Ching
- A New English Version
- By: Stephen Mitchell, Lao Tzu
- Narrated by: Stephen Mitchell
- Length: 1 hr and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,387
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 4,551
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Story5 out of 5 stars 4,499
In 81 brief chapters, Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching, or Book of the Way, provides advice that imparts balance and perspective, as well as a serene and generous spirit. It teaches us how to work for the good with the effortless skill that comes from being in accord with the Tao: the basic principle of the universe.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Wonderful translation and reading, but...
- By Jason on 08-12-13
- Tao Te Ching
- A New English Version
- By: Stephen Mitchell, Lao Tzu
- Narrated by: Stephen Mitchell
Worth it a thousand folds
Reviewed: 05-29-23
No words necessary to keep the circle of repetition. This book is simple the best vibe to humans.
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