
Adapt
Why Success Always Starts with Failure
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Narrated by:
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Jonathan Keeble
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By:
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Tim Harford
In this groundbreaking work, Tim Harford shows us a new and inspiring approach to solving the most pressing problems in our lives. Harford argues that today’s challenges simply cannot be tackled with ready-made solutions and expert opinions; the world has become far too unpredictable and profoundly complex. Instead, we must adapt. Deftly weaving together psychology, evolutionary biology, anthropology, physics, and economics, along with compelling stories of hard-won lessons learned in the field, Harford makes a passionate case for the importance of adaptive trial-and-error in tackling issues such as climate change, poverty, and the financial crisis.
©2011 Original material © 2011 Tim Harford. Recorded by arrangement with Farrar, Straus and Giroux, LLC. All rights reserved. (P)2011 Hachette Digital. Produced by Heavy Entertainment.Listeners also enjoyed...




















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Overall — A description of what ails the world
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Interesting but long
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Learn to learn
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In the vein of Predictably Irrational
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Otherwise a very nice book.
Accents.... fffffff
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NEW Ideas in HERE!
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His 3 Principles- try new things/ ideas; make failure survivable; learn from your mistakes and adapt, and in the end, he gives the the forth principle: security (or delusion of security).
I liked it!
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great with real non-life threatening example
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Adapt is a great listen, with compelling stories and a consistent theme.What other book might you compare Adapt to and why?
Adapt is comparable to Wikinomics, in how they are both full of interesting examples illustrating different aspectsof their main themes.Which scene was your favorite?
My favorite part is the narration of how Jeff Bezos drives Amazon employees to maximize the rate of experimentation.Entertaining as well as instructive
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So very practical
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