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Existential Physics
- A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions
- De: Sabine Hossenfelder
- Narrado por: Gina Daniels
- Duración: 8 h y 7 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 408
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 361
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 355
Not only can we not currently explain the origin of the universe, it is questionable we will ever be able to explain it. The notion that there are universes within particles, or that particles are conscious, is ascientific, as is the hypothesis that our universe is a computer simulation. On the other hand, the idea that the universe itself is conscious is difficult to rule out entirely.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Unscientific and unengaging
- De Jase G en 03-29-23
- Existential Physics
- A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions
- De: Sabine Hossenfelder
- Narrado por: Gina Daniels
Bland descriptive physics with little existentialism
Revisado: 06-07-24
This isn’t a philosophical text about the existential implications of theories in physics. It’s a set of loosely coupled chapters describing aspects of different parts of scientific theories and some bland and superficial comments about how this is vaguely relevant for life
I listened in 1.5x speed and the book was a disappointment
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Bullshit Jobs
- A Theory
- De: David Graeber
- Narrado por: Christopher Ragland
- Duración: 12 h y 39 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,454
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,061
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,048
Does your job make a meaningful contribution to the world? In the spring of 2013, David Graeber asked this question in a playful, provocative essay titled “On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs”. It went viral. After a million online views in 17 different languages, people all over the world are still debating the answer.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Incredibly disappointing...
- De Jordan Burton en 12-21-18
- Bullshit Jobs
- A Theory
- De: David Graeber
- Narrado por: Christopher Ragland
Bullshit rant book
Revisado: 07-18-23
Boring book about a one-page opinion article that should’ve been left at that. The author spends hours rambling about bland definitions that have no real basis, at some point admitting “this is based on pop culture references” instead of ethnographic work. The author makes many false assumptions and moral imputations toward entire social classes, while at the same time apparently being completely ignorant about systemic relationships and incentives
There is a case to be made about mindless jobs in modern society, this book is NOT it. DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME or MONEY!!
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Less Is More
- How Degrowth Will Save the World
- De: Jason Hickel
- Narrado por: Ben Crystal, Clifford Samuel
- Duración: 9 h y 5 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 136
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 118
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 118
The world has finally awoken to the reality of climate breakdown and ecological collapse. Now we must face up to its primary cause. Capitalism demands perpetual expansion, which is devastating the living world. There is only one solution that will lead to meaningful and immediate change: degrowth.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Paradigm shift
- De HN en 09-18-24
- Less Is More
- How Degrowth Will Save the World
- De: Jason Hickel
- Narrado por: Ben Crystal, Clifford Samuel
Revolutionary, ontology-shattering book
Revisado: 07-18-23
Amazing book. As someone who grew up reading and idolizing the capitalist, dualistic philosophers of the West, this book is a worldview-shattering journey across ecology, sociology, economics, and decolonization movements! Well worth the listen!!!!!
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Treasure Islands
- Tax Havens and the Men Who Stole the World
- De: Nicholas Shaxson
- Narrado por: Tim Bentinck
- Duración: 12 h y 52 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 185
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 156
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 157
Most people regard tax havens as being relevant only to celebrities, crooks and spivs, and mistakenly believe that the main offshore problems are money laundering and terrorist financing. These are only small parts of the whole picture. The offshore system has been (discreetly) responsible for the greatest ever shift of wealth from poor to rich. It also undermines our democracies by offering the wealthiest members of society escape routes from normal democratic controls.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Amazing book on tax havens
- De Toombs en 09-03-11
- Treasure Islands
- Tax Havens and the Men Who Stole the World
- De: Nicholas Shaxson
- Narrado por: Tim Bentinck
AMAZING and terrifying book
Revisado: 01-27-23
Many great details about how tax havens work and how they are stealing our world. GREATLY recommend!! Must read for everyone
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The Science of Information: From Language to Black Holes
- De: Benjamin Schumacher, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Benjamin Schumacher
- Duración: 12 h y 19 m
- Grabación Original
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 612
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 523
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 517
The Science of Information: From Language to Black Holes covers the exciting concepts, history, and applications of information theory in 24 challenging and eye-opening half-hour lectures taught by Professor Benjamin Schumacher of Kenyon College. A prominent physicist and award-winning educator at one of the nation’s top liberal arts colleges, Professor Schumacher is also a pioneer in the field of quantum information, which is the latest exciting development in this dynamic scientific field.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not appropriate for audio-only
- De Katz-Mulvey Family en 03-12-19
One of the most fascinating Great Courses ever
Revisado: 04-18-22
This audiobook is a total success. It is an in depth journey across the many use cases of information theory, as well as a philosophical discussion about it. It manages to inspire the listener to want to know more, and the PDF that comes with it is a good source of review material. Loved it!!
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Sandworm
- A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers
- De: Andy Greenberg
- Narrado por: Mark Bramhall
- Duración: 12 h y 2 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,147
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,785
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,781
In 2014, the world witnessed the start of a mysterious series of cyberattacks. Targeting American utility companies, NATO, and electric grids in Eastern Europe, the strikes grew ever more brazen. They culminated in the summer of 2017, when the malware known as NotPetya was unleashed, penetrating, disrupting, and paralyzing some of the world's largest businesses—from drug manufacturers to software developers to shipping companies. At the attack's epicenter in Ukraine, ATMs froze. The railway and postal systems shut down. Hospitals went dark.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Thru the eyes of the Sandworm's hunters and prey
- De ndru1 en 11-12-19
- Sandworm
- A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers
- De: Andy Greenberg
- Narrado por: Mark Bramhall
Chilling tale of possible features
Revisado: 02-04-22
Absolutely terrifying !!! Nobody is safe in this new world of cyber warfare. This book summarized the latest international events related to Russian hackers. Fully recommended
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The Man Who Solved the Market
- How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution
- De: Gregory Zuckerman
- Narrado por: Will Damron
- Duración: 10 h y 44 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,837
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,328
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,330
Jim Simons is the greatest money maker in modern financial history. No other investor - Warren Buffett, Peter Lynch, Ray Dalio, Steve Cohen, or George Soros - can touch his record. Since 1988, Renaissance's signature Medallion fund has generated average annual returns of 66 percent. The firm has earned profits of more than $100 billion; Simons is worth 23 billion dollars.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Not worth it
- De Kindle Customer en 01-08-20
- The Man Who Solved the Market
- How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution
- De: Gregory Zuckerman
- Narrado por: Will Damron
Good book
Revisado: 01-26-22
It is a good financial tale. It is full of mostly personal details with very little content on how RenTec actually works, which is understandable of course given the subject matter.
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Sapiens
- A Brief History of Humankind
- De: Yuval Noah Harari
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
- Duración: 15 h y 18 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 56,199
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 48,042
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 47,721
Most books about the history of humanity pursue either a historical or a biological approach, but Dr. Yuval Noah Harari breaks the mold with this highly original book. From examining the role evolving humans have played in the global ecosystem to charting the rise of empires, Sapiens integrates history and science to reconsider accepted narratives, connect past developments with contemporary concerns, and examine specific events within the context of larger ideas.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Should be required reading
- De Blue Zion en 12-22-18
- Sapiens
- A Brief History of Humankind
- De: Yuval Noah Harari
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
It’s alright
Revisado: 07-12-18
I don’t see why this book got so popular. It’s alright as a summary of lots of history
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