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Complexity
- The Emerging Science at the Edge of Order and Chaos
- By: M. Mitchell Waldrop
- Narrated by: Mikael Naramore
- Length: 17 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 306
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 264
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 263
In a rarified world of scientific research, a revolution has been brewing. Its activists are not anarchists, but rather Nobel Laureates in physics and economics and pony-tailed graduates, mathematicians, and computer scientists from all over the world. They have formed an iconoclastic think-tank and their radical idea is to create a new science: complexity. They want to know how a primordial soup of simple molecules managed to turn itself into the first living cell--and what the origin of life some four billion years ago can tell us about the process of technological innovation today.
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1 out of 5 stars
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You won't learn anything you didn't know
- By Dennis E. Alwine on 12-26-20
- Complexity
- The Emerging Science at the Edge of Order and Chaos
- By: M. Mitchell Waldrop
- Narrated by: Mikael Naramore
Worth the read
Reviewed: 11-13-23
It’s been over 2 years and I still think about this book often. I didn’t expect to gain such a comprehensive understanding of biology and how closed systems starting with simple rules could expand into into much more complex emergent patterns. This book also highlights the importance of interdisciplinary research which I’m happy to see appears to be becoming more mainstream as more people realize that many subjects actually mesh together in interesting unexpected ways.
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Outliers
- The Story of Success
- By: Malcolm Gladwell
- Narrated by: Malcolm Gladwell
- Length: 7 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 48,922
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 37,756
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 37,667
In this stunning audiobook, Malcolm Gladwell takes us on an intellectual journey through the world of "outliers" - the best and the brightest, the most famous, and the most successful. He asks the question: What makes high-achievers different? His answer is that we pay too much attention to what successful people are like, and too little attention to where they are from: That is, their culture, their family, their generation, and the idiosyncratic experiences of their upbringing.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Engaging, but overrated
- By Scott T. Hards on 12-13-08
- Outliers
- The Story of Success
- By: Malcolm Gladwell
- Narrated by: Malcolm Gladwell
Gladwell makes a great case for ONE important aspect of success.
Reviewed: 05-20-20
If you’re looking for motivation or ways to boost your chances of success, you may be disappointed. The author makes an excellent case for background including culture, the year that you were born, and opportunities handed down as being the most important reason behind success. However, he neglects to mention the importance of mindset as well as personality traits such as self awareness and stepping out of your comfort zone in order to PUT yourself in positions to receive more opportunities which I’m sure many would argue are the other major factors in success. Regardless, this book is still worth a listen as you will gain more insight into one of the many aspects of what makes successful people.
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Mastery
- By: Robert Greene
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 16 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 12,917
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 10,958
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 10,913
In Mastery, Robert Greene's fifth book, he mines the biographies of great historical figures for clues about gaining control over our own lives and destinies. Picking up where The 48 Laws of Power left off, Greene culls years of research and original interviews to blend historical anecdote and psychological insight, distilling the universal ingredients of the world's masters.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Focus on passion=Less stress and more success
- By Mark on 05-04-15
- Mastery
- By: Robert Greene
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
How to become more intelligent 101
Reviewed: 04-06-20
A book like this is great for ambitious people with scattered interests who don’t know which direction to take. My biggest takeaways from this book was to just settle on one skill to focus on in the medium or long term, acquire as much knowledge and experience as possible to see how far you’ll go with it, and how to make the most of the time spent learning and practicing a skill. It’s okay to have a million different things that interest you but it’s important to make sure you spend the most time on what interests you the most in order to live a fulfilled life and give yourself the chance to do something great.
Robert Greene is a great writer who never fails to keep readers engaged with short stories of real people from history and modern times as examples of the many mind-opening points covered in his writing. I’m very glad I bought this audiobook
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