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Twilight of the Elites
- America after Meritocracy
- De: Chris Hayes
- Narrado por: Chris Hayes
- Duración: 7 h y 10 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,041
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 932
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 919
Over the past decade, Americans watched in bafflement and rage as one institution after another - from Wall Street to Congress, the Catholic Church to corporate America, even Major League Baseball - imploded under the weight of corruption and incompetence. In the wake of the Fail Decade, Americans have historically low levels of trust in their institutions; the social contract between ordinary citizens and elites lies in tatters. How did we get here? Christopher Hayes offers a radically novel answer.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Troubling truths
- De Face en 12-26-12
- Twilight of the Elites
- America after Meritocracy
- De: Chris Hayes
- Narrado por: Chris Hayes
Above and beyond expectations
Revisado: 01-04-14
I read a lot of political books and this one really stood out from the pack. A novel thesis backed by compelling arguments. Any thinking person owes it to themselves to give it a listen.
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Reefer Madness
- Sex, Drugs, and Cheap Labor in the American Black Market
- De: Eric Schlosser
- Narrado por: Eric Schlosser
- Duración: 9 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 397
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 105
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 105
In Reefer Madness, the best-selling author of Fast Food Nation investigates America's black market and its far-reaching influence on our society through three of its mainstays - pot, porn, and illegal immigrants.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Investigative Journalism
- De Boulderite en 06-25-03
- Reefer Madness
- Sex, Drugs, and Cheap Labor in the American Black Market
- De: Eric Schlosser
- Narrado por: Eric Schlosser
Fascinating and accurate
Revisado: 11-22-11
The reason I picked up this book was that a lot of my close friends are porn stars, and I was interested to see Schlosser's take on the industry, but the whole book was fascinating. The ultimate long, historical viewpoint that the book takes on the economy is what really struck me as profound. I was listening to it on my iPod as I rode the New York subways in October, and the combination of visiting the Occupy camps and thinking about the crappy economy and income inequality and "reading" this book (which was written before the collapse of '08, but warns of it) was a really... interesting experience, for lack of a better adjective. Like seeing several lines of thought and history converge.
The reefer part reminded in precise terms why we urgently need to legalize this drug, something I agree very strongly with even though I'm not a user. Being involved in sustainable food, I was glad to see such a thorough and unflinching look at the abuses of farm laborers. Both are discussed realistically and compassionately.
The porn section didn't disappoint either. I've met a lot of the people he interviews and I'd say he did them and the industry justice, which is to say he shows it for what it is. He doesn't get into any hysterical moralizing, respects the agency of the performers, and touches on the bad points in what I felt was an accurate matter, if a somewhat fleeting one. My only real complaint was that he seemed to be fooled to some extent by Bill Margold's act. The guy is a grade A asshole, which sadly doesn't come across here. He likes to paint himself as some sort of industry spokesperson when he's just another annoying small-time producer, and unfortunately Schlosser seems to believe him. But if you keep that in mind, the interview is still informative and interesting. So there's my insider's take, haha.
All in all a fascinating read backed with real facts and figures, and I like it when the author is able to narrate his or her own work well.
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Our Inner Ape
- A Leading Primatologist Explains Why We Are Who We Are
- De: Frans de Waal
- Narrado por: Alan Sklar
- Duración: 10 h y 14 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 576
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 295
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 299
We have long attributed man's violent, aggressive, competitive nature to his animal ancestry. But what if we are just as given to cooperation, empathy, and morality by virtue of our genes? What if our behavior actually makes us apes? What kind of apes are we?
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5 out of 5 stars
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I loved this book
- De Ruth en 06-22-07
- Our Inner Ape
- A Leading Primatologist Explains Why We Are Who We Are
- De: Frans de Waal
- Narrado por: Alan Sklar
Fascinating, but flawed
Revisado: 05-20-11
Frans de Waal is an undisputed expert on chimpanzee behavior, and it it clear that chimpanzee and bonobo behavior can tell us a lot about ourselves. This book provides a fascinating overview of ape behavior and what it might tell us about ourselves, but I take issues with some of the specific conclusions he draws. He frequently lapses into gender essentialism, pointing out that chimp behavior supports some "traditional" assumption he's made about gender differences while almost entirely ignoring bonobo behavior or human studies that suggest the exact opposite is true. Perhaps if this book had been written a decade or two earlier I could forgive these oversights, but with what we knew in 2005, all the gender and sex studies that were widely available at that point, it just seems willful bias. It's a shame because these lapses mar an otherwise interesting and insightful book on ape behavior, both human and chimp. A good read, but I enjoyed Chimpanzee Politics more, and I suggest you read Set At Dawn first to arm yourself a bit better with the important research de Waal is ignoring here.
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Eaarth
- Making a Life on a Tough New Planet
- De: Bill McKibben
- Narrado por: Oliver Wyman
- Duración: 9 h
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 243
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 143
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 143
Twenty years ago, with The End of Nature, Bill McKibben offered one of the earliest warnings about global warming. Those warnings went mostly unheeded; now, he insists, we need to acknowledge that we've waited too long, and that massive change is not only unavoidable but already under way. Our old familiar globe is suddenly melting, drying, acidifying, flooding, and burning in ways that no human has ever seen.
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3 out of 5 stars
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You'll get by with a lot of help from your friends
- De David en 02-10-11
- Eaarth
- Making a Life on a Tough New Planet
- De: Bill McKibben
- Narrado por: Oliver Wyman
Important but Uneven
Revisado: 01-14-11
This book contains a lot of very good, very important information. We as a society need to be building the systems right now that will support us in the near future, and the author makes that point well. Unfortunately, I found the book somewhat uneven, wandering from panic-inducing to blithely optimistic in tone and failing to really discuss at much length what the "new Earth" is going to look like and how we need to be prepared to operate in it.
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