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Weapons of Math Destruction
- How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
- De: Cathy O'Neil
- Narrado por: Cathy O'Neil
- Duración: 6 h y 23 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,964
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,552
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,548
We live in the age of the algorithm. Increasingly, the decisions that affect our lives—where we go to school, whether we can get a job or a loan, how much we pay for health insurance—are being made not by humans, but by machines. In theory, this should lead to greater fairness: Everyone is judged according to the same rules.
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3 out of 5 stars
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More are US social problems that WMD
- De Laurent Bourgault-Roy en 01-08-17
- Weapons of Math Destruction
- How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
- De: Cathy O'Neil
- Narrado por: Cathy O'Neil
Overly Biased
Revisado: 09-14-18
The author could have written a great book regarding the potential bias in statistics, but I’m afraid her point was completely overshadowed by her socialist views. The very point she is trying to make about WMD, she herself fell victim to bias by not offering a balanced view. Data analytics has and will have a profound effect on society, but we need to cognizant of bias.
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The Grid
- The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future
- De: Gretchen Bakke
- Narrado por: Emily Caudwell
- Duración: 11 h y 8 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,334
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,147
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,144
The grid is an accident of history and of culture, in no way intrinsic to how we produce, deliver and consume electrical power. Yet this is the system the United States ended up with, a jerry-built structure now so rickety and near collapse that a strong wind or a hot day can bring it to a grinding halt. The grid is now under threat from a new source: renewable and variable energy, which puts stress on its logics as much as its components.
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2 out of 5 stars
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A disappointment
- De Ronald en 09-24-16
- The Grid
- The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future
- De: Gretchen Bakke
- Narrado por: Emily Caudwell
Excellent book about the electric Grid, but ...
Revisado: 02-12-18
What did you love best about The Grid?
Excellent research, great storyline and overall very well done.
Any additional comments?
I have worked in energy and electricity for over 35 years and found the book to be quite good. But the first 2 chapters felt like the author was blaming the industry, capitalism and men, in particular, for its issues. The issues of the energy industry and its improvements can best be explained through advancements in knowledge, markets and technology. While there is some rationale for the authors "pokes", it was overbearing. I almost dropped the book after chapter 2, but tolerated the apparent biases and continued. It was worth it, because it improved immensely without subjective jabs. The next revision should focus on the first 2 chapters...
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Building a Brilliant Tomorrow
- The Transformation of Inovateus Solar and the Energy Revolution
- De: T. J. Kanczuzewski
- Narrado por: T.J. Kanczuzewski
- Duración: 3 h y 23 m
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General2 out of 5 stars 2
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Narración:1.5 out of 5 stars 2
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Historia2.5 out of 5 stars 2
Just as your power bill continues to rise, the sun also rises. Why are we letting a renewable resource that beams down on us each day go to waste? Solar energy is no longer a distant dream of the future. It is a real, viable option for America’s power needs, and T.J. Kanczuzewski of Inovateus Solar is mapping out a path for energy independence for anyone looking for clean, renewable power.
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1 out of 5 stars
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What a waste of time
- De Amazon Customer en 02-28-18
- Building a Brilliant Tomorrow
- The Transformation of Inovateus Solar and the Energy Revolution
- De: T. J. Kanczuzewski
- Narrado por: T.J. Kanczuzewski
A story about myself
Revisado: 01-06-18
A good book focused on the CEO, his startup and his success in business. A good book about developing a culture of passion, listening and creativity, among other long held axioms of organizational success. About Solar, not so much... but a good primer for the novice. Basically, a marketing brochure about innovateus’ business.
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Cold, Hungry and in the Dark
- Exploding the Natural Gas Supply Myth
- De: Bill Powers
- Narrado por: Michael Puttonen
- Duración: 7 h y 9 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 7
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 6
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 6
Conventional wisdom has North America entering a new era of energy abundance thanks to shale gas. But has industry been honest? Cold, Hungry and in the Dark argues that declining productivity combined with increasing demand will trigger a crisis that will cause prices to skyrocket, damage the economy, and have a profound impact on the lives of nearly every North American.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not accurate and strangely curious motivation
- De FXS en 12-14-17
- Cold, Hungry and in the Dark
- Exploding the Natural Gas Supply Myth
- De: Bill Powers
- Narrado por: Michael Puttonen
Not accurate and strangely curious motivation
Revisado: 12-14-17
Now 2017, this book was written around 2012 and predicted gloom and doom for the natural gas industry in the next few years. It’s been just the opposite over this period. While everyone would agree that there’s a limit to fossil fuels use, the timing is difficult to predict. This author obviously is a headline grabber with such dire short term predictions. And he referred to PJM which is a “grid manager” as an energy “marketer”. And ignores the obvious intermittency issues of renewables. Storage technology is not there yet, but will help overtime. Overall the book needs more fact checking and lacks a reasonable summation of its thesis.
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Particle Physics for Non-Physicists: A Tour of the Microcosmos
- De: Steven Pollock, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Steven Pollock
- Duración: 12 h y 23 m
- Grabación Original
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,758
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,545
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,521
Would you like to know how the universe works? Scientists have been asking that question for a long time and have found that many of the answers can be found in the study of particle physics, the field that focuses on those impossibly tiny particles with unbelievably strange names - the hadrons and leptons, baryons and mesons, muons and gluons - so mystifying to the rest of us.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic but Dated
- De Greg en 01-07-15
Excellent, excellent and excellent!!
Revisado: 04-19-15
Professor Pollock is outstanding. A very unique mind who takes you on a wonderful journey. A very complex area for anyone to learn and enjoy!
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