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Well written

Revisado: 04-07-15

This is a well written book that makes a very complicated topic accessible. However, it's only major flaw is that it doesn't account for the the massive chasm that exists between any theory and its functional application. It's just vague enough to seem like a solid theory, but just vague enough to have kept Hawkins busy on filling in the vast missing details for the 10 years since this was published. So enjoy it but don't let his enthusiasm convince you that he has cracked the case :)

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Loveless, joyless, uninspired

Revisado: 03-30-15

I really wanted to love this book. Over the years I've worked hard to study all aspects of human behavior in hopes of creating a fulfilling life. This book promised to weave all of the individual aspects of human behavior research into one graspable narrative. However, the fictional lives portrayed were loveless, joyless, career driven and frankly tortured and bleak. I definitely admire Brooks for the effort, but I'm not really sure who this book is for or what message he wanted to get across. Those interested in hard research will be underwhelmed while those looking for life guidance will be left without any solid take away points.

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Interesting theory, poor narration

Revisado: 01-28-15

It was hard to listen to the narrator as his cadence and intonation was the exact same for every sentence over the entire duration of the book. This made it an extremely hard listen.

Apart from that, the content of the book was well written and contains an interesting theory of consciousness. It is worth noting however that the author frequently uses the word "schema" and never actually describes what the specific schema would be. This isn't an explanation in itself. If he were to explain the structure of the schema then I believe this would be a stronger theory.

To sum up the theory: consciousness is information.

That's a great direction, but without a proposed schema structure there isn't much to agree or disagree with.

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Must read if interested in consciousness

Revisado: 01-22-15

Dennett is a great modern thinker. While not providing a detailed description of consciousness as the title may suggest, it does a wonderful job of debunking most "intuitive" explanations of consciousness that hinder us from deeper understandings on the matter.

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