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A gigantic, incredible comedy massive in length

Revisado: 05-30-16

One of the best fictional works I've ever read. David Foster Wallace has unlimited talent. Reminiscent of Hamlet, Joyce, and sentences similar to Saul Bellow. I think using Elegant Complexity (by Greg Carlisle) was helpful in keeping the myriad characters straight. Thomas Pynchon's V has a similarly large cast of characters.

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Not particularly insightful

Revisado: 09-24-15

This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

Somewhat monotonous, and failure to clearly recite the history of atrocities that Monsanto deemed "safe".

Would you ever listen to anything by Trevor Clinger again?

possibly

Would you be willing to try another one of Trevor Clinger’s performances?

depends on the subject matter

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Monsanto Case Analysis?

Candidly, I would have much preferred a decade by decade recital of Monsanto products that were anything, but safe. Then a more scientific approach to discussing GMO's and then a discussion about the lawsuits against farmer's who had there crops "contaminated" by Monsanto seeds (thereby losing their "organic crop" designation) and then being sued by Monsanto just because the seeds desalinated to their farms from nearby farms.

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Very interesting, but in someways very naive.

Revisado: 01-25-15

Where does The Creative Destruction of Medicine rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Dr. Topol presents a very lively, and optimistic view of medicine and patterns that may advance it in the near future. The optimism espoused is very heavily dependent on technological advances (which is in many ways understandable), but the author doesn't address how to rid ourselves of our terrible health care delivery system. The role of non-scientists and non-clinical care givers in our current system.

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Creative Destruction of Medicine?

The ridiculous amount of bureaucracy organizations like the FDA represent, and still how many times corners get cut on the road to approval when the applicant has the money to pay.
The ridiculous concept of surrogate endpoints, and misleading statistics.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

No, I went a referred to some sources that Dr. Topol mentioned and I took a circuitous path.

Any additional comments?

Interesting points throughout the book, but also very disturbing that the health care industry has little resemblance to evidence based medicine.

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Pattern Recognition

Revisado: 01-25-15

Would you listen to The Signal and the Noise again? Why?

Very sobering information for readers (and listeners) who often believe they recognize patterns where none exist. Mr. Silver utilizes statistical analysis that confirms the outlooks of people like Warren Buffett, Burton Malkiel, and Rolf Dobelli.

What was the most compelling aspect of this narrative?

The volume of examples in the breadth of so many different fields.

What about Mike Chamberlain’s performance did you like?

Solid performance in a work that described numerous grafts.

What’s the most interesting tidbit you’ve picked up from this book?

How often we create a very inaccurate story to reconcile why something we witnessed happened.

Any additional comments?

Very irreverent, and seemingly very correct.

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Much more compelling than I would have thought.

Revisado: 01-25-15

Would you listen to Whole again? Why?

Yes, I really didn't expect how enlightening the book really was. The author uses classical argumentation to succinctly educate the reader (listener) to a vast amount of research (that was unknown to me) that is of tremendous importance to anyone wishing to rethink commonly held ideas about nutrition.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Not applicable

Which scene was your favorite?

Not applicable

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Yes, as a physician I was shocked at how difficult it must be for a layperson to have confidence in anything they hear (especially from government).

Any additional comments?

This will serve a source of reference for me, and I admire the author, Colin Campbell PhD.

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Beautiful ideas arise from the page.

Revisado: 12-29-14

Where does The Black Swan rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

The Black Swan is one of the best books I had read in years, and so I wanted to be able to listen to it as well. I thought that the narration was excellent, and listening to it several times seemed to better prepare me for the way in which Nassim Taleb reconstructs and further refines his ideas for AntiFragile.

What other book might you compare The Black Swan to and why?

The only works that I know of are Nassim Taleb's other work. Fooled By Randomness and The Black Swan become reference material to be looked back upon after hearing AntiFragile.

Which scene was your favorite?

Realizing how oblivious most of us are in regard to the exposure we have to "rare" events.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

I listened to it in a very compressed amount of time, but I had already read it, and given quite a bit of thought. It is certainly really engaging.

Any additional comments?

Really a tremendously good investment of my time.

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Brilliant ideas and insights are laid out

Revisado: 12-28-14

What made the experience of listening to Fooled by Randomness the most enjoyable?

Nassim Taleb distills his thoughts as he writes the subsequent works. Fooled By Randomness becomes a appendix to The Black Swan. The depth of knowledge, and the tremendous economic style of writing just impressed me to the point that I knew I would read whatever came next.

What did you like best about this story?

How over the years the ideas from Fooled By Randomness were further distilled and then rewritten to become The Black Swan; which ultimately evolves into AntiFragile which I think is a tremendous work.

Have you listened to any of Sean Pratt’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

I had already read the book a few years ago, and listened to the performance over an extended trip. I enjoyed the performance, and don't think having read it prior diminished it in any way.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

The ideas were great, and i made me wish I could learn more about randomness in regard to statistics and probability.

Any additional comments?

I have come to think of Nassim Taleb as one of the premier thought leaders of our time.

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