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Zero to One
- Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
- De: Peter Thiel, Blake Masters
- Narrado por: Blake Masters
- Duración: 4 h y 50 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 24,528
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 20,411
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 20,316
The great secret of our time is that there are still uncharted frontiers to explore and new inventions to create. In Zero to One, legendary entrepreneur and investor Peter Thiel shows how we can find singular ways to create those new things.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Seems Insightful Until You Think A Little Deeper
- De Mark Brandon en 10-31-14
- Zero to One
- Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
- De: Peter Thiel, Blake Masters
- Narrado por: Blake Masters
vague and outdated
Revisado: 09-23-24
Wwhile there are a number of examples in this book that are provided as evidence for the premise of his argument and examples of successful and unsuccessful startups, a significant portion of them have been proven to be incorrect in the years between the book's authorship and now. statements like "there has been little technological progress since the 1970s" comes across as ridiculous in the light of the internet, 3D printing, ai, smartphones, electric self-driving vehicles, the list goes on. this makes it difficult to trust the purported wisdom in the rest of the book.
additionally, though there is some guidelines provided on weather or not to start a startup, there is fairly little guidance on how to make a existing startup successful. in the lingo of the author, there is a excellent argument made as for the need to go from 0 to 1:00, but little help on how to get to 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, etc. perhaps I am looking for too much from a short book though.
the narration was excellent, no critiques there
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Why We Sleep
- Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
- De: Matthew Walker
- Narrado por: Steve West
- Duración: 13 h y 52 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 17,187
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 14,613
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 14,425
Sleep is one of the most important but least understood aspects of our life, wellness, and longevity. Until very recently, science had no answer to the question of why we sleep, or what good it served, or why we suffer such devastating health consequences when we don't sleep. Compared to the other basic drives in life - eating, drinking, and reproducing - the purpose of sleep remained elusive.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I recommend this to EVERYONE
- De M. Balfour en 12-11-17
- Why We Sleep
- Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
- De: Matthew Walker
- Narrado por: Steve West
Enlightening and terrifying
Revisado: 07-06-21
It is hard to believe just how important sleep is for so many things. It makes one wonder how different their own life would be, and how different society would be, if sleeping were improved.
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Norwegian Wood
- De: Haruki Murakami
- Narrado por: John Chancer
- Duración: 13 h y 21 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 2,403
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,102
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 2,108
Toru, a serious young college student in Tokyo, is devoted to Naoko, a beautiful and introspective young woman, but their mutual passion is marked by the tragic death of their best friend years before. As Naoko retreats further into her own world, Toru finds himself drawn to a fiercely independent and sexually liberated young woman.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Sorry, but I didn't like the narrator.
- De Kelly McCarty en 10-30-15
- Norwegian Wood
- De: Haruki Murakami
- Narrado por: John Chancer
Good book, poor narration
Revisado: 04-21-21
The book is good, but the narrator clearly doesn't know how to pronounce Japanese words. Most names, including those of two of the main characters are mispronounced, and it is quite jarring each time it happens. It seems like they could have easily hired a narrator that had at least a basic understanding of Japanese pronunciation considering the book was translated from Japanese, set in Japan, and features only Japanese characters.
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1984
- New Classic Edition
- De: George Orwell
- Narrado por: Simon Prebble
- Duración: 11 h y 22 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 57,112
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 48,915
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 48,830
George Orwell depicts a gray, totalitarian world dominated by Big Brother and its vast network of agents, including the Thought Police - a world in which news is manufactured according to the authorities' will and people live tepid lives by rote. Winston Smith, a hero with no heroic qualities, longs only for truth and decency. But living in a social system in which privacy does not exist and where those with unorthodox ideas are brainwashed or put to death, he knows there is no hope for him.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Come one, Come all into 1984!
- De Kit McIlvaine (GirlPluggedN) en 02-18-08
- 1984
- New Classic Edition
- De: George Orwell
- Narrado por: Simon Prebble
Unrealistic and kind of boring
Revisado: 03-01-21
I had high expectations for the book given its reputation and status as a classic, but it was a let down in my opinion. The first third of the book was a struggle to even pay attention to, although it managed to create the setting. The middle third at least introduced a couple characters who were not 2 dimensional, and was actually enjoyable. The final third was just grotesque and unrealistic.
The book can largely be summarized by it's setting. Actual characters and events are only there to reinforce the setting. The story is therefore inconsequential. The setting itself is decent, but not terribly believable. It is inconceivable that the entire world, or even a third of it, could devolve to such a state. Certainly external events could (and have) occur that would create a totalitarian society, but it is absurd to think that there would be prolonged and complete support for such a society within the minds of its members. Any such society would cripple itself in terms of progress, and within years or decades either collapse internally due to a pathetic economy, or would be defeated in the never ending wars with any country that had not so crippled itself.
A surveillance state as described is perfectly feasible. However, in the absence of AI it's absurd to think they could actually monitor people to such an extent. To develop AI of the practically mind reading capabilities the thought police have would be impossible in the society pictured.
Newspeak is an interesting concept and the audio performance was excellent though.
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Death's End
- De: Cixin Liu, Ken Liu - translator
- Narrado por: P. J. Ochlan
- Duración: 28 h y 51 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 13,754
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 12,117
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 12,089
Half a century after the Doomsday Battle, the uneasy balance of Dark Forest Deterrence keeps the Trisolaran invaders at bay. Earth enjoys unprecedented prosperity due to the infusion of Trisolaran knowledge. With human science advancing daily and the Trisolarans adopting Earth culture, it seems that the two civilizations will soon be able to coexist peacefully as equals, without the terrible threat of mutually assured annihilation. But the peace has also made humanity complacent.
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5 out of 5 stars
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one of the best trilogies I have ever listened to
- De Patrick en 10-17-16
- Death's End
- De: Cixin Liu, Ken Liu - translator
- Narrado por: P. J. Ochlan
I am speechless. Easily my favorite book trilogy
Revisado: 02-19-21
Hands down the most incredible and thought provoking books I have read. I nearly had an existential crisis they are that impactful.
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