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Thought it was satire. But it seems to be junk

Revisado: 12-22-23

At first I thought the book started with an initial shock story chapter with the ”I” in the story this misogynic degrading pennalist as the main character. But it seemed to be without irony as the story just continued with abhorrent behaviour described as fun and exciting. And then it falls completely flat. So it’s junk. I would not recommend this to anyone. I am very surprised that anything like this is published. Or I just didn’t get it at all. Which may well be the case of course.

The narrator is very into it and does a good job though. But the content is trash.

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A biotech optimistic view of the world

Revisado: 01-04-22

I believe technology is and will be the solution to the problems we humans have, some crwated by ourselves and others not. And one of the most powerful technologies of today and the future is in the field of biotech and genomics. Beth Shapiro seems to be a likeminded scientist in this field.
The book is also fun and easy to listen to and I like that the author is the voice to her own book.

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Very important for a fact based world view

Revisado: 08-04-18

Hans Rosling was a possibilist, not a pessimist or optimist. And he is arguing the slow moving process of improving human life world wide. Read this. It is very good.

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Generalizing and shallow. Cheap and easy interpretation.

Revisado: 03-16-18

These studies referenced are probably seriously made, but this book makes a mockery of it all. It is shallow and judgemental and generalizing in a pretty bad way. I hope no one actually tries to follow these crude guidelines as if they were true and working. Stay away.

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Sci-fi about The question of Gods existance

Revisado: 10-28-15

Good book for a science nerd like myself. I enjoyed the story, aliens arrive in Canada to study earth evolution. I recommend to atheists, believers of any faith (and interested in science) and agnostics. Also of course because it's a good and unusual sci-fi book.

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Musk, prodigy gone genious

Revisado: 10-28-15

I like this book. It portrays Elon Musk as the tech wizard and leader but also the sometimes empathy and social skills lacking person. A sociopath?
The end befits the means and the goal is worth trampling over the people that can't handle it or are unlucky to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. But also, the world improver, the engineering for the better of all that attracts the geniouses of the tech world to create something to change markets and the paradigm of automotive manufacturing, space flight and energy production.
How did this come about? The South African youth, emigration to North America, becoming a young IT-millionaire and the sometimes hard knocks that life and circumstances hit him with. I am an engineer and tech nerd and liked the book. My wife, a non-techie, arts and design professional also really liked this book. Probably for different reasons.

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Unexpectantly poor

Revisado: 10-16-15

I expected the exuberant witty Stephen Colbert from the Colbert Report. But this must have been all material that didn't make the cut. Uninspired and long betweens kernels of wit. I will not be able to finish this - and that is unusual.

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Too rambling for me to get thru

Revisado: 08-22-15

I gave it an hour or two but it's just too much nonsense and rambling. I know the background topic is very important and that it relates to me and people around me - the the style is not at all compatible with me.

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Michael C Hall - extraordinary voice

Revisado: 06-02-15

Very good rendering of this classic. Michael C Halls reasily revognisable voice increased the experience for me. I will now specifically try to find other books narrated by Michael.

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