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Imagine if Thomas Kuhn had said it so well!

Revisado: 12-20-18

It's like everybody listened when Thomas Edison said do as I say, not as I did - even if he didn't do what he said he did; as if the world, and as a consequence Kuhn, was not ready in 1961 to consider that just anybody could think outside the box. The hidden message is how ready we are today to innovate. Is this your adjacent possible? Do we all have to be fired like Steve Jobs?

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Learn, Like, Listen. what could go wrong?

Revisado: 07-27-18

Definitely not a simple story with a simple lesson. A simple read in today's culture could be counterproductive.

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Revisado: 03-15-18

Nobody casts a wider net, or better integrates the best that historical and contemporary science has to offer. I have to admit that the scientists, the philosophers, and their ideas have a tendency to run together, but the more Steven Pinker books that you read, or sources that he draws from, the better you begin to distinguish the different hues. He brings all of this powerfully to bear on appreciating how best to be in the real world around us.

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Can't go wrong with Orson Scott Card!

Revisado: 12-07-17

Can't wait to listen to the next one. Really set up a fascinating world for the series.

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Integrity

Revisado: 12-01-17

As always I found everything here I was looking for, which probably means I missed a lot. Turow's rigorous legal perspective to a riveting tale under extreme conditions that persist in the world offers rich texture to the principles and humanity that drive culture today. No character is a caricature and even the absolutes are situational. And, at the end of the day all we can do is try to do good and maybe we'll even find love. There's a lot of integrity here, by which I mean that paying attention to what the author believes will help you live a better life. The last chapter set up a parallel that I didn't expect, so now I'm tempted to listen to it all over again!

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Unbelievably Well Done; No False Choices Here

Revisado: 10-12-17

Maybe I've simply self selected, but this account is well substantiated and rings true every way I look at it. Gonna turn around and listen to it again, it's that imortant.

Steven Pinker cites Haidt in his similarly exceptional "The Better Angels of Our Nature," but you'll want to read this book too to get the full benefit.

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Too Rational and Compelling to be Heard!

Revisado: 07-21-17

This should be a hundred books released one per month to even come close tp the impact it should have. I've listened twice, read critical passages and followed references. Keep finding powerful new perspectives. Going back for more. The real mystery is why the world remains so dense next to the rational and fact-driven clarity of this book!

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Felt like we were there.

Revisado: 08-29-16

Couldn't stop listening. Credible first person perspective. Valuable detail and balanced coverage of the fog of combat in a heartbreaking situation.

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