RobertS

Very helpful

Revisado: 04-22-23

A lot of practical tips and tricks on how to be less distracted by social media etc

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Way too much political commentary

Revisado: 01-29-23

I‘m a huge fan of Dennis. And this is the first of his works that I haven’t enjoyed.

About 20% of the book is the science-fiction fun I‘ve expected, but the rest is a preaching political commentary.

Somehow the author has managed to perfectly replicate the feel of Reddit / all: a few fun posts drown in obnoxious political arguing, on very much the same topics.

It‘s the second book where he added way too much politics (Roadkill was the first). But this time the amount was insufferable.

Dennis, if you‘re reading this, I beg you to block Reddit in your browser. Politics is corrupting your writing skill, and it shows.

5 stars for the masterful performance by Porter, as usual.

2 stars for the story. Such a disappointment.

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A decent young adult novel

Revisado: 08-11-22

The performance of Ray Porter was perfect, as usual.

The story and the setting are too simple for my taste. Feels like a novel for young adults (which is ok, but not for my age group).

The story was also a bit too preachy and political. And I’m writing it as someone who mostly agrees with the message.

There are a few places that sound like a blatant product placement for Amazon (several times!), and for some other companies. That was really could’ve been done better.

Overall, I would rate the story as 3 of 5 stars. Not the top level of “We are Bob”, but not bad either.

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Not the best of Reynolds

Revisado: 10-13-21

It is a strong work of science fiction. But:

- Too much dying and too much acceptance of death

- Unnecessarily lengthy dialogues, sometimes badly written

- Some Ill-intentioned social commentary (e.g on “muskies”)

- Some unintentionally annoying characters (e.g Pinky)

- A rather predictable plot

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A strange mix of groundbreaking ideas and BS

Revisado: 09-30-21

The theory in question is described in the part one. It is a must-read for anyone interested in neuroscience and / or AI.

The part two is a collection of the author’s misconceptions about AI, including a painfully ignorant description of the alignment problem.

The part three is mixed bug, containing some interesting insights, but also some falsehoods (e.g “overpopulation”, “uploading is just a copy” etc).

5 stars for the part one, but minus 2 stars for the rest of the book.

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A must-read for anyone interested in mind uploading

Revisado: 07-12-21

The book is an unusually detailed treatise on societal implications of mind uploading, as if written by an impartial sociologist.

It’s written as a research work, not as a work of science fiction. So, if you expect to be entertained, you’ll be disappointed.

But if you’re interested in futurology or mind uploading as scholarly disciplines, the book is a must-read.

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Insultingly bad writing

Revisado: 01-30-21

In the first chapter of the audiobook, a character is introduced, a certain female scientist. The introduction is almost comically one-sided, as if the author viscerally hates her, and wants to hammer the hate into the reader. Her crime? She loves science and wants to advance humanity.
Unfortunately, it’s not a joke.

The entire exercise is so insulting to the reader’s intelligence, I feel bad for wasting 15 min of my life on it. Dropping the book.

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Useful

Revisado: 01-12-21

Minus one star for too much self-promotion and occasional unnecessary religious proselytism.

Aside from that, a surprisingly useful self-help book with a lot of non-trivial ideas.

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Misspent time

Revisado: 09-30-20

I’ve read almost everything Mr Hamilton wrote, and this is by far the worst of his works.
Too much emotional drama, politics and sex. Too little of story. Predictable and badly written ending.
Can’t recommend.

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