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Deep insights and broad overview of information

Revisado: 05-18-20

This publication from The Great Courses is well organized, covers the most interesting aspects of the science of information and presents it in a way that is understandable with basic understanding of science and math. I took away a lot from this audiobook and almost every chapter had one or two great new insights that changed how I think about information and even life in general. I’m very impressed by what I’ve learned and I’m inspired to read more about algorithmic information and quantum information.

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Mixed feelings

Revisado: 03-15-20

At times sensational, curious, politically strong, feminist strong, repetitive, carried away with background details, too many tampons, borderline offensive caricature voice imitations, although generally very pleasant female voice, but always very informative, factual, detailed, fast paced, engaged.

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Fresh and authentic philosophy of spiritual living

Revisado: 01-11-20

Eckhart communicates well the common elements of different religions and spiritual teachings. He uses some powerful analogies in explaining the mind, time, hurt and existence that have enriched my mental library of understanding life. I don’t find this book or the philosophy in it to add anything beyond any other philosophy I have heard before. The philosophy feels to me like it glorifies the watering down of passion and his voice and the male-student’s voice sound paralyzed and dead. Besides this somewhat misleading message, it’s a great book that teaches (in a very practical way) how to refresh your views and slow down.

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Science fiction for dummies

Revisado: 12-12-19

Modern physics’ jargon in the effort to squeeze yet more thrill out of popular science fiction movies and literature. Sci-fi aficionados will probably love this title, I couldn’t get over contradicting arguments that go back and forth building credibility by confusing readers with copy n paste statements from popular science journals and logical fallacies like - advanced alien race would have to be carnivorous because it takes more intelligence to hunt than to be hunted 😄😂🤣 - as if Walmart pics on internet don’t prove that it doesn’t take high intelligence to buy a steak. Books like this place science closer to religion, endless debates on unprovable imagined concepts where opinions and authorities are so hard that they are the most tangible thing at hand. I had a really tough time not quitting this book.

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Amazing inspiring book

Revisado: 08-10-19

This book provides unique and inspiring perspectives on what we think we already know and there is not much more to be said, however once you start reading this book you realize how relevant all of this is not only to the recent history, but also present and future. Book is well written and narrated. I’ve learned a lot and gained a lot of interesting perspectives to further think about. There were only a few times where my mind slightly cringed at what appeared to be flawed logic, but these were more marginal topics in the books, the main topics are laid out very clearly and flawlessly in my opinion. A must read.

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Remarkable

Revisado: 04-09-19

Last two chapters really blew my mind, together with a chapter in the beginning explaining the spin foam and basics of loop quantum gravity. There are some truly progressive thoughts in this book that I haven’t heard anywhere else and it made me interested in loop quantum gravity, Shannon’s theory and heat theory. Highly recommended for scientific minds looking for stimulating ideas about the world, space, time, cosmos and reality.

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Progressive ideas, constructive and eloquent

Revisado: 04-07-19

Esther is great, her first book I read (Mating in captivity) was amazing this one lives up to the expectations. She dissects the human heart like a pro and puts the questions of affairs in great perspective.

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Very practical and instructive

Revisado: 10-01-18

I’m not an expert in any medical or related field, but I found this book clear and understandable. I love the pragmatic approach to applying the latest knowledge on microbiome to lifestyle decisions. I found the ideas expressed in this book very progressive and I feel it has impacted my views on medicine and health overall. A lot of the book has a feel of a reference which makes it very practical, especially the rundown of different type of bacteria and where on human body they’re located and the probiotic dietary sources and practical advices on probiotic supplements. Most recent research I found in other books is also cited here. A lot of the book focuses on child birth and rearing, so I’d especially recommend this book to expecting parents.

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Microbiology: from zero to hero

Revisado: 09-01-18

I loved this book. Since Complete Guide to Fasting, no other book has changed my lifestyle as much, but also opened up a new corridor for seeing the big picture of life. I didn't know much about microbes before reading this book, yet I felt I was able to follow and understand the expose in this book, together with the cited scientific studies (which there are many). The writing is very concise and correct, the author really did a good job writing. Also, the narrator's performance sounded really good, although the audio is patchy (many times it sounded like a adjacent sentences were recorded with different voices/different sound settings and patched into one audio, this makes the production sound very amateur-ish). This book has opened up a new chapter in my thinking and inspired me to read more on the topic and explore how to reflect this knowledge by adjusting my lifestyle.

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Nietzsche's philosophy with a crutch

Revisado: 09-01-18

The prologues before each part really helped me follow the strains of thought in Nietzsche's poetic aphorisms. It felt exhilarating to feel like I actually understood some thoughts and could value their beauty in expression and depth.

The performance is good, I liked the sometime arrogant, intellectually snobby tone, it painted a picture of philosopher's bitter loneliness. After the first listen I feel I only got the general idea of the structure and maybe grasped about 30% of the thoughts put forth. Re-listening some aphorisms in a different mindset and paradigms often allowed me to find deeper meaning. In this way, Nietzsche's writings are like the Bible.

Overall, a valuable work and worth a read, life changing in a non-practical theoretical way. Recommended to free thinkers.

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