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Horizontal Vertigo
- A City Called Mexico
- De: Juan Villoro, Alfred MacAdam - translator
- Narrado por: Gabriel Porras
- Duración: 16 h y 30 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 23
Horizontal Vertigo: The title refers to the fear of ever-impending earthquakes that led Mexicans to build their capital city outward rather than upward. With the perspicacity of a keenly observant flâneur, Juan Villoro wanders through Mexico City seemingly without a plan, describing people, places, and things while brilliantly drawing connections among them.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Terrible.
- De Jorge Rojas en 07-25-21
- Horizontal Vertigo
- A City Called Mexico
- De: Juan Villoro, Alfred MacAdam - translator
- Narrado por: Gabriel Porras
modern history of Mexico City and its culture
Revisado: 12-11-24
Great history of the author's life experiences in this culturally rich and yet damaged City
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Paris in Ruins
- Love, War, and the Birth of Impressionism
- De: Sebastian Smee
- Narrado por: Julian Elfer
- Duración: 12 h y 6 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 50
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 50
From the summer of 1870 to the spring of 1871, famously dubbed the "Terrible Year" by Victor Hugo, Paris and its people were besieged, starved, and forced into surrender by Germans-then imperiled again as radical republicans established a breakaway Commune, ultimately crushed by the French Army after bloody street battles and the burning of central Paris.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Stunningly great narrator!
- De Julie Seavello en 12-26-24
- Paris in Ruins
- Love, War, and the Birth of Impressionism
- De: Sebastian Smee
- Narrado por: Julian Elfer
a fascinating historical, political, cultural, and artistic nexus in time
Revisado: 11-28-24
Smee puts you in the moment,.. in the hearts and minds of these artists, politicians, leaders and friends. What a wonderful way to to go back 150 years for a history lesson through the eyes of some of the world's greatest artists. Bravo!
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Nexus
- A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
- De: Yuval Noah Harari
- Narrado por: Vidish Athavale
- Duración: 17 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,813
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,665
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,665
For the last 100,000 years, we Sapiens have accumulated enormous power. But despite all our discoveries, inventions, and conquests, we now find ourselves in an existential crisis. The world is on the verge of ecological collapse. Misinformation abounds. And we are rushing headlong into the age of AI—a new information network that threatens to annihilate us. For all that we have accomplished, why are we so self-destructive? Nexus looks through the long lens of human history to consider how the flow of information has shaped us, and our world.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Painfully boring
- De 80s Kid en 09-18-24
- Nexus
- A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
- De: Yuval Noah Harari
- Narrado por: Vidish Athavale
brilliant anthro-historical view of AI
Revisado: 10-24-24
Fascinating construct of defining information networks as a backdrop to analyze the risks and rewards of AI. Liked learning about the concept of Intersubjectivity and Self-Healing systems/networks. As always, love the historical context brought into modern day and future perspectives.
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Outlive
- The Science and Art of Longevity
- De: Peter Attia MD, Bill Gifford - contributor
- Narrado por: Peter Attia MD
- Duración: 17 h y 7 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 7,233
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 6,347
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 6,335
Wouldn’t you like to live longer? And better? In this operating manual for longevity, Dr. Peter Attia draws on the latest science to deliver innovative nutritional interventions, techniques for optimizing exercise and sleep, and tools for addressing emotional and mental health.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Too Much Filler
- De J. Badaracco en 04-09-23
- Outlive
- The Science and Art of Longevity
- De: Peter Attia MD, Bill Gifford - contributor
- Narrado por: Peter Attia MD
thoughtful and life changing
Revisado: 03-16-24
I love the intense focus on data-driven health care and research. and also love how the author reframes the choice is in life as preparing for a centenary decathlon. at times it was hard to follow the science, particularly as an audiobook. but message was delivered
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The Coming Wave
- AI, Power, and Our Future
- De: Mustafa Suleyman, Michael Bhaskar - contributor
- Narrado por: Mustafa Suleyman
- Duración: 12 h y 7 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,033
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 900
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 899
We are approaching a critical threshold in the history of our species. Everything is about to change. Soon you will live surrounded by AIs. They will organize your life, operate your business, and run core government services. You will live in a world of DNA printers and quantum computers, engineered pathogens and autonomous weapons, robot assistants and abundant energy.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Click bait
- De Buyer en 09-11-23
- The Coming Wave
- AI, Power, and Our Future
- De: Mustafa Suleyman, Michael Bhaskar - contributor
- Narrado por: Mustafa Suleyman
compelling arguments from a deep thinker
Revisado: 01-22-24
covers a lot of the same ground on this topic as other books. but does it exceptionally well. I found few weaknesses in his assertions. I must read for anyone who wants to be alive in 50 years
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The Art of Rivalry
- Four Friendships, Betrayals, and Breakthroughs in Modern Art
- De: Sebastian Smee
- Narrado por: Bob Souer
- Duración: 10 h y 22 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 233
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 199
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 199
Rivalry is at the heart of some of the most famous and fruitful relationships in history. The Art of Rivalry follows eight celebrated artists, each linked to a counterpart by friendship, admiration, envy, and ambition. All eight are household names today. But to achieve what they did, each needed the influence of a contemporary - one who was equally ambitious but who possessed sharply contrasting strengths and weaknesses.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Death by bob souer
- De SKWAD en 01-18-18
- The Art of Rivalry
- Four Friendships, Betrayals, and Breakthroughs in Modern Art
- De: Sebastian Smee
- Narrado por: Bob Souer
Masterful storytelling
Revisado: 12-24-23
Smee brings art history to life with brilliant stories about these breakthrough artists supporting and competing with one another. I was compelled to go online to study the artwork throughout this audio book. Bravo!
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The Future of Money
- How the Digital Revolution Is Transforming Currencies and Finance
- De: Eswar S. Prasad
- Narrado por: Stephen R. Thorne
- Duración: 19 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 113
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 93
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 94
Eswar Prasad explains the world of finance is at the threshold of major disruption that will affect corporations, bankers, states, and indeed all of us. The transformation of money will fundamentally rewrite how ordinary people live. Above all, Prasad foresees the end of physical cash. The driving force won't be phones or credit cards but rather central banks, spurred by the emergence of cryptocurrencies to develop their own, more stable digital currencies.
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2 out of 5 stars
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From an earlier time
- De Scott Burton en 06-17-22
- The Future of Money
- How the Digital Revolution Is Transforming Currencies and Finance
- De: Eswar S. Prasad
- Narrado por: Stephen R. Thorne
good textbook on digital currency
Revisado: 10-29-22
good textbook (too long winded and dry) on digital currency. some established norms have already been proven wrong. not too provocative
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Against All Things Ending
- The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, Book 3
- De: Stephen R. Donaldson
- Narrado por: Tim Gerard Reynolds
- Duración: 33 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 363
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 323
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 322
Award-winning author Stephen R. Donaldson’s Thomas Covenant books have sold more than 10 million copies. In the third volume of this trilogy, Linden Avery confronts the consequences of using magical power sufficient to wake the Worm, which is capable of destroying the Land. And although the only hope may rest with Linden’s son, the boy could also bring disaster upon everyone.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Worst book of the entire Thomas Covenant series.
- De Lore en 03-31-12
- Against All Things Ending
- The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, Book 3
- De: Stephen R. Donaldson
- Narrado por: Tim Gerard Reynolds
bring back the previous narrator
Revisado: 08-16-22
Unlike previous Covenant audio books, this narrator struggled to give effective voice to the rich characters of the story. This might be the first time that I felt a narrator detracted from an audible book.
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The Age of AI
- And Our Human Future
- De: Henry A. Kissinger, Eric Schmidt, Daniel Huttenlocher
- Narrado por: Eric Pollins
- Duración: 7 h y 13 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 507
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 428
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 428
Three of the world’s most accomplished and deep thinkers come together to explore Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the way it is transforming human society - and what this technology means for us all.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Little Substantive Value
- De Tennisartist85 en 11-12-21
- The Age of AI
- And Our Human Future
- De: Henry A. Kissinger, Eric Schmidt, Daniel Huttenlocher
- Narrado por: Eric Pollins
light on answers
Revisado: 01-09-22
solid survey of all things AI and the many changes to come. But I found it light on taking risks or positions on what should be done or attempts to answer the many difficult questions posed
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Enlightenment Now
- The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
- De: Steven Pinker
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
- Duración: 19 h y 49 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 7,227
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 6,206
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 6,130
Is the world really falling apart? Is the ideal of progress obsolete? In this elegant assessment of the human condition in the third millennium, cognitive scientist and public intellectual Steven Pinker urges us to step back from the gory headlines and prophecies of doom, which play to our psychological biases. Instead, follow the data: Pinker shows that life, health, prosperity, safety, peace, knowledge, and happiness are on the rise, not just in the West but worldwide.
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5 out of 5 stars
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We live in the best of all times
- De Neuron en 02-25-18
- Enlightenment Now
- The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress
- De: Steven Pinker
- Narrado por: Arthur Morey
fact based assessment of past, present, future
Revisado: 05-08-21
a bit long but probably necessary given the breath of topic. Author is an equal opportunity critic of hypocrites of all persuasions, particularly the influence of politics and religion on progress.
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