David Ingram

Light on content, heavy on personal

Revisado: 02-27-25

I was hoping for more of a history of the technology. This is more a survivor like focus on the businesses and personalities.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

Brandon needs a better editor… a lost opportunity to join the greats.

Revisado: 12-31-24

It is so sad to see a story with such promise end like this. Brandon’s gift for tense action is overdone, robbing the genuine climaxes of power. The world building suffers from incongruous references to modern therapy jargon and DEI pandering. This book doesn’t read like the other books. I can only assume Brandon is getting too much “help”.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

esto le resultó útil a 7 personas

Good overview of a compelling story

Revisado: 12-18-23

The background on the individual man was all interesting. When it got into the war, it fell into the usual trap of following the most glorious battles. There was only one chapter, the one on Submarines, but got into the richer story of what probably won the war.another strength of the book is not ignoring the political side of many of these decisions.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

Will be a classic

Revisado: 12-05-23

I hate business culture books. This is different. This is it. Read it and learn or be beaten by those who have.
In the spirit of the book. There are a few passages that feel bolted on. Like they were added by a diversity professional. They don’t detract from the book’s brilliant themes.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

An incomplete perspective

Revisado: 03-19-23

This book is coming to the field from the direction of the social sciences. It is the area where our metrics have the most problems. So, it is understandable for the author to assume the same problems across the rest of the field. The first chapter in the last chapter have a lot of value. the rest of the book makes an incomplete case in various domains. The weakest, of course, is in the area of business and finance. It is clear these areas are not the authors forte.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

esto le resultó útil a 1 persona

Uneven and unnecessarily political

Revisado: 03-01-22

His core points and better chapters were often lost or weakened by the weaker, less supported points. The book was at its best when he attempted to work through points of genuine intellectual conflict. The weakest points were poorly supported and assumed to be true. The clear low point argument was the chapter on pollution, which has improved dramatically over the time the central claim has become worse. The low point of the book was wedging in climate change and a nebulous idolization of some mythical theory of no growth economics. It was a needless, divisive, ideology thrown into a book about focus. It made me question how much else that seemed reasonable, was similarly untethered “woo”. Strong start, woeful finish.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

esto le resultó útil a 10 personas

Great listen, but needs a PDF.

Revisado: 07-16-20

I like a lot of the topics, but it ends more like an introduction with stories... A PDF with a summary of the techniques and the uses would be a read addition. Also, with all of the talk about expanding the mouth and strengthening the chew and then... go figure it out??
Again a PDF or a list of links would be a real help here.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

A day in the life take

Revisado: 10-22-18

A good summary for a difficult period. Not my cup of tea as it focused on the day to day life of the people. She also tried a little too hard to bring minor contributors to the fore, in an effort to show women’s contributions. It is another modern approach, to counter other traditional tellings, but as a stand-alone work the callouts seem forced.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

The most important book of our time

Revisado: 02-18-18

This is a book for our time.. timeless words but pointed at the heart of what is wrong with our society. My words are insufficient, read it for yourself.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

Pure heroin

Revisado: 11-13-17

I don’t listen to much fiction, but know the author from his work completing Robert Jordan’s grand epic. I could not stop listening. Great depth, interesting characters, genuine surprises. Now i have to wait for the next hit... he learned a little too much from Jordan!

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña