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Modern Romance
- An Investigation
- De: Aziz Ansari, Eric Klinenberg
- Narrado por: Aziz Ansari, Eric Klinenberg
- Duración: 6 h y 14 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 32,173
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 28,466
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 28,242
At some point, every one of us embarks on a journey to find love. We meet people, date, get into and out of relationships, all with the hope of finding someone with whom we share a deep connection. This seems standard now, but it’s wildly different from what people did even just decades ago. Single people today have more romantic options than at any point in human history. With technology, our abilities to connect with and sort through these options are staggering. So why are so many people frustrated?
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4 out of 5 stars
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Entertaining and informative
- De ty en 08-23-15
- Modern Romance
- An Investigation
- De: Aziz Ansari, Eric Klinenberg
- Narrado por: Aziz Ansari, Eric Klinenberg
Fills gaps in science with speculation
Revisado: 09-17-21
First of all- the author's humor fell extremely flat for me. It's very much in that vein of "Lulrandom" internet humor very common in the 00s, and I don't think that style has aged very well.
The message is often conflicting or incoherent, but the first third or so of the book is reasonably interesting. As the author gets further into the weeds, things get predictably confusing.
Unfortunately, the author tends to derail off and often treats social media as an equally valid source as scientific studies.
There's also this weird anti-white-guy streak running through the book. The author repeatedly uses the phrase "straight white boy" as a derogatory term, which seems unnecessary and really doesn't give him much benefit.
The bits at the end on infidelity are basically pure opinion backed up by some social media bits, nothing I would consider solid.
Interestingly, many of the things the authors discuss are also discussed in Date-onomics, but in the case of Modern Romance I believe the authors are "too close" to what they're trying to look at and can't see the forest for the trees.
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The Myth of Experience
- Why We Learn the Wrong Lessons, and Ways to Correct Them
- De: Emre Soyer, Robin M Hogarth
- Narrado por: Greg Baglia
- Duración: 7 h y 26 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 14
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 14
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 13
Our personal experience is key to who we are and what we do. We judge others by their experience and are judged by ours. Society venerates experience. From doctors to teachers to managers to presidents, the more experience the better. It's not surprising then, that we often fall back on experience when making decisions, an easy way to make judgements about the future, a constant teacher that provides clear lessons. Yet, this intuitive reliance on experience is misplaced.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Intriguing and Relevant
- De Anonymous User en 03-28-23
- The Myth of Experience
- Why We Learn the Wrong Lessons, and Ways to Correct Them
- De: Emre Soyer, Robin M Hogarth
- Narrado por: Greg Baglia
A poor summary of other, better books
Revisado: 08-31-21
To get the core experience of this book, go read Thinking: Fast and Slow and Predictably Irrational while at an environmentalist protest standing next to the person with a megaphone.
The information here isn't usually wrong, per se, but the author has a tendency go dive into long winded hypotheticals, and they often overlook complex situations in favor of simply waving their hands and saying "experience is bad!", ignoring mechanical, structural, etc. problems and limitations.
The book also has extremely poor pacing- it wanders across the gambit of the various meanings of the word "experience", starting with why past experience is sometimes helpful (See Thinking: Fast and Slow's section on wicked learning environments for worthwhile reading there), then rambles off to talk about how your current day to day experience is bad (Predictably Irrational does a better job covering this), and regularly repeats in vague terms environmental information we all already know.
I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone. It won't convince those who don't already agree, and provides no new insights or information to those that do.
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The Power of Habit
- Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
- De: Charles Duhigg
- Narrado por: Mike Chamberlain
- Duración: 11 h y 10 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 68,469
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 58,473
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 58,138
In The Power of Habit, award-winning business reporter Charles Duhigg takes us to the thrilling edge of scientific discoveries that explain why habits exist and how they can be changed. Distilling vast amounts of information into engrossing narratives that take us from the boardrooms of Procter & Gamble to the sidelines of the NFL to the front lines of the civil rights movement, Duhigg presents a whole new understanding of human nature and its potential.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Nice! A guide on how to change
- De Mehra en 04-22-12
- The Power of Habit
- Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
- De: Charles Duhigg
- Narrado por: Mike Chamberlain
Anecdotal and Rambling
Revisado: 07-27-18
The book has some valid points, I feel, but getting to those valid points is difficult because the author doesn't know how to make a point- instead rambling about a story tangentially related and constantly dragging ou the explanation.
It kind of works like clickbait- the author will lay down a hook, then spend half an hour beating around the bush, trying to paint emotional examples, and so on. By the time you actually get to the point, you forget why it was being made, at which point the author then spends the *next* 20 minutes beating a metaphorical dead horse.
I would not recommend.
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