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The Cult of Trump
- A Leading Cult Expert Explains How the President Uses Mind Control
- De: Steven Hassan
- Narrado por: Steven Hassan
- Duración: 11 h y 19 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,038
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 890
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 878
The Cult of Trump is an accessible and in-depth analysis of the president, showing that under the right circumstances, even sane, rational, well-adjusted people can be persuaded to believe the most outrageous ideas. Hassan’s audiobook is essential listening for anyone wanting to understand the Trump phenomenon and looking for a way forward.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Tools to deprogram
- De N. Squier en 01-11-20
- The Cult of Trump
- A Leading Cult Expert Explains How the President Uses Mind Control
- De: Steven Hassan
- Narrado por: Steven Hassan
Good but ideologically skewed
Revisado: 08-19-20
The core material is excellent but the author fails to apply the same critical examination to liberal/neoliberal claims. For instance the author refers repeatedly to the published writings of Malcolm Nance, an individual who was forced to depart the intelligence community in disgrace, is retarded as prone to serial exaggeration and narcissistic behaviors. This information is verifiable but the author needs to challenge neoliberal allies to the same extent he appropriately evaluates someone like a Qanon promoter or a talk radio propagandist like Sean Hannity.
Similar problems reside in the factually ungrounded claims about the 2016 election. As a career expert in cybersecurity, I am quite familiar with the Crowdstrike report of the DNC breach and the attribution that could not be esblished toward Russia. Before the Senate Committee, the Crowdstrike CEO admitted there was no evidence for attribution. Worse yet, the author implicates Wikileaks where there is no factual data to date for such a claim, and also states actual voting machines were hacked - an item that would be news to the cyber and IC world.
This ideological skew does take away from an otherwise exceptional work as it leaves the reader asking: why is the author gaslighting me? Does he not know he's possibly under moderate ideological influence again? Per the tests he recommends in the second to last chapter, why hasn't he engaged those questions on his own ideological frame?
Reconciliation of these issues in a further edition would likely result in a superior text. By no means do these ideological framing problems of the author render this text as unworthy. The core material is exceptional.The Qanon coverage was fresh and relevant even in August 2020. The book is on my recommended list for colleagues in my professional with the obvious note that there is some excess partisan subjectivity and reliance on discredited sources.
The narration was exceptional. Five stars. I'm glad the author read it himself as that brings considerable authenticity.
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Creative Selection
- Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs
- De: Ken Kocienda
- Narrado por: Ken Kocienda
- Duración: 7 h y 28 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 919
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 788
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 791
Creative Selection recounts the life of one of the few who worked behind the scenes, a highly respected software engineer who worked in the final years of the Steve Jobs era - the Golden Age of Apple. Ken Kocienda offers an inside look at Apple’s creative process. For 15 years, he was on the ground floor of the company as a specialist, directly responsible for experimenting with novel user interface concepts and writing powerful, easy-to-use software for products including the iPhone, the iPad, and the Safari web browser.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Just the 20%
- De matthewolf en 09-20-18
- Creative Selection
- Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs
- De: Ken Kocienda
- Narrado por: Ken Kocienda
Wonderful insight
Revisado: 10-26-18
Enjoyable story about one developers making key parts of Apple's software. By no means intended to be a definitive statement on Apple culture, the book shares wonderful first hand perspectives and shares how the author learned and negotiated a remarkable environment, bringing many of us experiences we use all the time on our iPhones and other Apple products.
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Spying on Democracy
- Government Surveillance, Corporate Power and Public Resistance
- De: Heidi Boghosian
- Narrado por: Fred Sanders
- Duración: 7 h y 20 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 12
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 11
In Spying on Democracy, National Lawyers Guild executive director Heidi Boghosian documents the disturbing increase in surveillance of ordinary citizens and the danger it poses to our privacy, our civil liberties, and the future of democracy itself. Boghosian reveals how technology is being used to categorize and monitor people based on their associations, their movements, their purchases, and their perceived political beliefs.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Prepare to Get Paranoid
- De Susie en 07-11-16
- Spying on Democracy
- Government Surveillance, Corporate Power and Public Resistance
- De: Heidi Boghosian
- Narrado por: Fred Sanders
Outstanding background and depth.
Revisado: 05-19-18
A solid perspective detailing depth of American government & corporate surveillance system with outstanding historical grounding and contemporary breadth.
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