Zen Fox

Good audio book in the author's voice

Revisado: 06-28-24

The author is very pro-Israel, and her bias shows a lot. But she is quite honest about it (not trying to conceal her love of country). At times, her indulgence in the mythic history of the country is rather tiresome.
Although there is lots of good historical information and analysis in this book, her understanding of Zionism and anti-Zionism is essentialist, oversimplified, and frankly harmful in my opinion. This leads her to categorically reject the notion of Israel as a colonial state, which it clearly is in my opinion (I say this as a citizen of another colonial state). She is so essentialist at times that she speaks of Israel almost as a person, an active being of some kind. Her embrace of Zionist nationalism leads her into unhelpful language about "Israel's right to exist" and other intellectually lazy concepts. She also ignores the many human rights abuses and extremism that has characterized many Israeli governments of the last 75 years.
I still would recommend the book because her narrative is compelling and humanizing. Many of Israel's critics around the world would benefit from trying to empathize with the perspective of israelis, who have by necessity lived in a siege mentality for decades.

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another against liberal bogeymen

Revisado: 06-15-24

if you want to believe that your world, your country, your very existence boils down to an epic battle between good and evil, then maybe this will appeal to you. this is a red meat rant intended for an audience who already believes in the "evil" of the left.

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Entertaining and thoughtful

Revisado: 06-15-24

This book attempts to make moral philosophy fun. And to a large extent, it is successful! The narration is especially well done.

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Definitely recommend

Revisado: 06-15-24

Good insight into how political coalitions have shifted, especially within the Democratic Party. I am not completely convinced that the so-called Brahmin left is as dominant as the author claims, but he makes a good argument.

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An important critique

Revisado: 06-15-24

The author critiques the history of human origins research, not from the point of view of the accuracy of the research but rather focusing on how that research is "used" to legitimize power relationships in the modern world.
The book makes many excellent points, and should be ready by paleoanthropologists and archaeologists alike. At times the critique becomes facile and/or tenuous. And at times the author surely overstates the influence of human origins stories. But these shortcomings don't overshadow the importance of the overall critique.
The author's writing has what feels like a very sanctimonious tone to it, which is unfortunately made much worse by the audio narration.

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Just a rant

Revisado: 06-15-24

This is not really a book. It's a rant, mostly filled with personal anecdotes and vitriolic language. The author's premise is identical to his conclusion.

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interesting listen, needs a different narrator

Revisado: 03-11-23

pretty informative, especially if you're not already quite familiar with Qanon. I find the narrator incredibly annoying, but maybe that's just me. the way he tries to alter his voice when reading quotes is so odd, particularly when doing a "feminine" voice.

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