Joe Provenzano

Nothing at all makes sense

Revisado: 03-04-24

Why did audible even allow this to be on the site? It has less value than reading an index of word definitions.

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Important and worthwhile.

Revisado: 11-01-21

The book was great. It provided wonderful insights into how our species has evolved.

I read reviews of this book prior to selecting it, and I was a bit anxious about it. It seems many people are put off by the oddest of things. For instance, many thought that they did too much squabbling over historic treatment of this topic, and/or going over the same territory of past theories, multiple times, to the point that it annoyed some readers.

I didn't find this to be the case. There are many, many, ways prior scientists have characterized findings. This is a broad topic after all, and more recent data and findings have provided more objective insight. Thus it may seem like a lot of repeating but it's simply doing a thorough job of disputing prior conclusions.

Readers might appreciate (I could anyway), there is much history and prior speculation on these topics which the authors had to consider.

Reviewers also questioned that there was a lot of disputing the past findings without putting forward a new compelling theory. Again, I did not find that to be the case. There seems to be a misunderstanding, by some readers, about how new data and new science is used. It only takes one scientific study that showing improved results/data/objectivity or shows inaccuracy of prior studies findings and techniques, in order to refute those prior studies (or at a minimum cause them to be re-examined or called into question). The authors did a very good job showing how new data and studies refutes the old standard models. Although one could stop there (it would be enough to bring the old models into question), I thought it was fairly obvious that they were also putting forward a new thinking (although not 100% needed) (if I found one case that broke E=MC2, that would be book-worthy enough). The new data basically stands the old standard model on its head, using new data, science, and associated prediction models.

I think with this book, the key finding is about how wrong the current models are shown to be. The authors are opening people's eyes to the fact that new data brings the standard models into question (and overwhelmingly so). The fact that they don't try to make the same mistake-of-hubris as the standard model and prior speculators (as if they might similarly "know" the answer to how things exactly evolved), did not bother me.

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important stuff

Revisado: 04-06-21

Read this and maybe live longer. Just as important a change would be the public policy implications.

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Incredible man. Incredible story.

Revisado: 10-14-20

I really appreciated the depth and breath of this biography. It really put the times that AH lived in into perspective. In many ways the times are similar to our own which is instructive.

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Not what I expected

Revisado: 10-14-20

The book looked to have potential - but it didn't hold up. I kept waiting for the information to flow: What's it like to be a parent, grandparent, etc. of a child with Down Syndrome? The answers never really materialized. Also Alex, the child in this book, was far from typical and had a number of additional challenges beyond Down Syndrome - this was not well explained in the book's description but Alex was not able to walk, talk, etc. normally, (even past age 9) and needed a lot of additional care that would not be typical.

The experience of the family was challenged but overall still positive, and that was clearly expressed.

If you are looking for a story at corrects some misconceptions about how a child with Trisomy 21 effects a family, this story might be helpful. Not so much if you want specifics or details.

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A very important book!

Revisado: 07-18-20

Loved it. Shedding light on how math and big data impacts our lives on a day in, day out basis. A must read for use of big data analytics.

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Nicely done.

Revisado: 01-01-20

This is an excellent continuation with additional insights. Short but with great impact on the understanding of friendship, work and love.

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Life changing!

Revisado: 05-04-17

This might be the most important book I have read. If I'm going to live longer, avoid cancers, Alzheimer's, etc. It seems prudent that I stop eating sugar. Not easy. Not guaranteed. But so much better than any likely alternative idea for extending a healthy life.

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Eye-opening. You won't likely learn this elsewhere.

Revisado: 06-18-15

We are every bit as complicated as it appears. However, it is humbling how easily manipulated we are by situational forces.

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