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Perfect. Author’s voice is reverant like a monk.

Revisado: 06-07-24

Without overstating it, Merlin Sheldrake’s voice is the most pleasant to listen to of any reading voice I’ve ever heard.

He is so soothing, so controlled, methodical and meticulous, like a laboratory scientist or a religious clergy. Merlin is reverant towards fungi and that shines through his performance. It’s a genuine pleasure to listen to in addition to the brilliance of the work and of the subjects of the work.

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Chapters out of order - information outdated

Revisado: 08-01-21

All the chapters of this book out of order. This is infuriating by itself, but if you’re coming to this book looking for something that will be relevant to the modern world of business you are out of luck. This book will tech you how the “good-‘ol-boys” of yesteryear negotiated. To this business owner in the year 2021, many of these techniques are unusable because they are transparently disingenuous. The author talks about all sorts of ways that he has tricked people into making decisions that were bad for them, just to save a few bucks or enjoy the thrill of winning. Modern business is not about “landing the deal” it’s more relational and long term. Fortunately in today’s world it’s more profitable to actually help people (not just pretend) because a long term relationship will almost always have more value than a short term win.

To those new to business I suggest reading this book only to learn the techniques of the incumbents - so you can beat them at their own game. When it comes to your actual customers and relationships- treat people with respect and you’ll be a lot more successful than if you try to squeeze what you can out of everyone.

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Very imperfect book about a very interesting topic

Revisado: 06-16-21

This is a good introduction to the molecule dopamine and the effects it may have on our lives and society.

It has definitely stoked my interest and I plan to learn much more about dopamine now.

This book is intellectually dishonest throughout. If you’re science-minded you’re going to be annoyed at the sweeping generalizations and quickly drawn conclusions that this book presents. The value of this book to me was not in its content but in that it stoked my interest in dopamine. There truly is a lot that is affected by this molecule and it deserves a more scientific exploration than is done in this book.

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Fool yourself into working hard

Revisado: 02-11-20

This book is all about tricking yourself into believing that there is a “true self” inside you that strives to do the right thing all the time but is held back by your false nature. The author believes that you can unlock a well behaving, hard working person imprisoned within you if you shut out the bad instincts. The author goes so far as to say that anything bad in you that holds you back from what you want belongs to a sentient universal force that is trying to stop you from succeeding. Obviously this is all literal untrue, but the author repeatedly states these things as of they are science.

The behaviors he prescribes might be helpful, but they are based on an ideology that is very inconsistent with reality. If you are religious or naturally very foolish, you might be able to enjoy this book by using your imagination to try and believe what the author is saying. If it helps, the author has an authoritative gravely voice to make him seem like he knows what he’s talking about.

Many of the ideas in this book are incompatible with even a fundamental understanding of behavioral psychology, biology, or neuroscience.

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Tip top writing and reading, entertaining history

Revisado: 07-16-19

I would consider this book to be an introduction or a companion text to study Existentialism. It is foundational and plenty thorough in addition to being excellently written, making it effectively a requirement for an English-speaking student of Existentialism. The book orients you in the Existentialist writers in France, starting with their common roots in Phenomenology. Camus, Sartre, Beauvoir, and even Heidigger are all much easier to comprehend with this understanding of their relations and motivations. The author tells their interrelated history with comments, inferences, and a little extra-curricular philosophizing, which was the most enjoyable part of the book for me.

It's read spectacularly. I had no problem listening for hours straight and Antonia Beamish perfectly switches between French and English pronounciation. I read this book for a university class and I'm extremely pleased with the audio version; especially so because of how well Beamish handles the French names. She's the only reason I could pronounce them in class ;)

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Great book, silly-sounding British reader

Revisado: 06-25-19

Although Michael Luntz reads well and consistently, he sounds like a cartoon caricature of an old Oxford professor - haughty, pretentious, overly British. I enjoyed the book on 1.15 speed to make it easier to comprehend while doing something else with my hands. This is a book of hard philosophy but it was written in a more digestible style meant to be consumed quickly, according to Nietzsche toward the end of the book. It's still pretty obscure in places so having the print version as well is a good idea. Fortunately the very short chapters are easy to find in the audio and physical book.

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Very pushy, very religious

Revisado: 04-16-19

I gave this book a fighting chance but the Christian theology present throughout this book rears its ugly head too often. the author undermines his otherwise well-formulated wisdom with cringey references to his religion. I wanted to glean the wisdom underneath the religiosity but by the middle of the second rule it was apparent that the author has filtered their experience through the lens of contemporary protestantism and thus ruined his credibility. His views on society are narrow, traditional, and right-wing. He treats misogynistic traditions like marriage as crucial to human society and stated that the ultimate human expression is to please god. I suggest reading a summary of this book online and skipping this audiobook.

His performance was excellent and easy to listen to.

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heavy on southern values

Revisado: 02-19-19

this book is written heavily from the perspective of a southern white Christian grandfather. the opinions and perspectives within are sometimes wise, and other times painfully narrow minded for lack of a diverse perspective. this book is only valuable to someone who thinks life should have a purpose or that a person's greatest aspiration should be to contribute to society.

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overpriced but an excellent book

Revisado: 02-01-18

it is well narrated, extremely well written and fun to listen to. unfortunately it costs $6 for less than two hours of audio. this book is free under creative commons anyways so it should really be cheaper

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