Todd Thurman
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Coyote America
- A Natural and Supernatural History
- De: Dan Flores
- Narrado por: Elijah Alexander
- Duración: 8 h y 51 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,942
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,467
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3,468
Coyote America is both an environmental and a deep natural history of the coyote. It traces both the five-million-year-long biological story of an animal that has become the "wolf" in our backyards and its cultural evolution from a preeminent spot in Native American religions to the hapless foil of the Road Runner. A deeply American tale, the story of the coyote in the American West and beyond is a sort of Manifest Destiny in reverse.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very Enjoyable Book, Subject Matter, and Reader
- De John Townsend en 03-17-17
- Coyote America
- A Natural and Supernatural History
- De: Dan Flores
- Narrado por: Elijah Alexander
Not just not good…actively bad.
Revisado: 06-14-23
Not what I expected at all. Strange stories that are NSFW, one about flying vaginas. It reads like a history of the anti predator movement, but not a particularly interesting one.
The author admirably tries to hide it, but he’s clearly an animal rights nut…it comes through. The science is flimsy and speculative findings are reported as irrefutable fact. I have degrees in animal biology and animal behavior. The anthropomorphism is out of control.
Full disclosure, I only made it 3/4 through it before I realized life is too short. Skip it.
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Imaginable
- How to See the Future Coming and Feel Ready for Anything - Even Things That Seem Impossible Today
- De: Jane McGonigal
- Narrado por: Jane McGonigal
- Duración: 16 h y 31 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 96
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 81
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 81
The COVID-19 pandemic, increasingly frequent climate disasters, a new war—events we might have called “unimaginable” or “unthinkable” in the past are now reality. Today it feels more challenging than ever to feel unafraid, hopeful, and equipped to face the future with optimism. How do we map out our lives when it seems impossible to predict what the world will be like next week, let alone next year or next decade? What we need now are strategies to help us recover our confidence and creativity in facing uncertain futures.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Fabulous content, INSUFFERABLE narration!
- De Kelly en 05-24-22
- Imaginable
- How to See the Future Coming and Feel Ready for Anything - Even Things That Seem Impossible Today
- De: Jane McGonigal
- Narrado por: Jane McGonigal
Politically Biased and Terrible Delivery
Revisado: 12-29-22
The left wing political bias is hard to ignore. Leftist bias is a major problem in strategic foresight so I expected it, but it was so intense that the book loses credibility.
A good futurist has to leave their biases at the door. They have every right to hold political views, as does everyone, but you have to be able to set those biases aside to critically think about the future.
The author’s comically simplistic characterizations of conservatives was offensive and serves as a major impediment to clear futures thinking.
If you’re looking for a clear framework for thinking about the future, this is not it. There are some decent nuggets in there but they’re hard to find due to all the unnecessary political commentary and self aggrandizing fluff.
If you still want to get this book, I highly recommend getting a print or kindle version. The author’s delivery is oddly stilted and very strange. It’s not too bad at first but eventually it becomes very distracting and quite frankly, hard to listen to. I made it through the entire book, but it was painful. In hindsight, I should have just abandoned the book, but I have a bad habit of sticking it out when I shouldn’t.
I recommend Andy Hines’ book instead of you want to learn about strategic foresight.
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