Eckart Burgwedel

Unbearable

Revisado: 02-27-23

This is actually the first bad review that I have ever given to an audiobook. It didn’t have many previous reviews, so I took the gamble.

Disclaimer: I only listened to the first six hours, then I couldn’t take it anymore. And even those I only managed because I was hoping for improvement.

This book sounds as if it was written by GPT-3 and read by a bot. It’s a crude assembly of platitudes, Wikipedia definitions, and lists. Endless lists. What the author calls ‘discussions’ is a mere description of what could have in theory been properly explained but never was.

The author, if there actually was one, doesn’t understand any of the technical details that he throws at you in no particular order. As a listener, you can follow those technical descriptions only if you already understand AI in depth.

The medical side of things is superficial at best, and plainly wrong at worst. Anyone, even with barely any medical knowledge at all, could have written a better book, simply by doing some research and investing real thought.

The narrator, if it was a human indeed, sounds like a bot. Perfect pronunciation, zero understanding or empathy for the content.

All in all, a complete waste of time. I will ask Amazon for a refund.

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Absolutely fascinating

Revisado: 06-21-22

Hands down the best body of work about China I‘ve seen and can imagine. Clear, compelling, balanced and utterly captivating.

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Insane

Revisado: 06-21-21

More gripping than any series on Netflix, and then a true story. There have men lived before us who put anything we have to endure to shame. Lucky for us, there are also great storytellers who can relay such stories to us and help us put our lives into perspective.

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Ad nauseam

Revisado: 06-16-21

I‘m usually extremely patient with the US style for repeating every important message until your ears will ring. This time however, too much is too much.

Great basic message - what’s a multiplier, what’s a diminished and how change sides. But after wahr feels like the 150th time of repetition the multipliers get 100% more out of their people than diminishers, I rolled over and gave up. My respect and pity to those who endured this works until the end.

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Crazy

Revisado: 11-21-20

Michael did the best job imaginable to help outsiders to understand Trump. It doesn’t fully explain why so many are oblivious to his lies and perception, but it helps even there. It sheds a scaringly bright light on the fact that the US, once bravely helping Germany recover from authoritarian regime, is now on the brink of falling prey to the same category of political mayhem.

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Crazy

Revisado: 02-28-19

Plainly the craziest stuff I’ve ever heard. Superhuman, super inspiring. Must hear. Will change the way you think about yourself.

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Biggest surprise ever.

Revisado: 03-08-17

Absolutely inspiring. I didn't know what to expect from this book but it blew me away. Very deep and an outstanding demonstration of self-reflection and introspection.

I don't give a fuck. More successfully then ever. ;-)

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Fascinating and Delightful

Revisado: 10-24-16

Excellent book: sharply observed, insightful, inspiring. Fascinatingly well written and delightfully narrated. It doesn't get much better than this.

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Insightful, Entertaining, Whiny, Startling

Revisado: 04-28-16

While Lyons comes across at first as a cynical old grump who obviously at the wrong place, the focus shifts towards a anthropologic study. While many many entrepreneurs really do want to make an impact it becomes clear that HubSpot is not what it seems from the outside, with the top management tolerating cluelessness and people such as Trotsky aka Joe Chernov, who, provided Lyons isn't making up the story, has earned himself the role a as pathetic but vicious pile of shit. This guy should never have a job again. A must read.

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