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A fascinating guided tour of the complex, fast-moving, and influential world of algorithms - what they are, why they’re such powerful predictors of human behavior, and where they’re headed next. Algorithms exert an extraordinary level of influence on our everyday lives - from dating websites and financial trading floors, through to online retailing and internet searches - Google's search algorithm is now a more closely guarded commercial secret than the recipe for Coca-Cola.
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Not about algorithms. Not an original book.
- By Landon Rordam on 12-02-14
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On Intelligence
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Jeff Hawkins, the man who created the PalmPilot, Treo smart phone, and other handheld devices, has reshaped our relationship to computers. Now he stands ready to revolutionize both neuroscience and computing in one stroke, with a new understanding of intelligence itself.
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Epiphany
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Autopilot
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- Narrated by: Kevin Free
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Andrew Smart wants you to sit and do nothing much more often - and he has the science to explain why. At every turn we’re pushed to do more, faster, and more efficiently: That drumbeat resounds throughout our wage-slave society. Multitasking is not only a virtue, it’s a necessity. But Andrew Smart argues that slackers may have the last laugh. The latest neuroscience shows that the “culture of effectiveness” is not only ineffective, it can be harmful to your well-being.
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Not worth it.
- By B Lee on 04-30-14
By: Andrew Smart
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Whiplash
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Today, not only is everything digital getting faster, cheaper, and smaller at an exponential rate, we also have the Internet. When these two revolutions - one in technology and the other in communications - joined, an explosive force was unleashed that changed the very nature of innovation. And with any change, we have seen many strategic blunders and extraordinary learning curves along the way.
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Just general advice on how to survive
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World Without Mind
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Franklin Foer reveals the existential threat posed by big tech, and in his brilliant polemic gives us the toolkit to fight their pervasive influence. Over the past few decades there has been a revolution in terms of who controls knowledge and information. This rapid change has imperiled the way we think. Without pausing to consider the cost, the world has rushed to embrace the products and services of four titanic corporations. We shop with Amazon, socialize on Facebook, turn to Apple for entertainment, and rely on Google for information.
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5-Star Book with a 1-Star Title
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Now You See It
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When Duke University gave free iPods to the freshman class in 2003, critics said they were wasting their money. Yet when the students in practically every discipline invented academic uses for the music players, suddenly the idea could be seen in a new light - as an innovative way to turn learning on its head. Using cutting-edge research on the brain, Cathy N. Davidson show how attention blindness has produced one of our society's greatest challenges.
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3 Reasons to Read
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Consciousness is our gateway to experience: it enables us to recognize Van Gogh’s starry skies, be enraptured by Beethoven’s Fifth, and stand in awe of a snowcapped mountain. Yet consciousness is subjective, personal, and famously difficult to examine: philosophers have for centuries declared this mental entity so mysterious as to be impenetrable to science. In The Ravenous Brain, neuroscientist Daniel Bor departs sharply from this historical view, and proposes a new model for how consciousness works.
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Effectively demystifies consciousness
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In Pursuit of Elegance
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In this thought-provoking exploration, Matthew May defines elegance as the elusive combination of unusual simplicity and surprising power, and pinpoints the four key elements that characterize it: seduction, subtraction, symmetry, and sustainability. In a story-driven narrative that sheds light on the need for elegance in design, engineering, physics, art, urban planning, sports, and work, May offers a surprising array of stories that illustrate why what's "not there" often matters more than what is.
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I love elegance, but this book isn't elegant
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Borrowing Brilliance
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As a former aerospace scientist, Fortune 500 executive, chief innovation officer of two major companies, inventor and software entrepreneur, David Murray has made a living by coming up with new and innovative ideas. In Borrowing Brilliance he explains the origins and evolution of a business idea by showing you how new ideas are merely the combination of existing ideas.
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Really good but...
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Electronic Dreams
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In Electronic Dreams, Tom Lean tells the story of how computers invaded British homes for the first time, as people set aside their worries of electronic brains and Big Brother and embraced the wonder technology of the 1980s. This book charts the history of the rise and fall of the home computer, the family of futuristic and quirky machines that took computing from the realm of science and science fiction to being a user-friendly domestic technology.
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Awesome outline of electronic history
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Over a storied career, Daniel C. Dennett has engaged questions about science and the workings of the mind. His answers have combined rigorous argument with strong empirical grounding. And a lot of fun. Intuition Pumps and Other Tools for Thinking offers seventy-seven of Dennett’s most successful “imagination-extenders and focus-holders” meant to guide you through some of life’s most treacherous subject matter: evolution, meaning, mind, and free will.
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Loved it, but some philosophy background needed.
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- SethF
- 09-17-18
Interesting, but has a misleading subtitle
First, let me clarify my headline. Carr's data is not out of date, it's the topic that is (or perhaps subjects that are). If you're seeking to discover "what the internet is doing to our brains," you will not be disappointed. We must, however, know that he is writing about what the internet is doing to OUR brains, not the brains of the youth (or even some older "digital natives"). Research is showing that the youth are "wired differently," and while interesting, this book does not apply to the young generations.
I appreciated that Carr does not make judgments about the positive or negatives associated with these "changes" - I probably would have liked this book far less, had he done so (following the flaw in the description). I perceive that most listening to this book are seeking validation of their own feelings about the internet's effect on humanity. You will be presented with a large amount of information, and left to make your own decisions.
I actually found this book interesting, but I have rated it so low for the performance. I drive while I listen, and this performance was the slowest, most drawn out and boring performance I have EVER listened to - so much so that I nearly quit the book. Instead, I listened at 1.5x speed, just to make it tolerable (but even then, it was questionable).
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- Greta Ann Herin
- 04-12-17
Interesting content, reader mispronounces terms and names.
The content of the book is interesting. The performance is fine, except for the chapter on neuroscience in which the reader mispronounces terms and names.
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- gorazd
- 03-26-16
Good book
Good story, thats what I needed to listen to. I will probably need to read it again to Understand it fully
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- Roger
- 05-12-23
Great. Extremely challenging
This was exceptional. My wife keeps asking, “What are you going to change?” Unfortunately lifestyle change is one of the hardest. But this book gives some positive examples on how to do it. Great book. Will Listen again for sure.
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- DJ
- 12-21-20
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1% of this book is very interesting, provocative and eye opening. The author briefly addresses the wide spread distraction of society caused by technology and how our brains arent capable of keeping up with the flow of information we take in on a regular basis. As a result, our memory suffers, we dont retain new information, our brains have begun to crave multitasking and our attention spans have gotten much shorter. I was hoping this book would be a deeper dive into this topic, like the subtitle states. However, the other 99% of the book is an assortment of mildly related digressions and history lessons that are largely unnecessary and in some cases, completely without a point. This is ironic considering the topic of the book. I gave it 3 stars because the 1% portion was very good. If you can find a summary online somewhere (again, ironically), that will be a much better use of your time. Also, it is written over ten years ago, so the technology references are very dated.
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- Kacy
- 10-21-10
Definitely Not Shallow
This book really opened my eyes to how the online world has affected so much of the way I think, act and live. While interesting, there is a lot of human history covered into this book that at times is cumbersome to listen to. He goes into a good deal of scientific things also when talking about the brain processes that I didn't really hold on to, but the message is clear.
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- Anonymous User
- 07-14-18
Wish it were abridged
The chapters 10 and 11 answered the actual question, I thought. 13 is also worth a listen.
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- EDH
- 11-07-18
Great research, but too much extraneous info
Overall I learned a lot from this book, however my only issue is that I feel Carr went on too many irrelevant tangents that I did not care for. Some examples of this were the chapters on Larry Page, history of writing, etc.
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- Darling Family 3
- 08-13-21
Somewhat underwhelming references and studies
I agree with the overall sentiment, although mostly from a gut feeling, of this book. It’s hard to take criticism of digital/online media when a number of the referenced studies were published online via blogs. The irony is not lost on me in regards to listening to this book on an app and reviewing for future listeners instead of suggesting the paperback.
SPOILER ALERT
I was completely gutted when the author, after hours of listening to how devastating the technology is to our intake and processing of information, admitted to continuing a fully digital life after preaching the benefits of luddite “old school” learning.
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- Rajiv
- 05-05-22
The Internet is shrinking the brains of people
Where de advice: electronics are a meant for work or necessity. They are not for pleasure in addition to work and necessity.
TV shrunk many people‘s brains. As if the Internet is not doing worse.
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