Great book. Many new and cool insights and connections. it’s a minor shift in perspective, but it’s amazing how well these ideas fit.
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really interesting engaging content
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every chapter was full of interesting stories about the culture and history of programming. I loved it. one of my favorite books.
This book presented various mental models with interesting anecdotes. These models span across multiple disciplines, from physics to economics and anthropology and could be applied to both personal and work lives. The only “weakness” is that some models do not flow too smoothly together, which may be due to the wide array of topics that..
Inspiring & thorough
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Beyond the narrator’s perfect tone, this is a store about community, dreams, perseverance, the body and it’s amazing resilience, and of course running… I found myself going faster (not a lot faster but faster) as I listened. Worth every mile.
Disappointing
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Author interjects his leftist political views at every opportunity. Unfortunately it takes the reader out of the story. Why does everything have to be political nowadays?
This book was fascinating! A wild ride through the history of evolutionary theory. A truly honest and grounded book with wide implications.
As a person who is starting a mindfulness journey. I really enjoyed this book, as I learned so much about the Buddha and his teachings, and the true meaning of mindfulness. I will incorporated these practices in my everyday life.
As an African and an immigrant, it was hard to listen to this sometimes
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This is in general, a good book, written from the perspective of many participants. I enjoyed the narrative and most of the story. However, there’s a fair amount of anti African and anti immigrant sentiment in it and sometimes it comes off as pretty racist. Even when the protagonist is an African (Meb), there’s a..
Amazing
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Very well done. Narration was great. The book was well written. Now to see what others books I can find from this author.
Great teachings within the book, but it felt like there were a lot of terms that I didn’t understand. This feels like a book for advanced Buddhists who have prior knowledge and experience with Buddhism. Not taking away the quality within the teachings though, this book is amazing and highly recommend it.