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So much I didn't know that I needed to know.

Revisado: 04-30-24

As soon as I finished, The Age of Magical Over went back and hit play again to listen again.

I want to understand these bias, what they look like, where they hang out, and how they trap us. An easy to digest explanation of the mental errors many of us constantly make with our brains ill-adapted to modern life, an insight that will hopefully enable us (me) to do better. Hoping a second listen will make the bias and brain glitches more embedded in my consciousness so they're easier to understand, identify, and avoid IRL.

Great book. Throughly recommend listening to The Age Of Magical Overthinking.

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The book could have cut 75% of the content

Revisado: 11-07-23

This book would have been better as a 5000 word essay. There are some interesting points and insights but the author makes each point and then bangs you on the head by looking at it from 28 different angles with a constant reminder that the author himself is not a good meditator.

The narrator uses a tone that would work well for a guided meditation, but I found the tone put my concentration to sleep and my mind would wonder off, sometimes for quiet a while. As the author rambles on and the narrator drones my solution was to speed it up to 2x speed and listen while being active doing something that would not put me to sleep - like cooking and chores.

This was my first dive into this topic and Why Buddhism Is True did answer some questions I had, however I am sure there must be more useful books with less references to the authors own poor performance at the ideas, and more useful and appliable information.

There are no sample meditations and while the author talks a lot about the benefits, joys and outcomes of meditation he does not really teach the reader how to meditate nor offer any examples nor sample meditations. I feel a sample meditation on each idea so the reader could feel each chapter would have been more useful than the long-winded descriptions of the ideas. As the author himself says, one taste of honey is more useful than 1000's of words describing honey.

Finishing this book took me months as I kept finding other books to listen to before getting back to this one.

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Powerful account of an alternative life

Revisado: 04-28-23

Such a powerful account of Faith Jones' life growing up and out of a life in the Family of God, told in a way the listener feels they are right there with little Faithy.

I felt like I was at the farm in Macau, and understand how she and others believe what they believe/d and interpret the passages the way they do, made even more compelling by the constant references to Bible chapters and verse numbers before the quotes.

I'm fascinated by cult stories, and this is one of the best ones I've come across yet. If you're reading this review to decide if you should listen to this one, you should. It's definitely worth hearing.

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Fascinating dive into the beliefs, inner workings

Revisado: 03-24-23

Fascinating dive into all things Scientology. Such an interesting book on this bizarre alien world.

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Heavy with insights

Revisado: 03-15-23

SBKs podcast is engaging, and he's always a joy to listen to him speak. The information in this book is absolutely worth taking the time to absorb, but it isn't as easy to listen to as when Scott free speaks in interviews and conversations.

It's the type of book that is worth listening to a second or third time (at fast speed) as I feel there is more and more to absorb from this information and heavy fact filled narrative.

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It could have been me

Revisado: 01-24-23

As a bit of a seeker it is easy to see how this could have been anyone's story. The good wrapped in the bad, or is it bad wrapped in good?

Like so many power structures the good makes the bad easy to dismiss. It's ki da like The Heros Journey for cults, and Scared opens it up and shows the listener how cults hook their members in, manipulate them, and then abuse them.

Sarah's narration is excellent. The story is well planned, logical and easy to follow. This fascinating book is a must read/listen.

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Mind blowing in parts. But overly American focused

Revisado: 01-19-23

The author tells a mind blowing story on how global politics influence far more of normal life than I had realized. The Russian Troll Factories designed to spread disharmony and expand division is a war weapon I'd not been fully aware of and has changed how I see social media.

Really enjoyed learning about the persuaders and their methods and how politics has evolved over the years.

Some of the topics are American in nature and need to be told that way, but things that are not only American are America focused in this book and I find that annoying. The same information and story could be told in a more inclusive way.

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Take that Daily Mail!

Revisado: 01-18-23

Frustrated with the lies and total BS from the British Tabloids, Harry, in his own words, sets the record straight.

A delightful listen, read with Harry's lovely, educated, British accent. A well-told story of loves, lives, and lies.

Charming details of this childhood, his teens, loss of his beloved mother, military service, losing everything he loved to the British Press. He lost his mum to the tabloids. He lost his Military career to the tabloids. He lost girlfriends to the tabloids. He lost his freedom to do anything, shopping, buying groceries, going for a walk, freedom to do anything normal was lost to the tabloids.

And then the fight to find a way to live with his much-loved wife and children, outside the gilded cage he was born into, away from the control of the tabloids. His story told his way. No wonder the tabloids are in a hissy fit.

It's a good story. An interesting story. An important story to hear. Listen. You'll be glad you did.

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Like a salad without dressing

Revisado: 11-22-21

I'm so glad I got this information into my knowledge base, but getting that intellectual nutrition was much like eating a boring but nutritional salad.

Unlike other reviewers, I did like the many examples and stories supporting the ideas. If the ideas were simply stated without the many examples and research data it would be easy to dismiss as silly or ridiculous, they are not instinctive or obvious but I am convinced that they are correct.

Everyone should read/listen to this book. You may not completely enjoy the consumption of the material but you will definitely be glad you took the time anyway.

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Nerdy science told as an exciting adventure

Revisado: 06-25-21

Absolutely brilliant. Incognito explains the working of the brain and how it effects decision making, emotions, choices, impulse and cultural and legal systems. That's a lot. But David breaks it into easy to digest logical chunks that are a delight to hear.

I particularly enjoyed how he shares insight on past beliefs and why people thought that, current knowledge, and proposes ideas for better systems and models based on what we know now.

The audio book is great. David's passion and understanding of the subject brings the entire book to a whole new level.

Incognito is jammed packed with knowledge I definitely want impeded into my brain so I will be listening to this book over and perhaps over again.

Everyone should hear this.

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