James Litsios

Insider view of the Hollywood film industry; A mini-MBA lesson in corporate thinking

Revisado: 11-18-22

I loved the intimate atmosphere created by all these personal quotes. I love the insights into all parts of the film making process and the business. The overview of the different “phases” of film industry is great value to understand other industries going through changes.

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Read with little acting depth

Revisado: 11-07-22

There is little drama, suspense, or even emotions in this narration. That is a shame. I find myself wondering if it was not created by a machine, which given the storyline would make total sense.

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Hits the sweet spot

Revisado: 10-11-22

Some of us like to ‘make things explainable’. Yet in real, in for example social settings, that is an impossible task. The next best thing is to do it in fairy tales! This book does that: it take multiple, sometimes difficult, real life scenarios, and explains them. It is not real, but it is not far from being real, and that makes this book useful to the readers.

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Better than previous three

Revisado: 09-21-22

Fun, good tempo, plot still a bit too “obvious”, a bit like an action movie

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Fun but a bit thin

Revisado: 09-11-22

Story tempo is great: just enough, not too much details. Would have wanted more plot twists. Also, a bit too ‘treky’ for my taste.

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Not a biography

Revisado: 07-02-22

I enjoyed this historical story telling of subjects that Von Neumann delved into. I also enjoyed the 10% of the story about Von Neumann. However, too much is too much, and telling me the whole history of cellular automata just because Von Neumann spent a year on it is too much. Otherwise an enjoyable content, just not a biography.

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Worth the listening

Revisado: 06-12-22

A bit long, however these insights make it a valuable book:
1) that it took for ever to understand how to affect the markets, and yet still be able to measure “unaffected“ signals
2) that Simon used white icing of a cake as an ashtray
3) the book talk about ML in politics, something that is very real but little talked about

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Reality of ww2 where many die, prose a bit weak

Revisado: 03-28-21

Good historical content. People dropping all over. At some point you realize that mostly only those that have told their story survive. Prose drags a bit and is a bit repetitive.

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Gives you a view into the inner Roald Dahl

Revisado: 03-14-21

Much pleasure to hear the man’s talent: it is sometimes hard to believe these are real letters because they are so entertaining. Also we learn of many experiences that appear in his later writings.

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Good tempo and smooth intro to physics introduced

Revisado: 01-27-21

Narrative moves along well and captures well the deeper person. A bit of a slowdown towards the end but this reflects the “dithering “ of Feynman. However the last two chapters then pulls it all back together to finish with a bang! I found the physics well introduced, and that good insights were provided into the other important people.

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