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The Perfect Police State
- An Undercover Odyssey into China's Terrifying Surveillance Dystopia of the Future
- De: Geoffrey Cain
- Narrado por: Feodor Chin
- Duración: 8 h y 30 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 104
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 92
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 91
A riveting investigation into how a restive region of China became the site of a nightmare Orwellian social experiment - the definitive police state - and the global technology giants that made it possible.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Enjoyed the story and performance
- De Nate en 07-08-21
- The Perfect Police State
- An Undercover Odyssey into China's Terrifying Surveillance Dystopia of the Future
- De: Geoffrey Cain
- Narrado por: Feodor Chin
The 21st century horrors of modern totalitarianism
Revisado: 01-30-22
Provides necessary context for why the Uighurs are targeted in China and how the ccp has overreacted with Orwellian precision.
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Why We Are Restless
- On the Modern Quest for Contentment
- De: Benjamin Storey, Jenna Silber Storey
- Narrado por: Laurel Lefkow
- Duración: 6 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 41
We live in an age of unprecedented prosperity, yet everywhere we see signs that our pursuit of happiness has proven fruitless. Dissatisfied, we seek change for the sake of change - even if it means undermining the foundations of our common life. In Why We Are Restless, Benjamin and Jenna Storey offer a profound and beautiful reflection on the roots of this malaise and examine how we might begin to cure ourselves.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good primer.
- De Chris en 09-29-21
- Why We Are Restless
- On the Modern Quest for Contentment
- De: Benjamin Storey, Jenna Silber Storey
- Narrado por: Laurel Lefkow
man's quest for imminent contentment
Revisado: 01-12-22
I was struck by a few things about this wonderfully researched, written and read work. One is the well made point about our modern affliction with distraction keeping us ignorant but certainly not delivering bliss. Also, a necessary question is asked, "Must one cease thinking for himself in order to learn how to think for himself?"
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Break 'Em Up
- Recovering Our Freedom from Big Ag, Big Tech, and Big Money
- De: Zephyr Teachout, Bernie Sanders - foreword
- Narrado por: Matt Godfrey, Zephyr Teachout
- Duración: 9 h y 42 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 125
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 104
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 103
Every facet of American life is being overtaken by big platform monopolists like Facebook, Google, and Bayer (which has merged with the former agricultural giant Monsanto), resulting in a greater concentration of wealth and power than we've seen since the Gilded Age. They are evolving into political entities that often have more influence than the actual government, bending state and federal legislatures to their will and even creating arbitration courts that circumvent the US justice system.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Needed Insight
- De P. en 12-20-20
- Break 'Em Up
- Recovering Our Freedom from Big Ag, Big Tech, and Big Money
- De: Zephyr Teachout, Bernie Sanders - foreword
- Narrado por: Matt Godfrey, Zephyr Teachout
All you need to know!
Revisado: 09-02-20
Read passionately by the author, a one-stop shop for all you need to know about U.S. anti-trust history, concentration in modern industries, necessary steps to free citizens from consumerism, and philosophy of markets. Absolutely fantastic. Hopefully, a handbook for legislative change.
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The People, No
- A Brief History of Anti-Populism
- De: Thomas Frank
- Narrado por: Thomas Frank
- Duración: 8 h y 30 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 516
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 437
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 435
Rarely does a work of history contain startling implications for the present, but in The People, No, Thomas Frank pulls off that explosive effect by showing us that everything we think we know about populism is wrong. Today "populism" is seen as a frightening thing, a term pundits use to describe the racist philosophy of Donald Trump and European extremists. But this is a mistake. The real story of populism is an account of enlightenment and liberation; it is the story of American democracy itself, of its ever-widening promise of a decent life for all.
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3 out of 5 stars
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I need something more reasoned
- De Nana Landgraf en 08-05-20
- The People, No
- A Brief History of Anti-Populism
- De: Thomas Frank
- Narrado por: Thomas Frank
History Does Not Repeat Itself, But It Rhymes
Revisado: 08-06-20
Thoroughly researched and written analysis of pluralism's original party roots and the many times the party system duopoly has effectively painted pluralists as unintelligent know nothings deserving others' dictates. Unsurprisingly, the mislabeling of pluralism as racist rather than classist has occurred since the term's first use and has continued for over a century into the 2016 US election and likely beyond.
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Failure Is an Option
- An Attempted Memoir
- De: H. Jon Benjamin
- Narrado por: H. Jon Benjamin
- Duración: 4 h y 58 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 4,929
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 4,467
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 4,443
While he's not quite a household name, most people would consider H. Jon Benjamin, the voice-actor star of Archer and Bob's Burgers (and a sentient can of mixed vegetables in 2015's Wet Hot American Summer) a comedy show business success. But he'd like to remind everyone that as great as success can be, failure is also an option. In a hilarious, self-deprecating memoir, Jon lays out some of his many failures in all areas of life, from Work ("wherein I'm unable to deliver a sizzling fajita") to Family ("wherein a trip to PF Chang's fractures a family").
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5 out of 5 stars
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No joke, This book helped my marriage
- De Michelle en 05-07-18
- Failure Is an Option
- An Attempted Memoir
- De: H. Jon Benjamin
- Narrado por: H. Jon Benjamin
laughed my archer off!
Revisado: 08-11-19
not your father's self-help book.
h jon benjamin has strung together enough anecdotes, stories, outright lies, observations, and half-truths to keep you entertained and smirking for over 5 hours!
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Waking Up
- A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion
- De: Sam Harris
- Narrado por: Sam Harris
- Duración: 5 h y 53 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 12,146
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 10,414
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 10,289
From multiple New York Times best-selling author, neuroscientist, and "new atheist" Sam Harris, Waking Up is for the 30 percent of Americans who follow no religion, but who suspect that Jesus, Buddha, Lao Tzu, Rumi, and the other saints and sages of history could not have all been epileptics, schizophrenics, or frauds.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I don't completely agree. BUT THAT SAID...
- De World Peace en 09-11-14
- Waking Up
- A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion
- De: Sam Harris
- Narrado por: Sam Harris
Perfect intro to meditation and mindfulness
Revisado: 03-02-17
This is among the short list of books that I chose to investigate after a newly admitted atheism during my search for how to begin a routine of meditation and mindfulness. I am much more clear after completing this eloquently discussed rational analysis on the benefits of practicing meditation and minndfulness.
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