Delightful

This audiobook is quiet entertaining and enlightening. There is a ton of information regarding the workings of the mind as related to intuition, philosophy, morality, and evolution. Tom Perkins reads effortlessly. As I listened, my mind was packed with new concepts and thoughts that I have never considered.
I would highly recommend this audiobook to anyone interested in the science of the mind.

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A book to make you think!

Very interesting book!
As a neuroscience graduate, I found most of the concepts familiar but now put in an interesting context!

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Diasppointing - Save your money or credits

What disappointed you about Thinking?

This is one of the rare cases in which I simply stopped listening. I couldn't take any more. I did not purchase this book to learn how much the authors care or how hard they are trying to be relevant. The discussion on super forecasting reminded me of a remote viewing exercise. I've seen too many narrative fallacies at work.

Give me Taleb or Kahneman. Their books are excellent.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

The narrator probably did fine, but the lack of meaningful content drove may entire reaction to this book.

You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

None.

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need more...

What did you like best about Thinking? What did you like least?

Heavy on generalities about the contributing fields and the resumes of those leading them, light on "take homes" from the various literatures. A few kernels, that's about it.

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Fascinating Stuff

Any additional comments?

It's hard to imagine the narrator stressing more words incorrectly. I'm not sure if he was a robot or what.

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Political and Religious Bias Ruined It!

Would you try another book from John Brockman and/or Tom Perkins?

It depends on if they make the first few chapters about their own Prejudices in regards to politics and religion. I was very offended by both.

What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?

I liked the views about how to solve problems. I got lost on the prediction models and the decision making process was probably more narrowed to an individual ideology or belief system rather than a practice that "all" could use.

Was Thinking worth the listening time?

There is enough good information here that anyone interested in learning more about the title's subject should listen. Avoid the first few chapters though if your not interested in their personal views on politics and religion.

Any additional comments?

Finding a balance in: Decision-Making, Problem-Solving, and Prediction requires one to realize that their audience will have came from many different walks of life and journeys, and the balance of keeping a neutral frame of reference will serve a better purpose. Anyone who has a psychology background, or a discerning ability to know others will no doubt be able to pick up on the biases the author has. In my personal opinion, biases are not places one can do solid research from because they always start from a slant and therefore can never fully produce a "balanced" objective.

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Compilation of Expert Articles on cognitive scienc

A wide variety of approaches to the topic are covered by experts in a style understandable to educated laypeople.

collection of essays that provoke thought

well some of the essays were difficult to get through many very thought-provoking and left me contemplating the message days afterward. I have adopted new views on how my mind works because of them

Incoherent stream of consciousness

The book is an incoherent stream of consciousness. While it is clear the author is a deep thinker, it is also clear he has not spent adequate time thinking about how to best communicate his message. Complete waste of my money and time.

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Disappointing

He has some interesting ideas, but at the expense of sitting through a gratuitous rant about religion, some self aggrandizement about his PhDs, and some basic grammatical errors (singular/plural). I was hoping for more substance on the topic of Thinking.