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The Coming Age of Hyperintelligence
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Roy McMillan
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James Lovelock
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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Novacene, by James Lovelock, read by Roy McMillan.
James Lovelock, creator of the Gaia hypothesis and the greatest environmental thinker of our time, has produced an astounding new theory about future of life on Earth. He argues that the anthropocene - the age in which humans acquired planetary-scale technologies - is, after 300 years, coming to an end. A new age - the novacene - has already begun.
New beings will emerge from existing artificial intelligence systems. They will think 10,000 times faster than we do, and they will regard us as we now regard plants - as desperately slow acting and thinking creatures. But this will not be the cruel, violent machine takeover of the planet imagined by sci-fi writers and film-makers. These hyper-intelligent beings will be as dependent on the health of the planet as we are. They will need the planetary cooling system of Gaia to defend them from the increasing heat of the sun as much as we do. And Gaia depends on organic life. We will be partners in this project.
It is crucial, Lovelock argues, that the intelligence of Earth survives and prospers. He does not think there are intelligent aliens, so we are the only beings capable of understanding the cosmos. Maybe, he speculates, the novacene could even be the beginning of a process that will finally lead to intelligence suffusing the entire cosmos. At the age of 100, James Lovelock has produced the most important and compelling work of his life.
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Best translation I have encountered.
- De DW en 05-27-16
De: Miyamoto Musashi, y otros
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From Lukov with Love
- De: Mariana Zapata
- Narrado por: Callie Dalton, Teddy Hamilton
- Duración: 14 h y 55 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 4,830
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 4,401
If someone were to ask Jasmine Santos to describe the last few years of her life with a single word, it would definitely be a four-letter one. After 17 years - and countless broken bones and broken promises - she knows her window to compete in figure skating is coming to a close. But when the offer of a lifetime comes in from an arrogant idiot she's spent the last decade dreaming about pushing in the way of a moving bus, Jasmine might have to reconsider everything.
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5 out of 5 stars
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New Favorite MZ Slow Burn
- De Brittany M en 05-13-18
De: Mariana Zapata
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Bigger Leaner Stronger
- The Simple Science of Building the Ultimate Male Body
- De: Michael Matthews
- Narrado por: Michael Matthews
- Duración: 14 h y 16 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 3,964
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 3,350
The bestselling fitness book for men who want to gain 25-35 pounds of lean muscle and lose as much fat or more in just 3-5 hours per week—and without giving up delicious foods or doing grueling workouts. Is Bigger Leaner Stronger a body building book that can help you pack on brain-shrinking amounts of muscle in 30 days flat? No. Is it a fitness nutrition book full of dubious diet and exercise “hacks” and “shortcuts” for melting belly fat faster than a roided hornet? Absolutely not.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Narration sounds like a Robot
- De pauly en 07-04-19
De: Michael Matthews
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The Little Black Book of Workout Motivation
- De: Michael Matthews
- Narrado por: Michael Matthews
- Duración: 5 h y 24 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 835
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 712
The bestselling fitness and self-improvement book for breaking through mental resistance and barriers, building unshakeable discipline, and keeping your goals alive when things get tough.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Diamond in the rough
- De Mike en 09-03-18
De: Michael Matthews
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Barbarian Days
- A Surfing Life
- De: William Finnegan
- Narrado por: William Finnegan
- Duración: 18 h y 8 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 4,557
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 4,061
Pulitzer Prize, Biography, 2016. Barbarian Days is William Finnegan's memoir of an obsession, a complex enchantment. Surfing only looks like a sport. To initiates it is something else entirely: a beautiful addiction, a demanding course of study, a morally dangerous pastime, a way of life.
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2 out of 5 stars
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What a Jerk.
- De ML Sadler en 03-06-17
De: William Finnegan
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Ranger Confidential
- Living, Working, and Dying in the National Parks
- De: Andrea Lankford
- Narrado por: Julia Motyka
- Duración: 9 h y 28 m
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The real stories behind the scenery of America’s national parks. For 12 years, Andrea Lankford lived in the biggest, most impressive national parks in the world, working a job she loved. She chaperoned baby sea turtles on their journey to sea. She pursued bad guys on her galloping patrol horse. She jumped into rescue helicopters bound for the heart of the Grand Canyon. She won arguments with bears. She slept with a few too many rattlesnakes. Hell yeah, it was the best job in the world! Fortunately, Andrea survived it.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Depressing from Cover to Cover
- De Drew (@drewsant) en 04-13-15
De: Andrea Lankford
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There's No Such Thing as Bad Weather
- A Scandinavian Mom's Secrets for Raising Healthy, Resilient, and Confident Kids (from Friluftsliv to Hygge)
- De: Linda Åkeson McGurk
- Narrado por: Ann Richardson
- Duración: 8 h y 39 m
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Bringing Up Bébé meets Last Child in the Woods in this lively, insightful memoir about a mother who sets out to discover if the nature-centric parenting philosophy of her native Scandinavia holds the key to healthier, happier lives for her American children.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great concept, interesting writing.
- De Kate en 11-03-17
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The Keys to the Effortless Golf Swing
- Curing Your Hit Impulse in Seven Simple Lessons
- De: Michael McTeigue
- Narrado por: Rob Shamblin
- Duración: 1 h y 45 m
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The biggest paradox in golf is that the harder you try to hit the ball, the worse you do so. In The Keys to the Effortless Golf Swing, Michael McTeigue offers you a simple system of sequential body movements that produces a true swinging motion with every club in the bag. The result is increased distance and greater accuracy for all sizes, shapes, and ages of golfers for a minimum investment in learning time.
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5 out of 5 stars
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My Swing
- De rrj0717 en 09-09-18
De: Michael McTeigue
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The Unlikely Thru-Hiker
- An Appalachian Trail Journey
- De: Derick Lugo
- Narrado por: Derick Lugo
- Duración: 7 h y 12 m
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Derick Lugo had never been hiking. He certainly couldn't imagine going more than a day without manicuring his goatee. But with a job cut short and no immediate plans, this fixture of the New York comedy scene began to think about what he might do with months of free time. He had heard of the Appalachian Trail, but he had never seriously considered attempting to hike all 2,184.2 miles of it. Suddenly he found himself asking, Could he do it?
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5 out of 5 stars
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On My Feet All Day
- De bannedbum en 08-21-21
De: Derick Lugo
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The Last Season
- De: Eric Blehm
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis
- Duración: 12 h y 34 m
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Destined to become a classic of adventure literature, The Last Season examines the extraordinary life of legendary backcountry ranger Randy Morgenson and his mysterious disappearance in California's unforgiving Sierra Nevada - mountains as perilous as they are beautiful. Eric Blehm's masterful work is a gripping detective story interwoven with the riveting biography of a complicated, original, and wholly fascinating man.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Well Written Character Study of an NPS Ranger
- De Kathy in CA en 06-23-16
De: Eric Blehm
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Playing to Win
- De: Michael Lewis
- Narrado por: Michael Lewis
- Duración: 2 h y 13 m
- Grabación Original
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,308
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 1,966
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,954
All over America, families are investing blood, sweat, tears, and retirement savings in their children’s sports careers, all with the ultimate goal of…what exactly? A college scholarship? A professional contract? Simply the taste of victory? Through the lens of the highly competitive world of girls’ softball, Lewis reveals the youth sports industrial complex that has arisen to aggressively monetize after-school pastimes.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Listen
- De Brian Bray en 10-15-20
De: Michael Lewis
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Twisted
- The Story of Larry Nassar and the Women Who Took Him Down
- De: Mary Pilon, Carla Correa
- Narrado por: Mary Pilon, Carla Correa
- Duración: 5 h y 17 m
- Grabación Original
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General5 out of 5 stars 2,978
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 2,617
In early 2018, Larry Nassar, the former doctor for USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University, was sentenced to serve out the rest of his life in prison after pleading guilty to a variety of sex crimes. New York Times best-selling author Mary Pilon and Carla Correa chronicle the scandal from its inception, tracking the institutions that Nassar hid behind, the athletic culture that he benefited from, and the women who eventually brought him to justice.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The Truth as told by the Survivors
- De DKMarkham en 07-27-19
De: Mary Pilon, y otros
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Buried in the Sky
- The Extraordinary Story of the Sherpa Climbers on K2's Deadliest Day
- De: Peter Zuckerman, Amanda Padoan
- Narrado por: David Doersch
- Duración: 7 h y 12 m
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When Edmund Hillary first conquered Mt. Everest, Sherpa Tenzing Norgay was at his side. Indeed, for as long as Westerners have been climbing the Himalaya, Sherpas have been the unsung heroes in the background. In August 2008, when eleven climbers lost their lives on K2, the world’s most dangerous peak, two Sherpas survived. They had emerged from poverty and political turmoil to become two of the most skillful mountaineers on earth. Based on unprecedented access and interviews, Buried in the Sky reveals their astonishing story for the first time.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Sherpas, The True Unsung Heroes
- De Kathy in CA en 07-26-15
De: Peter Zuckerman, y otros
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Thinner Leaner Stronger
- The Simple Science of Building the Ultimate Female Body
- De: Michael Matthews
- Narrado por: Elliott Denkers
- Duración: 13 h y 39 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 792
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 648
The bestselling fitness book for women who want to lose up to 35 pounds of fat or more and gain whole-body muscle definition in just 3-5 hours per week—and without giving up delicious foods or doing grueling workouts.
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2 out of 5 stars
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"The Ultimate Female Body", but uses male examples
- De bookWorm en 06-29-15
De: Michael Matthews
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Stay Sane in an Insane World
- How to Control the Controllables and Thrive
- De: Greg Harden
- Narrado por: Greg Harden
- Duración: 5 h y 40 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 212
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 191
Champions aren’t born. They’re built. Greg Harden spent over 30 years building them at the University of Michigan, including 400 future professional athletes, 50 NFL first-round draft picks, and 120 Olympians from over 20 countries. He gained national recognition when 60 Minutes Sports profiled him as “Michigan’s Secret Weapon.” Now, in his first book, Greg Harden is reaching out to help anyone who wants to live their best life by offering powerful and practical advice.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good book, However, prejudice shows through a bit
- De Don Dotson en 08-22-23
De: Greg Harden
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The Best Hunting Stories Ever Told
- De: Jay Cassell - editor
- Narrado por: Jason Culp
- Duración: 32 h y 45 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 179
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 160
Follow the trails of hunters - the original storytellers - as they interpret signs, examine tracks, and chase and catch their prey (or fail to). Listeners can curl up with the best authentic hunting fiction and non-fiction, bringing the great Mount Kenya and the prairies of the American Bison into your living room. From Theodore Roosevelt and Gene Hill to Rick Bass and Charles Dickens, remember classic hunting tales and discover new stories of hunters’ luck, camaraderie, and use of smarts on the trail.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A broad collection of hunting tales
- De Elaine en 06-21-15
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Where's the Next Shelter?
- De: Gary Sizer
- Narrado por: Gary Sizer
- Duración: 11 h y 10 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,548
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,405
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,398
Where's the Next Shelter? is the true story of three travelers on the Appalachian Trail, a 2,000-mile hike that stretches from Georgia to Maine, told from the perspective of Gary Sizer, a seasoned backpacker and former marine who quickly finds himself humbled by the endeavor. If you long for the horizon or to sleep under the stars, then come along for the hike of a lifetime. All you have to do is take the first step.
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4 out of 5 stars
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If You Liked AWOL, You'll Like This
- De Rebecca en 06-02-16
De: Gary Sizer
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Novacene
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- AndrewRez
- 01-27-25
One of THE BEST books on Future of AI
I read few books per month and NOVACENE is one of the most detailed, comprehensive and far reaching books on future of AI and future of Humanity i have ever read
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- Cliente de Amazon
- 03-11-21
El mejor
Es el mejor libro que he escuchado o leído en los últimos años. Lovelock reúne la inteligencia práctica del inventor. La sensibilidad del que comprende y la sabiduría de 100 años en lucidez plena. Maestro!
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- Teacher
- 12-21-23
A reminder that humans may not be the center of the universe
An interesting story and hypothesis. Humans are the sole purpose of the universe in the sense that everything exists to host intelligence. At the same time our reign as the most intelligent beings may come to an end, as we make room for our intelligent babies - cyborgs.
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- E. Khoo
- 09-29-22
Lovelock was a truly remarkable man (RIP '21)
Three big ideas in this book.
1. Unlocking or the Anthropocine by burning coal
2. Beginning of the Novocine by Marconi
3. The real definition of Gaia (intelligence ordering itself)
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- Anonymous User
- 12-04-22
Insightful discourse and well-read
I was never particularly interested in futurism or engineering yet I enjoyed Novacene. Lovelock’s logical approach and the simplicity of language make it very easy to follow. The recording is pleasant to listen as well.
Learned a lot and some concepts proposed by Mr. Lovelock will stick to me for a long time - that’s what I call a great book.
Highly recommend Novacene, I’d say it’s suitable for everyone.
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