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We Learn Nothing
- Essays
- Narrateur(s): Tim Kreider
- Durée: 6 h et 40 min
- Version intégrale Livre audio
- Catégories: Littérature et fiction, Essais
Description
In We Learn Nothing, satirical cartoonist Tim Kreider turns his funny, brutally honest eye to the dark truths of the human condition, asking big questions about human-sized problems: What if you survive a brush with death and it doesn't change you? Why do we fall in love with people we don't even like? How do you react when someone you've known for years unexpectedly changes genders?
With a perfect combination of humor and pathos, these essays leave us with newfound wisdom and a unique prism through which to examine our own chaotic journeys through life. These are the conversations you have only with best friends or total strangers, late at night over drinks, near closing time.
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Au global5 out of 5 stars
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- Dennis Stevenson
- 2015-04-05
A fantastic listen!
The authors profound insights into himself and his experiences reached me on a very personal level. I laughed hysterically and even shed some tears thinking of my own experience. Thank you Tim Ferris for this recommendation.
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Au global4 out of 5 stars
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- jason russo
- 2015-06-06
Very good
A very good collection of essays. I found them funny, thought-provoking, sad at times, but enjoyable. Kreider does a good job narrating as well.
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Au global3 out of 5 stars
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- Warren Taryle
- 2015-05-08
Shouldn't have been written but glad it was
Some good stories some not so good. All in all though worth reading. The author too often assumes his own thoughts and motivations are the same as everyone else's he therefore applies motives to groups of people he clearly doesn't understand. This gets annoying and gives him an elitist air about him. All that said I am still happy that I listened to the book and would enjoy hanging out with him at the oyster bar he seems to like so well.
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Au global5 out of 5 stars
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- Carlson Chofor Chimangha
- 2015-12-07
Exceptionally Beuatiful.
Tim's book is mind-blowing. The fact that he succeeds to narrate it in such a tone of voice that brings out all the intense emotions he regular convers in his writing is even further awesome. As one critic accurately put it, the stories Tim tells are some of the kind you only have with a best friend or a complete stranger, in a quiet bar, around closing time!!
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Au global5 out of 5 stars
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- joshua k sabraw
- 2015-04-06
Heartfelt work of genius
Tim does a great job describing many ethereal and ubiquitous aspects of modern life, down to survivalist vs the lazy and love in all forms.
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- My name here
- 2015-11-02
amazing book
loved it. his story telling ability perfectly captures things we all think... he just has a way of shining light on them
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- Meghann McGrath
- 2015-06-05
Amazing
This book is great. You know it's good when an author gets into your head and changes the way you think. I recommend this book to anybody who wants to squeeze the juice out of life.
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- GG
- 2015-04-26
Some hits & some misses
The sample essay published on Tim Ferriss' podcast was wonderful, and the collection has a few other excellent moments. Quite a few of the other essays, however, fell flat for me. I'd give it maybe a 2:! hit:miss ratio. Enough good essays that it's totally worth a listen, but enough boring ones that I would be remiss if I didn't mention them.
The book is well written, and the author's narration of his own work is excellent.
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- A. Yoshida
- 2016-10-20
Amusing collection of essays
It is an amusing collection of essays that makes you ponder... a lovesick person wouldn't know the difference between a bold romantic gesture and stalking; it's the recipient who distinguishes that difference - when the recipient falls for the gesture or slaps the person with a restraining order. Some stories are not as relatable unless you've had friends who are drug addicts, love the rush of crazy relationships, or have insane murderous relatives. It's a "read and ruminate" kind of book.
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- K.Leigh
- 2016-07-27
LOVE
I haven't read something like this in a long time - something that made me laugh out loud (often before the tears had dried from the previous essay or thought), while also making me really think about the big things in life (friendship, biology, gender, empathy).
This is a collection of essays. It's almost like being in the author's mind as he recounts and reflects on different moments in his life. It is not that he is offering up advice based on these moments, but rather revealing his own (often flawed) responses, thought processes and flat out confusion. It's intensely raw, and I found myself looking at my own life events, wondering how I would react to the same situations. He invites that way of thinking with his self-deprecation and easy writing style. I am delighted that I came across this gem, and it will most certainly be a repeat listen book for me.
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