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3.6 AVERAGE
3.6 AVERAGE
There were some nice ideas. I think I didn't get a large part of it, will have to reread it in a couple of years. Though there is a chance that it is in fact just mumbo-jumbo, as it looks to me now.
challenging
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Gives a great perspective to look at life with. A quick and highly recommended read.
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
This is the kind of book that offers timeless insight if you let it. For some the heavy dependency on a set lexicon, the unconventional forcing of dichotomies will be either tiresome or destabilizing. But for me, the provided fresh insight on things hard to fit into existing taxonomies. It may be my favorite book I've read this year.
Books like this that attempt to create a "theory of everything" can often be drudging and uninspired, This book is full of life, playful as promised, and awakening to a better way to live in the world. I could not recommend it strongly enough.
Books like this that attempt to create a "theory of everything" can often be drudging and uninspired, This book is full of life, playful as promised, and awakening to a better way to live in the world. I could not recommend it strongly enough.
I couldn't make it past page 70 of this book. Not only was it incredibly repetitive, it kept making ridiculous sweeping generalizations like every situation was either a finite or infinite game. I skipped to the end to try to figure out if he went anywhere with all the banter but it appeared to be more of the same.
A truly amazing philosophy book. I don't even know what to say. This is the kind of book that you finish and you just wander around for a while, almost bewildered, letting it all soak in. You have to come back to it and read it again, and it will again be a transformative experience.
In that way, this book -- like all books worth reading, I guess -- is itself an infinite game. The text, the physical object is finite, static, and unchanging, but the reading of it each time is a singular, unique experience.
In that way, this book -- like all books worth reading, I guess -- is itself an infinite game. The text, the physical object is finite, static, and unchanging, but the reading of it each time is a singular, unique experience.
If you're looking for some serious intellectual content, just skip it. Really.
It's not that I think the message of the book is bad or wrong--and I certainly think the issue isn't that I don't "get it." It's just that there's no real argument or discussion here. This book is more like a Rorschach test or a horoscope for liberally minded folks than anything else. It's a collection of statements that, if you already have certain political or social leanings, you'll read this book and occasionally think to yourself "oh wow, I've always thought something vaguely like that but never had the words for it!" Occasionally there are some interesting extensions of these ideas that are pretty novel, but overall it's more of a head nod generator. There's not really a lot (in my opinion) to be gleaned here. It's short and not a particularly difficult read, but there's definitely stuff more worth your time, probably.
It's not that I think the message of the book is bad or wrong--and I certainly think the issue isn't that I don't "get it." It's just that there's no real argument or discussion here. This book is more like a Rorschach test or a horoscope for liberally minded folks than anything else. It's a collection of statements that, if you already have certain political or social leanings, you'll read this book and occasionally think to yourself "oh wow, I've always thought something vaguely like that but never had the words for it!" Occasionally there are some interesting extensions of these ideas that are pretty novel, but overall it's more of a head nod generator. There's not really a lot (in my opinion) to be gleaned here. It's short and not a particularly difficult read, but there's definitely stuff more worth your time, probably.
Not too proud to say - I didn’t particularly get it!
Possibly some insane brilliance at the core of this that I missed by not being attentive enough to it. Equally possible it would make a lot more sense read aloud in a pot-smoke-filled dorm room.
I did enjoy a few of the allusions and tie ins to the great philosopher.
Possibly some insane brilliance at the core of this that I missed by not being attentive enough to it. Equally possible it would make a lot more sense read aloud in a pot-smoke-filled dorm room.
I did enjoy a few of the allusions and tie ins to the great philosopher.
challenging
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced