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3.49 AVERAGE
3.49 AVERAGE
informative
reflective
medium-paced
Гад Саад е пич и ако имате възможност да гледате негови лекции или интервюта със сигурност го направете. Също така, неговите научни публикации и научно-популярни книги са доста интересни и мога да кажа сред основополагащите за еволюционния подход в маркетинга.
Той обаче дължи популярността си до голяма степен на "културната война" между десни и леви, която се вихри днес в главно англоезичния туитър и ютюб и тази книга, въпреки подвеждащо научното си заглавие, е посветена главно на това. Не казва нищо ново, просто повтаря колко са кухи либералите. Скучно.
Той обаче дължи популярността си до голяма степен на "културната война" между десни и леви, която се вихри днес в главно англоезичния туитър и ютюб и тази книга, въпреки подвеждащо научното си заглавие, е посветена главно на това. Не казва нищо ново, просто повтаря колко са кухи либералите. Скучно.
challenging
funny
informative
reflective
medium-paced
informative
medium-paced
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
Why did I buy this? Why did I read this?
I had a lot of hope for this book, knowing nothing about the author and going only off the titles and summary. And to my surprise, the book how so little to do with either. There was no clear or consistent thesis, just some unbelievable bitch-fest that read more like a series of rage tweets or really unprofessional op-eds than any coherent argument.
I was frustrated by so many things here. First, the beginning and end of the book (where the author actually half delves into the academic and philosophical backgrounds of his ideology) were actually readable and provided real ideas to think about. But the rest was just vitriolic garbage that was never rooted or tied back to any ideology, just the author spouting very unbalanced, deeply biased takes on the world around him (also, coincidentally only the the parts of the world that have ever seemed to have wronged him).
He makes the case for an unemotional dialogue about hard topics and proceeds to explain his ideas entirely emotionally with no tie to “truth” or “reason”.
He takes time to note that false dichotomies are irrational and unfair and then proceeds to creat false dichotomies perpetually throughout the book; including relying on the dichotomies he profaned and dismantled as the basis for his arguments.
The ideas of about taking into account both nature and nurture were nice admissions only for the author to then spend the next chapters complaining about how it’s ALL nature or ALL nurture. He so frequently contradicted his own argument with fallacy and bias (especially confirmation bias) that it became so difficult (even after only a third of the book) to take his argument seriously.
It’s clear the author is a smart guy and I can see there’s some deep and robust basis for his world view, but all you get here is an non cohesive set of whiny arguments and really bad-taste satire that have no clear scientific or ideological grounds (despite the fact this book is supposed to “defend science and reason”). There’s also soooo much pandering here it’s ridiculous.
It all reminds me of a political campaign stump speech where you know the only people who will show up to your speech are your die hard supports, so you can say so much senseless stuff without needing to balance or explain anything. It’s all just fiery rhetoric to build your base. That’s all this was. Couple that with the “call to aggression” in fighting the “ideological war against the SJWs” and it’s just….you’re part of the problem. This isn’t about reason and truth and science, this about the little cult he’s built and reminding them why they should hate X or disagree with Y or resist Z.
There’s so much more I’d like to learn about the moral and philosophical world this author is living but not if all you get is a presentation of unbalanced, biased rudeness, no thanks.
I’m confident there’s a smart, reasonable man behind this book. It just did NOT come out through these pages. It read like an early, libertarian Chomsky at his absolute worst. I’m also extremely disappointed because so much of the ideological basis cited for his arguments (despite the rarity of these citations), were things that did season reasonable, true and scientific. But how he got from those ideas to what he wrote down is a bastardized mystery that seemingly veers of the rails of reason and truth.
I’m open to more academic musings of the author. But not this garbage.
TLDR; this reads like the late night, drunken musings of Dave Rubin (who the author quotes and mentions many times) rather than an ideological exploration of evolutionary psychology or criticism of modern social and political movements a la many others (e.g. Jordan Peterson or Sam Harris whom the author also quotes extensively). This book will add nothing useful to your worldview.
I had a lot of hope for this book, knowing nothing about the author and going only off the titles and summary. And to my surprise, the book how so little to do with either. There was no clear or consistent thesis, just some unbelievable bitch-fest that read more like a series of rage tweets or really unprofessional op-eds than any coherent argument.
I was frustrated by so many things here. First, the beginning and end of the book (where the author actually half delves into the academic and philosophical backgrounds of his ideology) were actually readable and provided real ideas to think about. But the rest was just vitriolic garbage that was never rooted or tied back to any ideology, just the author spouting very unbalanced, deeply biased takes on the world around him (also, coincidentally only the the parts of the world that have ever seemed to have wronged him).
He makes the case for an unemotional dialogue about hard topics and proceeds to explain his ideas entirely emotionally with no tie to “truth” or “reason”.
He takes time to note that false dichotomies are irrational and unfair and then proceeds to creat false dichotomies perpetually throughout the book; including relying on the dichotomies he profaned and dismantled as the basis for his arguments.
The ideas of about taking into account both nature and nurture were nice admissions only for the author to then spend the next chapters complaining about how it’s ALL nature or ALL nurture. He so frequently contradicted his own argument with fallacy and bias (especially confirmation bias) that it became so difficult (even after only a third of the book) to take his argument seriously.
It’s clear the author is a smart guy and I can see there’s some deep and robust basis for his world view, but all you get here is an non cohesive set of whiny arguments and really bad-taste satire that have no clear scientific or ideological grounds (despite the fact this book is supposed to “defend science and reason”). There’s also soooo much pandering here it’s ridiculous.
It all reminds me of a political campaign stump speech where you know the only people who will show up to your speech are your die hard supports, so you can say so much senseless stuff without needing to balance or explain anything. It’s all just fiery rhetoric to build your base. That’s all this was. Couple that with the “call to aggression” in fighting the “ideological war against the SJWs” and it’s just….you’re part of the problem. This isn’t about reason and truth and science, this about the little cult he’s built and reminding them why they should hate X or disagree with Y or resist Z.
There’s so much more I’d like to learn about the moral and philosophical world this author is living but not if all you get is a presentation of unbalanced, biased rudeness, no thanks.
I’m confident there’s a smart, reasonable man behind this book. It just did NOT come out through these pages. It read like an early, libertarian Chomsky at his absolute worst. I’m also extremely disappointed because so much of the ideological basis cited for his arguments (despite the rarity of these citations), were things that did season reasonable, true and scientific. But how he got from those ideas to what he wrote down is a bastardized mystery that seemingly veers of the rails of reason and truth.
I’m open to more academic musings of the author. But not this garbage.
TLDR; this reads like the late night, drunken musings of Dave Rubin (who the author quotes and mentions many times) rather than an ideological exploration of evolutionary psychology or criticism of modern social and political movements a la many others (e.g. Jordan Peterson or Sam Harris whom the author also quotes extensively). This book will add nothing useful to your worldview.
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
Pleasant book, very well written. At this point it is a standard denunciation of PC culture without much new to add. Easy for me to agree with almost everything in here. Nice to see someone presenting these ideas so clearly, because I sure wouldn’t want to, nor would I be able to say it so eloquently.
Fascinating but frustrating.
There are so many great ideas here, ruined by shit takes and illogical conclusions. Gad Saad pokes into any number of modern day societal issues, but doesn't come up with any helpful solutions. This book is peppered with Saad's attempts at humour. He says people often don't understand his "satire" online, but that's because it's not funny and comes across as trolling rather than satire.
Still, it's good for you to occasionally read something you don't agree with.
There are so many great ideas here, ruined by shit takes and illogical conclusions. Gad Saad pokes into any number of modern day societal issues, but doesn't come up with any helpful solutions. This book is peppered with Saad's attempts at humour. He says people often don't understand his "satire" online, but that's because it's not funny and comes across as trolling rather than satire.
Still, it's good for you to occasionally read something you don't agree with.
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Do not be influenced by some of the low rating reviews, as they may come from exactly the people that perform the actions analyzed in this book. This is a very good read that will make you think and put in perspective some of the things that are happening around us. After this book, I recommend to complement it with Social Justice Fallacies by Thomas Sowell.