I've Been Thinking
- Downloads：2013
- Type：Epub+TxT+PDF+Mobi
- Create Date：2023-10-30 03:19:44
- Update Date：2025-09-07
- Status：finish
- Author：Daniel C. Dennett
- ISBN：0393868052
- Environment：PC/Android/iPhone/iPad/Kindle
Reviews
Cara Heuser
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Is zero stars a thing？ Well ok， one star bc it has one of my favorite essays: Thank Goodness。 I was ready to love this book as I love some of his essays。 Boy， was I disappointed！ It’s boring and staggeringly tone deaf for something written recently。 The part where he and the priest go around basically assaulting women on the street by grabbing their asses？！ Seriously？！ No comment on， gee maybe that was a dick move？ The name dropping and self aggrandizing will leave any normal person nauseated。 W Is zero stars a thing？ Well ok， one star bc it has one of my favorite essays: Thank Goodness。 I was ready to love this book as I love some of his essays。 Boy， was I disappointed！ It’s boring and staggeringly tone deaf for something written recently。 The part where he and the priest go around basically assaulting women on the street by grabbing their asses？！ Seriously？！ No comment on， gee maybe that was a dick move？ The name dropping and self aggrandizing will leave any normal person nauseated。 Was so excited for this。 Ended up not finishing and threw it in the trash。 。。。more
Ed
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So far this book is dreadful。 If you are interested in his first apartment in England and lots of information about it， this is the book for you。 I think his editor was so over whelmed by his narcissistic persona， that he/she failed utterly to use a pair of scissors。
Josh
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I think this is written for the Dennet superfans。 I have a couple of his books on my “to read” list but haven’t gotten to them yet （I will） - this just dropped as a new release so I dove in。 Learned a bit but mostly this is a chance for him to reminisce on a long career。 I really like the sections on the farm and sailing - made him seem like a grounded dude in contrast to the academic brinkmanship and hissy fits vs other smart thinkers and scientists。 Most of his name dropping went over my head， I think this is written for the Dennet superfans。 I have a couple of his books on my “to read” list but haven’t gotten to them yet （I will） - this just dropped as a new release so I dove in。 Learned a bit but mostly this is a chance for him to reminisce on a long career。 I really like the sections on the farm and sailing - made him seem like a grounded dude in contrast to the academic brinkmanship and hissy fits vs other smart thinkers and scientists。 Most of his name dropping went over my head， but it is cool to think of him as a philosopher getting in on the ground floor of both computing and AI in the early 80s - I really like and respect his multi-disciplinary approach to his work。 I skimmed parts of the name dropping chapters but learned a lot about academia and his field by struggling through。 。。。more
BonnieB
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What a disappointment。 Page after page of all the privileges money can buy with no insight or meaningful reflection。 It's amazing how tone deaf and self-absorbed this supposedly brilliant thinker is。 What a disappointment。 Page after page of all the privileges money can buy with no insight or meaningful reflection。 It's amazing how tone deaf and self-absorbed this supposedly brilliant thinker is。 。。。more
John
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