Matija

“A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.”

Apart from Twitter part dragging out for far too long, I absolutely adored this audiobook. Interesting and engaging all throughout. Truly gives you an insight into a mind of this genius. My favorite work of Isaacson so far (Elon > Jobs > Einstein > da Vinci).


Elon is often perceived as an asshole, lacks empathy (he does have Asperger's), and exhibits somewhat of a multiple personality disorder. He continues to grapple with the scars of his childhood, largely shaped by the abusive behavior of his father, whose behavior he's known to portray. He has an addiction to taking risks and frequently acts on impulse, a habit that often leads him to inadvertently sabotage himself (Twitter, anyone?). However, I can't help but admire him for everything he has accomplished and has yet to achieve.


Would he accomplish all of this if he was any different? Probably not.


“As Shakespeare teaches us, all heroes have flaws, some tragic, some conquered, and those we cast as villains can be complex. Even the best people, he wrote, are ‘molded out of faults.' ”

4.5

“Nameless here for evermore”

Best to worst:
- Misery - 4.5⭐
- Oysters - 4⭐
- An Avenger - 4⭐
- A Blunder - 3.5⭐
- The Lady With The Dog - 3⭐
- Boys - 2⭐
- The Huntsman - 2⭐


Hit and miss, I'd give it 3.5

This was a painful and disturbing listen (read by the author)

I very much admire her strength after hearing what she's been through. Somewhat unexpectedly, I was really able to relate to many of her thoughts and feelings described later on in the book.

I feel like this is a book for people who don't read.

Characters are almost like caricatures, always trying to be ‘quirky'. They were quite insufferable most of the time, especially the interview scenes.

Very unrealistic and over the top, with a whole bunch of twists to keep the story going. Felt like watching a sitcom/romcom.

Of course, everything wraps up just perfectly for every single person in the story, they all fall in love and they live happily ever after.

5★ for The Overcoat, 4★ for the collection

Beautiful writing

Don't you see that I lack precisely the essential feature for taking snuff?

Hated every moment of reading it, did not have the slightest clue what the fuck I was reading.... buuuuut appreciated it more after listening to discussions and analyses

so, 3.5 in total

Very easy but disappointing read.

Reminds me of ‘Comfort Me with Apples', which I absolutely hated.

2.5 only for being easy to go through

Made me feel things I have never felt with any other novel so far. Felt so surrral at times. Left me emotionally drained.

10/10

well that sucked

Truly a masterpiece.

Please don't let the mentions of God or Bitcoin in the title discourage you from reading. I'm not religious, so it took some convincing to check this out, but this book ended up having a profound influence on me.

Greatest “What is money” work of literature I've ever read. Very enjoyable read, it's concise, clear and straight to the point.

Bitcoin is only introduced in the last 2 chapters (out of 9 chapters), it truly ties everything together, and it gives us hope.

Gradually, then suddenly.

Similar to The Daemon Lover, I really enjoy this kind of dreamy atmosphere

stack sats

I like my blocks slow and secure

This was actually life changing for me

book about a dude that slapped that other dude

Lit

Beautiful insight into cryptography throughout history (up until 1999.). Much more interesting than I anticipated.

The most beautiful part is foreshadowing bitcoin, which today stands strong on the grounds of breakthrough concepts explained throughout the second half of the book.

☁️ love me some greeks ☁️

Well that was unexpected...

They talk by flapping their meat at each other. They can even sing by squirting air through their meat.

kids are fucking jerks