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book feels like a summarization of various other books on the topic, It doesnt really bring anything new, neither content not presentation, It feels a lot like reading a Wikipedia article on the history of technology post the industrial revolution,
While the style works for the Cold Fusion videos that the author creates, a book is typically expected to e more in depth.
I am guilty of holding an Audible account without truly utilizing it, I some lose interest sometimes with the mind wandering elsewhere.
And then Audible started threatening that I'll lose my credits, so I went shopping
and that's when I found this book, piqued by the author's name.
New Thinking explores the human adventure with technology, beginning with the invention of the first steam engine by Thomas Newcomen in theth Century.
Inparts andChapters, he unravels how humans have made leaps that at times were followed only after failures and heartbreak.
Who knew that Telegram amp Morse Code was born out of a husband's despair after the death of his beloved wife
And how under the shadow of perpetual doom science flourished.
Cold Fusion is one of my favourite Youtube channels I love the way Dagogo Altraide illustrates various topics concerning the tech world.
So it came as a surprise that he wasn't the narrator when I started listening to this book butmins into it Ron Butler grew on me.
New Thinking has so much to offer for anybody who wants to know how we got to where we are right now and also a little peek into the future.
Au début, ça commence bien : lauteur raconte avec talent les débuts de la révolution industrielle du XIXème siècle avec son cortège de progrès techniques.
Et puis, ça se gâte car lauteur nous impose un poncif désolant : laccélération constante supposée du progrès technique.
Cette soidisante accélération nest pas expliquée mais simplement imposé comme une évidence incontestable,
Bref, une déception ! Great book, gives a brief overview of technological advancement fromth century and onward,
Absolutely loved the short stories and well researched quality contents included in this book, It's hard to dislike this book, Although from the title I was hoping for a psychological breakdown of what leads to 'new thinking', and that's not what this book is, all the same, it is a great step by step story of the victory of the human spirit over complex challenges through science and technology.
As an introduction into the field of innovation this book is ideal for those who want to understand what the field is all about, it highlights notable inventors and innovations and provides a historical narrative that provides a linear progression making it feel intuitive.
It is unfortunately this linear narrative that restrains me from giving this very well written book a higher review,
Technological progression in my opinion is iterative and the idea that great individuals are responsible for the successful diffusion of inventions is misleading.
Diffusion of an invention is contingent upon numerous social, economic, political interactions that the writer has either decided is beyond the scope of this book or is unaware of.
The book echos Schumpeter Markthinking, while although interesting, it is outdated,
That being said it is an excellent book and I am huge fan of the authors podcasts and YouTube Chanel and commend them on what I believe is their first book.
If one is fascinated by past or recent technology and wish to know more about it, this book is the right choice to go.
The untold stories, the betrayals and the failures, Written so beautifully that will make you hooked, Just like his youtube channel ColdFusion, I found the content to be well researched and wellput, The new thinking by Dagogo altraide, If you want to understand today's innovation and
technology then this book is for you,
it's an introductory book for absolute beginners, . the book orderly explained complex ideas in simple a way, . that's the beauty of this book, . Why did I dislike this book so much I know part of it had to do with there was not one thing in this book that I had not read elsewhere.
Part of it has to do with the context less way the stories were told, Part of had to do with the substance free science and history that was presented, I would definitely not recommend this book to anyone who cares about how we got where we are today or what it means.
Right after I finished this book I started listening to Alvin Tofflers Third Wave written in, What a contrast from this shallow substance free book and Tofflers, Toffler within the first hour told four of the same stories that were mentioned in this book: steam power, ATT, Time Efficiency, and Henry Ford.
What a contrast, Toffler has a reason for his story telling, this book Cold Fusion only saw the past through the eyes of today and provided facts without context thus giving empty content.
Anybody can do that, but emptiness never gives enlightenment,
There is fundamental change going on right now as we speak, Society is reshaping itself. There is a story that needs to be told, I can even read a book that tells me nothing that I didnt already know as this book did and get something out of it, but that means the author needs to connect the dots in a way that is different and meaningful.
This author does not do that,
And why did the author think both sides are to blame, Tolerance and understanding are not required when somebody says both sides are to blame when a Nazi rams their car into peaceful demonstrators, or when somebody says Climate change is a Chinese Hoax, or I trust the leader of North Korea when he tells me he didnt have that American killed, or Putin assures me he didnt interfere in our election and I trust him more than my own intelligence agencies or just as sadly, when a congressman in the Michael Cohen testimony parades a black woman as a token representative and says Donald Trump cant possibly be a racist since this token black woman would not work for a racist and that proves he is not a racist are there really two sides and a compromise position to such nonsense on stilts I dont need to know what is in their heart or head.
I can judge them by their actions and their deeds, Tolerance is not a suicide pact and I dont need to compromise when it comes to insanity, or racism and fascism, This author definitely from time to time was faulting the intolerance of those who arent willing to compromise with the insane, or racist or fascist, but not realizing that sometimes the other side is just bat shit crazy and there is no need to compromise with the aberrant.
I think shallow books like this are a danger for our times and that there is a real story that needs to be told and this book only serves to take us away from the real meaning behind our times and how we got where we are.
The reason for which we are today does come from the past, but in order to understand what it means require more than superficial stories without context, meaning or substance.
Books are a gateway to deep understanding and should always transcend a blog post and this book never gets past the all too familiar and read as it was a series of blog posts.
I didn't found in this book what I thought I would when I started reading it, but in any case, that was my fault.
The first quarter of the book I was feeling kind of frustated, because I kept reading and I couldn't find a main thread to the narrative.
At some point I stopped looking for it, it was then I realized I was not approaching the book from a good point.
This is not one of ColdFusion videos, neither it should be,
There's no focus on any particular subject, nor any specific narrative to the book, This is more like a compendium of discoveries, facts and stories about technology throughout history, The story is that of humanity progress, and connecting each of the points is left to the reader, That's what makes this book good, which I couldn't see until I dropped the expectations I had from watching Dagogo's YouTube channel.
New Thinking offers a set of historical events, arranged in a way that allows the reader to be fascinated not only by the events themselves, but by the flow they create towards the future.
Future which is briefly addressed by the book, that's why I can't give itstars, I think it stops too soon, the last chapter and the prologue should have had easilypages more,
If you are interested in technology no need to have a technical background, just go and read it, you won't be dissapointed.
A delightful book
If youve been an aficionado of the YouTube channel ColdFusion by the same author, then I could tell you that the book kept the same level of quality.
Otherwise, this is a good way to get to know the author and his work, An amazing piece that youd rather discover by your own No spoil, I have been following ColdFusion's content on YouTube for the pastyears so I was pleasantly surprised when I saw that he was releasing a book.
His method of delivery in describing significant events surrounding technology on his channel is done nicely and presented in a well articulated fashion.
This book is quite broad but covers important milestones achieved in technology and science and the impact that followed thereafter in a similar way to how Dagogo does on his channel.
While it is not the most concise recollection of the events, it is a well covered summary and a great introduction that a reader can explore outside of this book on their own.
He does a great job of describing key events and I thought he did a pretty great job in particular with getting across the gradual improvements in computing technologies.
This book describes eloquently the progression of technology from the invention of the Steam Engine to the more recent advancements in Artificial Intelligence, in a manner that appeals to all audiences regardless of their level of understanding of the subject matter.
I really love the Author's youtube channel Cold Fusion TV, which is a channel that show cases New advancements in technology, as well as deep dives into technological amp financial history, with well scripted videos.
If you are interested in buying this book, then I would highly recommend that you watch his videos as it is an apt reflection of his writing style.
Not bad some interesting tech history that I didn't know, Well researched, poorly edited, but well worth the read for the information contained therein, From Steam Engine to Telephone to Transistor to ML, Blockchain,D Printer, . . This books includes starting of so many technologies and ideas behind them that people of today takes for granted,
Very Fun read and lots of great mention like one of Post Malone, Also can bring a lot of nostalgia if you are a millennial,
Must read for everyone especially tech enthusiasts or Engineers!! I came across this book from watching several videos on Coldfusion's YouTube channel.
I didn't particularly enjoy this book because of the lack of focus, Oftentimes throughout the book it felt like Altraide was bouncing back and forth between tech related innovations to music innovations to political upheavals.
This book would have been much better if the author could have picked one of those topics and ran with it, For all of my gripes with this book, I have to admit that it exposed me to a lot of ground breaking technology that I was previously unaware of, and that's a great aspect of the book.
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