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Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past

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But What If We're Wrong?

Auteur(s): Chuck Klosterman
Narrateur(s): Fiona Hardingham, Chuck Klosterman
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New York Times bestselling author Chuck Klosterman asks questions that are profound in their simplicity: How certain are we about our understanding of gravity? How certain are we about our understanding of time? What will be the defining memory of rock music, five hundred years from today? How seriously should we view the content of our dreams? How seriously should we view the content of television? Are all sports destined for extinction? Is it possible that the greatest artist of our era is currently unknown (or—weirder still—widely known, but entirely disrespected)? Is it possible that we “overrate” democracy? And perhaps most disturbing, is it possible that we’ve reached the end of knowledge?

Klosterman visualizes the contemporary world as it will appear to those who'll perceive it as the distant past. Kinetically slingshotting through a broad spectrum of objective and subjective problems, But What If We’re Wrong? is built on interviews with a variety of creative thinkers—George Saunders, David Byrne, Jonathan Lethem, Kathryn Schulz, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Brian Greene, Junot Díaz, Amanda Petrusich, Ryan Adams, Nick Bostrom, Dan Carlin, and Richard Linklater, among others—interwoven with the type of high-wire humor and nontraditional analysis only Klosterman would dare to attempt. It’s a seemingly impossible achievement: a book about the things we cannot know, explained as if we did. It’s about how we live now, once “now” has become “then.” Culture populaire Essais Philosophie Sciences sociales Ouvrages généraux Spirituel
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I only listened to the first few chapters. I like Chuck Klosterman’s appearances on podcasts, but just couldn’t get into this. There were interesting points, but it was too meandering without a discernible overall point much of the time.

Didn’t finish this one

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This was a fascinating listen, but the choice of narrator was unfortunate. She has a good voice but it didn’t suit Chicks style.

Would have been better with Chuck Narrating.

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The book is interesting and at times quite thoughtful, but I was disappointed that it wasn't Chuck Klosterman reading it.

Wish it was Chuck

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The narrator did her best, but she just wasn't the right choice for the material. Klosterman's particular brand of American-centric pop culture philosophy sounds best when read by him. And if not him, then preferably some other mid-west American male. Being that his material is written in first person, often about his personal experiences, having an English woman read it was really bizarre at times and prevented me from fully enjoying the material. C'mon Chuck, read the next one!

Good Narrator but Completely Wrong for Material

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The author has some excellent, possibly revolutionary points in terms of our to view the world accurately, but the way he gets them across is often clunky and long-winded.

Exceptional ideas, but often off-topic

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