Narrator: Sean Pratt

In this irreverent and illuminating audiobook, acclaimed writer and
scientist Leonard Mlodinow shows us how randomness, chance, and probability
reveal a tremendous amount about our daily lives, and how we misunderstand
the significance of everything from a casual conversation to a major
financial setback. As a result, successes and failures in life are often
attributed to clear and obvious causes, when in actuality they are more
profoundly influenced by chance.The rise and fall of your favorite movie
star or the most reviled CEO - in fact, all our destinies - reflects chance
as much as planning and innate abilities. Even Roger Maris, who beat Babe
Ruth's single season home-run record, was in all likelihood not great but
just lucky.How could it have happened that a wine was given five out of
five stars by one journal and called the worst wine of the decade by
another? Wine ratings, school grades, political polls, and many other
things in daily life are less reliable than we believe. By showing us the
true nature of chance and revealing the psychological illusions that cause
us to misjudge the world around us, Mlodinow gives fresh insight into what
is really meaningful and how we can make decisions based on a deeper truth.
From the classroom to the courtroom, from financial markets to supermarkets,
from the doctor's office to the Oval Office, Mlodinow's insights will
intrigue, awe, and inspire.Offering listeners not only a tour of randomness,
chance and probability but also a new way of looking at the world, this
original, unexpected journey reminds us that much in our lives is about as
predictable as the steps of a stumbling man afresh from a night at a bar.

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