Review: Intelligent, witty and entertaining observations, interpretations and revelations
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 8, 2012
This book is a treasure chest filled with amazing and interesting facts, observations, interpretations, revelations, explanations and clarifications about what it means - for some of us: what it could mean - to be a human being. I enjoyed this book from the beginning to the end. The author has such an intelligent, witty and entertaining way of dealing with what seems like every imaginable topic on this plant that I just couldn't put this book away until I had finished reading it. Whether he reflects on the meaning of a moment in the life of a ninety year old woman, the question of whether or not we have a free will, the topic of how to lose weight, the meaning of wealth and Warren Buffett's approach to happiness, our brain, death or immortality, he always finds fascinating and surprising ways of presenting and analysing his topic. The book is very well written and easy to read. I recommend it to everybody who wants to reflect on this life and the world we live in in an entertaining and intelligent way. - Reviewed by Fred Schäfer, author of The Invention of the Big Bang - a novel about getting lost in life's big questions.