• Deviate

  • The Science of Seeing Differently
  • By: Beau Lotto
  • Narrated by: Beau Lotto
  • Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (820 ratings)

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Deviate

By: Beau Lotto
Narrated by: Beau Lotto
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Publisher's summary

Beau Lotto, the world-renowned neuroscientist, entrepreneur, and two-time TED speaker, takes us on a tour of how we perceive the world, and how disrupting it leads us to create and innovate.

Perception is the foundation of human experience, but few of us understand why we see what we do, much less how. By revealing the startling truths about the brain and its perceptions, Beau Lotto shows that the next big innovation is not a new technology: it is a new way of seeing.

In his first major book, Lotto draws on over two decades of pioneering research to explain that our brain didn't evolve to see the world accurately. It can't! Visually stunning, with entertaining illustrations and optical illusions throughout, and with clear and comprehensive explanations of the science behind how our perceptions operate, Deviate will revolutionize the way you see yourself, others and the world.

With this new understanding of how the brain functions, Deviate is not just an illuminating account of the neuroscience of thought, behavior, and creativity: it is a call to action, enlisting listeners in their own journey of self-discovery.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2017 Beau Lotto (P)2017 Hachette Audio

Critic reviews

"Deviate is an entertaining read that raises fascinating questions about how we perceive the world. Aside from being an accomplished scientist, Lotto is a talented writer who uses illustrative examples and visual experiments to dazzle and to teach."—The Washington Post

"Provocative...a radical philosophy of perception...balanced by many astute observations."—Nature

"Beau Lotto's Deviate is the beginning of a conversation—with yourself. Based on my years working at Pixar and with Tibetan Buddhist meditation masters, Beau is on exactly the right track for using neuroscience to understand the mechanisms that keep us stuck and the power of paying attention to the mind. And he does it with an infectious enthusiasm that cannot help but draw the reader into this engaging material."—Lawrence Levy, former CFO of Pixar Animation Studios and author of To Pixar and Beyond

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Phenomenal

I feel this book is a must read for anybody searching for a modicum of self-development. I am utterly blown away by the ideas presented here and am ecstatic to try and start implementing them into my everyday life.

My only critique is of the sound mixing of the audio. The bass seemed to be overwhelming and at times, the audio was difficult to understand clearly.

Please consider reading this book.

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I didn’t learn anything useful

The premise sounds promising

But it’s not backed up either substance

I expect there are better

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This book will not set the world on fire.

There are some interesting thoughts here, but I’m not anywhere near “transformed” as some claim to be, according to the author. Anyone studying the deepest workings of the mind may find this book informative. Some people under 50 may find new views here. Maybe I have lived too long, and have had time to figure most of this stuff out for myself, but I didn’t really feel much in the way of enlightenment.

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The narrator’s voice that’s a rumbly quality that makes him hard to understand. Then he talks just a bit too fast. I can only get about a third of what he says.

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Interesting.

I enjoyed hearing the views of a neuroscientist, and his struggles and deviations. It helped explain the balance between efficiency and creativity

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Wonderful

Thoroughly enjoyed this book. Had a great balance of information and inspiration. Great personality too!

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An enormous disappointment

If the content were useful or engaging, I wouldn't mind the narrator's peculiar accent. He says pro-cess, cone-clusion...every "o" word has a long "o". Again if I liked the book I wouldn't care, but since I hate it, the long "o"s just become pretentious and weird. For an author who's obviously educated and sophisticated, he is disturbingly blasé about the removal of rats' brains, and the antagonization of kittens. So seemingly civilized, but not so much when it comes to our nonhuman friends.

The book, for me, was painful and tedious to listen to. Hours of just naively waiting for some profound revelatory insight....that just never comes. Yes, we all perceive things differently...so? Who doesn't know this. Perhaps a different arrangement of the information presented could have yielded an interesting result.? We'll never know. I just kept listening ...and listening, waiting for something that would justify the time I'd already invested ... nope. Nothin'. If I can muster the patience to listen to more, and something of relevance is discovered, I will revise my review.

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Worst narration possible!

The Author should have hired a narrator who can actually speak. I am very disappointed.

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Fatal narration

The mind cannot absorb an audio book that the ear cannot endure. Gat a professional. Your voice is weak. Your writing is wasted.

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A Comprehensive Review of Nuroscience Discoveries

If you have read widely in the neuroscience literature of the last 30 years, then you will find this to be a comprehensive overview of the findings. It also has many useful suggestions as how to utilize these discoveries to enhance your creativity and cognitive abilities.

If you are unfamiliar with modern neuroscience then this book might be somewhat shocking, since the "common sense" views about perception are nothing like the actual methods of perception used by our brains.

To those concerned about the readers accent, I did not find it to be difficult to get used to. Dr. Lotto has a slight Irish accent (to my ear) and if you listen to at least to the middle of the book you will learn how to reframe the annoyance of the perceived accent into a non-issue.

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