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El muro de la ignorancia

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Uno de los pensadores más influyentes de Japón nos explica cómo procesamos la realidad.
Un imprescindible y polémico ensayo sobre el funcionamiento del cerebro en la sociedad del individuo.
A menudo creemos que podemos entender el mundo que hay a nuestro alrededor: lo que vemos, lo que oímos, lo que otros nos cuentan o lo que la experiencia nos ha enseñado. Sin embargo, detrás de estas convicciones se esconden prejuicios, sesgos inconscientes y límites cognitivos que moldean silenciosamente nuestra percepción. En El muro de la ignorancia, publicado por primera vez en 2003 y convertido en el quinto libro más vendido en la historia de Japón, Takeshi Yoro examina ese muro invisible que separa a las personas, distorsiona el juicio e impide una comprensión auténtica de nosotros mismos y de los demás.
Avalado por su larga y exitosa trayectoria como anatomista y académico, Yoro ordena y sintetiza sus reflexiones sobre el funcionamiento del cerebro, pero también sobre la transformación de las sociedades contemporáneas y las problemáticas que se derivan de ella. Con un estilo claro y provocador, este libro invita al lector a identificar las ilusiones de certidumbre para mirar el mundo con mayor lucidez y abrir la puerta a un conocimiento más crítico de la experiencia humana.

200 pages, Paperback

First published April 10, 2003

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64 reviews1 follower
November 15, 2025
This was a bit chaotic. I struggled to grasp what the author is trying to say at times but that was the whole point of reading this, I guess. The book is already quite old and from a completely different culture, so it was interesting to see what issues were being discussed in Japanese society in the early 2000s. I heard about this book from Mono no Aware’s Tamaoki Shūkei, who wholeheartedly recommended it in his podcast, so I keep thinking what could’ve felt so revolutionary about this book to him.
23 reviews
February 10, 2016
Perspective-altering read.

People change all the time; information is permanent.

"So you should tell young people not to waste time wondering 'What is my individuality?'" - Focusing on empathy rather than standing out for the sake of standing out.

His analogy of life being a mountain climb: "Ascend one more step to make your view better, even by just a little".
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66 reviews1 follower
May 7, 2022
對於非日語母語者來說,除非學日語練讀解所需否則還是別浪費時間看這本書,真想看的話隨便找個ポイントまとめ看看就足夠了⋯⋯
書中雖然提供了一些新鮮的看待事物角度,舉的某些例子和引用的資料也很有趣,但是結構散亂、邏輯也非常站不住腳,還出現了不少輕率概括謬誤,時常讀著讀著感嘆「這也能圓回來?」還有老是把舊概念拎出來批判一番然後毫無理據地換個說法,換湯不換藥有什麼意義,就為了駁倒權威嗎?很難想像這麼一本書竟會出自醫學部教授之手⋯⋯
個人認為少數亮點之一是,2003年便預見到神經網絡和人工智能的應用前景無限(
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141 reviews22 followers
April 19, 2026
It started off well, but then goes downhill...
30 reviews1 follower
August 26, 2007
I learned more about Japanese culture, reviewed some thoughts on criticism of university foci, and some thoughts on cognitive science. It was interesting.
4 reviews
December 14, 2008
My first attempt at reading a book in Japanese. I'm nowhere near finishing, but so far it seems decent. It feels like the author is just ranting a lot, but he does have some good points occasionally.
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