The Optimist's Telescope: Thinking Ahead in a Reckless Age: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Optimist's Telescope: Thinking Ahead in a Reckless Age runs 10.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Bina Venkataraman (about 6.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 10.1 hours, it runs longer than 57% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the World shelf
1,142 World audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Optimist's Telescope: Thinking Ahead in a Reckless Age is an audiobook by Bina Venkataraman: a 10.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Bina Venkataraman, released August 27, 2019, on the World and Economics shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Bina Venkataraman
- Released
- August 27, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World, Economics, Computers & Technology
- ISBN
- 9781984888822
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Optimist's Telescope: Thinking Ahead in a Reckless Age as an audiobook?
The Optimist's Telescope: Thinking Ahead in a Reckless Age runs 10.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.8 hours.
Is The Optimist's Telescope: Thinking Ahead in a Reckless Age free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Optimist's Telescope: Thinking Ahead in a Reckless Age?
The Optimist's Telescope: Thinking Ahead in a Reckless Age is narrated by Bina Venkataraman.
Is The Optimist's Telescope: Thinking Ahead in a Reckless Age worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.8 hours, saving 3.4 hours.