Ways of Being: Animals, Plants, Machines: The Search for a Planetary Intelligence: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Ways of Being: Animals, Plants, Machines: The Search for a Planetary Intelligence audiobook runs 12 hours unabridged, narrated by James Bridle (about 8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
You'll finish in – by –
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What our data says
- At 12 hours, it runs longer than 89% of the 4,073 Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelf
405 Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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
Ways of Being: Animals, Plants, Machines: The Search for a Planetary Intelligence is an audiobook by James Bridle: a 12-hour unabridged recording, read by James Bridle, released June 21, 2022, on the Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) and Computers & Technology shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12 hrs
- Narrated by
- James Bridle
- Released
- June 21, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction), Computers & Technology, Biology & Chemistry
- ISBN
- 9781250856111
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Ways of Being: Animals, Plants, Machines: The Search for a Planetary Intelligence audiobook?
Ways of Being: Animals, Plants, Machines: The Search for a Planetary Intelligence runs 12 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8 hours.
Is the Ways of Being: Animals, Plants, Machines: The Search for a Planetary Intelligence audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Ways of Being: Animals, Plants, Machines: The Search for a Planetary Intelligence?
Ways of Being: Animals, Plants, Machines: The Search for a Planetary Intelligence is narrated by James Bridle.
Is Ways of Being: Animals, Plants, Machines: The Search for a Planetary Intelligence worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8 hours, saving 4 hours.