▲ | imdsm 18 hours ago | |||||||
I love looking at books in people's photos. Here's what I found in yours. I hope you don't mind! ---- Bad Blood by John Carreyrou - A detailed account of the Theranos scandal. The Founders by Jimmy Soni - Explores the early days of PayPal and its impact on Silicon Valley. Shoe Dog by Phil Knight - Memoir by the founder of Nike. Measure What Matters by John Doerr - A book about OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) and organizational success. Business Adventures by John Brooks - Classic tales of corporate life, highly recommended by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett. Becoming by Michelle Obama - The former First Lady's personal memoir. The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch - Inspirational reflections on life and achieving dreams. Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson - A comprehensive biography of Apple's co-founder. Chaos Monkeys by Antonio García Martínez - A look into the wild side of Silicon Valley. Facebook: The Inside Story by Steven Levy - A deep dive into the social media giant's history and controversies. Skunk Works by Ben R. Rich - Stories of innovation from Lockheed Martin’s legendary division. Thinking in Bets by Annie Duke - How to make decisions under uncertainty. Superforecasting by Philip Tetlock and Dan M. Gardner - Insights into better prediction and decision-making. Educated by Tara Westover - A memoir about resilience and education. Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain - A raw look at the life of a chef. Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin - A biography of the physicist behind the atomic bomb. The Almanack of Naval Ravikant - Wisdom on wealth and happiness. ---- I've read Naval's book, but not the others. Are there any in particular you really enjoyed? | ||||||||
▲ | vunderba 12 hours ago | parent [-] | |||||||
I'll give a shoutout to Skunk Works - even if you're not particularly into aviation or aeronautical engineering it's a highly engaging read. There's this one section covering part of the development of the stealth fighter F117 Nighthawk where one of the engineers makes a discovery that the amount of radar energy returned to a sender is INDEPENDENT of the object's size if it is composed principally of flat surfaces. This is why the F117 looks like such a polygonal mess from Starfox on the Nintendo 64. | ||||||||
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