Secrets and lies in a Silicon Valley startup. By: John Carreyrou Published: 2018 Read: 2019 Summary: The rise and fall of Theranos, a Silicon Valley startup that tried unsuccessfully to develop a miniature blood testing device. Pursuing a “fake-it-till-you-make-it approach”,
The evolution of order, from atoms to economies By: Cesar Hidalgo Published: 2015 Read: 2018 Summary: The concept of entropy dictates that disorder, randomness and chaos should increase over time. Yet, in the universe we see pockets of growing order,
Why Catastrophes Happen By: Mark Buchanan Published: 2000 Read: 2018 Summary: Are there general rules in situations where scientists have so far failed to find predictable patterns (for instance, the timing of the next big earthquake, the form a snowflake
On Homecoming and Belonging. By: Sebastian Junger Published: 2016 Read: 2019 Summary: Tribal behavior is an evolved human trait. Humans have a need to belong, to be part of a larger whole. Solidarity, making sacrifices and acting in the group’s
An Intimate History. By: Siddhartha Mukherjee Published: 2016 Read: 2019 Summary: Story of the birth, growth and future of the gene, the fundamental unit of heredity and the basic unit of biological information. Interwoven with the his personal experience with
Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future By: Peter Thiel Published: 2014 Read: 2017 Summary: Book about the challenges of vertical progress (creating new things, going from zero to one) instead of horizontal progress (copying, going from 1
Why generalists triumph in a specialized world By: David Epstein Published: 2019 Read: 2019 Summary: In an increasingly complex and competitive world with a ballooning knowledge base, people are pushed to focus and specialize early (in education, music, sports, jobs,