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Six Easy Pieces – Richard Feynman

Coming out of Source Code, I began researching the history of computer hardware, operating systems and computation in general. Furthermore, ...

Zero to One – Peter Thiel

When your worldview is that companies are the unit where packets of progress emerge, “startup” takes a subservient role to ...

Zero to One – PayPal

Got curious how PayPal works. This video is pretty good. Alternatives back in 2000. 1) Mailing check. Slow. Potential loss ...

Zero to One – DCF validation

In March 2001, PayPal had yet to make a profit but our revenues were growing 100% year-over-year. When I projected ...

We Do Not Part – Han Kang

Gol D. Roger admitted that it wasn’t his time. History demonstrates that it takes time for parties to sort things ...

Trust – Hernan Diaz

What would be the main idea of this book? The tragic fate of genius minds when it happens to belong ...

Chip War – Chris Miller

Deriving solely from the contents of this book, it almost seems like “why because of semiconductors, of course” could be ...

One Up On Wall Street – Peter Lynch

This one is a great starting point for responsible stock investing. Chapter 15: The Final Checklist is something worth practicing. ...

Sapiens – Yuval Noah Harari

Harari says the cognitive revolution - the ability to imagine the abstract, is what set us on a track different ...

The Alchemist – Paulo Coelho

I have a feeling that the author, had in mind the moral and the ending from the start. Then, constructed ...

Ishiguro the Architect

What are The Remains of the Day? I found this a question that procrastinators ask too often and perseverers ask ...

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