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Books and writings that provide insight or entertainment.

Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism is Benedict Anderson's 1983 book defining the nation as "an imagined political community — and imagined as both inherently...

8/9/2026

Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything is Don Tapscott and Anthony D. Williams' 2006 book arguing that self-organizing peers, working outside any firm's payroll, have become an...

8/9/2026

Incorruptible: Why Good Companies Go Bad... and How Great Companies Stay Great is Eric Ries' 2026 book arguing that corporate drift from founding principles is a structural governance failure, not a...

8/1/2026

'Extreme Ownership: How Navy SEALs Lead and Win' is a nytimes-bestseller detailing the mindset and principles which enabled SEAL units to accomplish impossible combat missions. The book, co-authored...

7/23/2026

This Is Me Letting You Go is a book by Heidi Priebe that explores the emotional complexities of releasing attachment, particularly in the aftermath of relationships or significant transitions. The...

7/22/2026

https://amzn.to/3wJMow2 My excerpt for a soon-to-be-publsihed Financial Times article: People are still seeing spatial media platforms like Topia through the eyes of their quarantine. As we...

7/3/2026

'Stillness is the Key' is the culmination of Ryan Holiday's trilogy which began with The Obstacle Is The Way and Ego Is The Enemy. Stillness is one of the most powerful forces in the world--it's the...

7/3/2026

'The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains' is a Pulitzer Prize finalist and a New York Times bestseller by Nicholas Carr, now hailed as “a modern classic." “Is Google making us stupid?”...

7/3/2026

My thoughts on 'QR Codes Kill Kittens' are coming_soon. References QR Codes Kill Kittens, by Scott Stratten Tags book

7/3/2026

Wizards and Prophets refer to the two kinds of individuals that have diametrically opposed views on how societal and ecological problems will be solved. Coined by author and science journalist...

6/12/2026

Recovery from Narcissistic Abuse, Gaslighting, Codependency and Complex PTSD (4 Books in 1) is a book authored and published by Linda Hill, narrated by S. L. Albert, Vicky David, and Alene Sorensen....

6/11/2026

Becoming Supernatural is a 2017 book by Joe Dispenza, subtitled "How Common People Are Doing the Uncommon," that blends neuroscience, epigenetics, and meditation practice. Becoming Supernatural: How...

5/28/2026

Fire in the Valley is Paul Freiberger and Michael Swaine's history of the personal computer, drawn from extensive interviews with the founders, hackers, and operators who built the industry — first...

5/27/2026

Slicing Pie: Fund Your Company Without Funds is Mike Moyer's book and equity-allocation framework for distributing ownership in an early-stage company among co-founders, hires, suppliers, and...

5/27/2026

Good to Great, by Jim Collins (2001), is a management book that identifies the common patterns among public companies that transitioned from average performance to sustained, market-beating...

5/27/2026

The Startup Way is Eric Ries's 2017 follow-up to The Lean Startup, extending the lean methodology from venture-backed startups into the management of established enterprises — and arguing that the...

5/27/2026

Tribal Leadership is a 2008 book by Dave Logan, John King, and Halee Fischer-Wright proposing a five-stage model of organizational culture and the leverage points that move a tribe one stage higher....

5/27/2026

Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age by Sherry Turkle is an investigation into how a flight from conversation undermines our relationships, creativity, and productivity — and...

5/27/2026