Books like Genius Makers
12 books with a reading profile close to Genius Makers by Cade Metz. Outward-looking, growth-minded and clear-cut; a moderate read.
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In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives
by Steven Levy
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, analytical
Steven Levy narrates the internal evolution of Google from its origins as a Stanford research project to a global data empire.
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The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography
by Simon Singh
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · technical, history
Simon Singh chronicles the evolution of hidden communication, beginning with the monoalphabetic substitution ciphers used in the ancient world and the development of frequency analysis by Arab scholars.
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The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · analytical, business strategy
Thomas L.
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Abundance
by Ezra Klein
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · analytical, business strategy
Ezra Klein examines the structural hurdles preventing the United States from building the infrastructure, housing, and clean energy technology required for a functional future.
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Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right
by Jane Mayer
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · history, analytical
Jane Mayer tracks the decades-long evolution of a coordinated political network funded by ultraconservative billionaires, most notably Charles and David Koch.
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How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, analytical
Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt argue that modern democracies rarely collapse through violent military coups but instead erode from within through the legal subversion of institutions.
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Microsoft Secrets
by Michael A. Cusumano, Richard W. Selby
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · analytical, business strategy
Michael A.
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Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System from Crisis — and Themselves
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · analytical, business strategy
Andrew Ross Sorkin reconstructs the day-by-day mechanics of the 2008 financial collapse, focusing on the frantic negotiations between Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke, and the chief e…
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Natural Disasters
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · technical, analytical
David Alexander analyzes the intersection of geophysical mechanisms and human vulnerability within disaster management.
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The Innovator's Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book that Will Change the Way You Do Business
Also outward-looking and growth-minded · analytical, business strategy
Clayton Christensen explains why profitable, well-managed corporations lose their market dominance when faced with specific types of technological shifts.
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REGIME CHANGE
by Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, analytical
Two White House correspondents for The New York Times delve into the first year of President Trump's second term.
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