Books like In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives
12 books with a reading profile close to In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives by Steven Levy. Outward-looking and clear-cut; a moderate read.
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Genius Makers
by Cade Metz
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, analytical
Genius Makers charts the historical progression of deep learning through the experiences of a small group of researchers, focused primarily on Geoff Hinton, Demis Hassabis, and Yann LeCun.
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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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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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Salt Sugar Fat: How the Food Giants Hooked Us
by Michael Moss
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · analytical, business strategy
Michael Moss investigates how multinational food corporations utilize laboratory science to maximize consumer consumption.
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The Power of Geography: Ten Maps That Reveal the Future of Our World
by Tim Marshall
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, analytical
Tim Marshall examines how physical landscapes and regional borders dictate the strategic calculations of modern nations.
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Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany
by Norman Ohler
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, analytical
Norman Ohler examines the pervasive use of Pervitin, a factory-produced methamphetamine, within the military and civilian sectors of the Third Reich.
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Fear: Trump in the White House
by Bob Woodward
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, analytical
Bob Woodward chronicles the internal operations of the Trump administration, focusing on the first two years of the presidency.
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She Said: Breaking the Sexual Harassment Story That Helped Ignite a Movement
by Jodi Kantor
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, analytical
Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey detail their multi-year investigation into Harvey Weinstein’s history of sexual assault and the systemic protection of his behavior within the film industry.
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The Last Days of Night
by Graham Moore
Also outward-looking and clear-cut · history, business strategy
In 1888 New York, young attorney Paul Cravath takes on a legal defense for George Westinghouse, who is being sued by Thomas Edison for one billion dollars over the invention of the light bulb.
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White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America
Also outward-looking · history, analytical
Nancy Isenberg dismantles the myth of American class mobility by tracing the persistent existence of a marginalized white underclass from the colonial era to the present.
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