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Review: Executive Engineering

Review: Executive Engineering

A quick disclaimer: Jack Danger, the author of Executive Engineering , is a friend and former colleague. We worked together as fellow engineers and engineering managers at Square, and our paths have crossed serendipitously in subsequent years as we travel in…

Review: Going Infinite

Review: Going Infinite

It's been rough for crypto for the past couple of years. Beyond the crypto winter and the downward swing in token prices, there was the resounding implosion of FTX last year, followed this year by Binance's…

Review: Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing

Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing is a rough read. Matthew Perry was an actor from a young age, an addict—of alcohol and drugs and fame and fortune, and an advocate for substance abuse. The book chronicles his…

Review: Exadelic

I heard about the sci-fi novel Exadelic from this TechCrunch book review. Going through the first dozen chapters, I wasn't sure there was much more to add than what the reviewer identified right in the title of…

Review: Road to Nowhere

When the full name of the book is Road to Nowhere: What Silicon Valley Gets Wrong about the Future of Transportation , the subtitle gives the inquisitive reader a good idea of what they're in for: a tearing down…

Review: Of Boys and Men

I grabbed Of Boys and Men: Why the Modern Male is Struggling, Why It Matters, and What to Do About It after listening to an interview with the author on an episode of the Prof G. podcast. Scott Galloway—Prof…