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If you read the first book in this trilogy, you’ll find this second one is more of the same. Well, almost. The action is just as exciting. The characters feel jus...

The hallmark of good science is that it provides you a model with strong predictive and explanatory power. What matters is not if the model is actually correct (a...

An important read, if for no other reason than the fact that it thoroughly debunks the idea that great ideas come from lone inventors having flash-of-insight-eure...

I listened to the audiobook version of this book and it felt just like watching (err, hearing) the next chapter in the Star Wars universe. All the characters you ...

Almost 30 years after its publication, this book feels a little bit dated (the praise of email as a new and powerful tool early in the book is a bit of a giveaway...

A wonderful exploration of the role of intelligence in society and whether ignorance really is bliss. It’s easy to guess the basic plot arc from get-go, and some ...

This book contains a wonderful discussion of creativity, coming up with ideas, and doing great work… Wrapped in the dull language and style of a book on managemen...

This is an amazing branding and marketing piece for Google. It’s also, for the most part, an interesting read that’s worthwhile for anyone in the DevOps space. P...

With this second book of the series, The Kingkiller Chronicle starts to hit its stride. The characters are more interesting, the writing is better, the jokes are ...

(I did not write up a text review or notes on this book).