Review: Just finished reading THE ULTRALIGHT STARTUP by Jason Baptiste. It goes into detail about how to launch a startup without much money or clout.
If you haven’t read many books on launching startups, this is a good book to get you going. However, if you’ve read a lot or have experience, you probably can skip this book. You’ll know most of what it says already.
Review: Just read THE AMERICAN by Henry James. What makes this novel so fascinating is that a wealthy man, who has nearly everything, is denied his true love precisely because of his good and honorable nature.
If he had been the least bit deceitful or immoral he could have obtained his prize. Unfortunately, his own goodness condemns him to a life without love.
Review: Just finished reading “Dear Leader” by Jang Jin-Sung. It’s the unbelievable true story of how a high-level government official escaped from North Korea.
The book works on many levels. It gives a vivid account of the suffering in North Korea; it’s a gripping tale of escape, with all the twists and turns of an action novel; and it’s a political and social commentary.
Review: The book “Inside the Dream Palace” is about the legendary Chelsea Hotel.
The Chelsea started out as a 19th century experiment in communal living and evolved to become home to many of New York’s brightest writers and luminaries, including Andy Warhol, Mark Twain, Dylan Thomas, Arthur Miller, Patti Smith, Jim Morrison and scores of others.
Review: I love the book THINK LIKE A FREAK. If you aren’t already familiar with the Freakonomics series, you should check this out. Like all of their work, it’s filled in eye-opening insights into economics, business and human nature.
How and why do people do what the do? That’s the question they ask, and they teach you how to think outside the box. The book is filled with examples of freaky thinkers. It reveals how a skinny Japanese guy became the world’s #1 hot-dog-eating champion, the reason an Australian doctor swallowed deadly bacteria, and why Nigerian email scammers write such idiotic emails.
Review: Just read FUTURE OF THE MIND by Michio Kaku. It’s a mind-blowing book on how our brains work, the nature of consciousness, and the way future technologies will change how we think, communicate, and experience reality.
Rating: ★★★★
Review: I just read THE NEXT SPECIES by Michael Tennesen. This book asks whether humans will eventually go extinct. The answer is YES. There is a 99.99% chance that we will disappear in the next 100 million years. If you look back at earth’s history, there were five mass extinctions already:
1) Ordovician-Silurian mass extinction
2) Late Devonian mass extinction
3) Permian mass extinction
4) Triassic-Jurassic mass extinction
5) Cretaceous-Tertiary mass extinction
Review: Just read “Make It New” by Barry Katz. This book goes into excessive detail on the history of design in Silicon Valley. It’s interesting only if you’re a total design geek and need to know the historical facts.
What it lacks is insight into the design process and thinking of these amazing people. What made them so original and innovative? That’s what I was craving and couldn’t find in this book.
Review: “Future Science: Essays from the Cutting Edge” by Max Brockman isn’t so much a book as a collection of short, topical scientific papers.
The papers cover everything from gene splicing to life on other planets. They are written by professors from a number of top universities and are quite interesting, if you’re a science geek like me!
Review: I just read “ELON MUSK: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future” by Ashlee Vance.
Despite his flaws, Musk is driven by a deep conviction that it’s his job to save the human race. This thinking drives every decision he makes. Unlike so many entrepreneurs today, he does not care about getting rich quick. In fact, he’s willing to risk every penny he has on his ventures.
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