Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World–and Why Things Are Better Than You Think
I do want to share how this book was written. The author a well-renowned medical doctor and a global health educator with a well-known TED talk. When he was diagnosed with an incurable pancreatic cancer, he canceled his external engagements and focused on pouring his knowledge … Continue reading “Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World–and Why Things Are Better Than You Think”
The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation
In stealth mode… Book review is coming soon.
The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
I picked up this book in the midst of COVID-19. It helped me rationalize and understand this mark in our better. One day, I will think of this moment as a simple story, simplified, summarized, and elegant, but there are often moments like these with great … Continue reading “The Black Swan: Second Edition: The Impact of the Highly Improbable”
Digital Diplomacy: Conversations on Innovation in Foreign Policy
Digital Diplomacy is a series of interviews compiled by a public affairs officer at the Italian Embassy. I will never forget the first time I met him. He hosted an all-women panel with the coolest social impact pioneers in DC – Frances Holuba from the Obama … Continue reading “Digital Diplomacy: Conversations on Innovation in Foreign Policy”
Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100
Physics of the Future is one of Michio Kaku’s earlier books of his series of his forecasts of the future. I really enjoyed this book – as he dissects each industry into each layers, he goes in depth into each industry with a rules as a … Continue reading “Physics of the Future: How Science Will Shape Human Destiny and Our Daily Lives by the Year 2100”
The Chessboard and the Web: Strategies of Connection in a Networked World
Anne-Marie Slaughter was the former Director of Policy Planning Staff at the Office of Secretary at the State Department. She starts off the book by challenging the reader on the traditional notions of statecraft and standard foreign policy procedures, which is mainly in person – holding … Continue reading “The Chessboard and the Web: Strategies of Connection in a Networked World”
Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas that Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries
This book has many accolades from accomplished authors – Daniel Kahneman, the writer of Thinking Fast and Slow, Siddartha Mukherjee, the author of The Emperor All Maladies, and others. Here is one I agreed with the most. “Who knew that one idea could connect naval battles, … Continue reading “Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas that Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries”
Disaster Security: Using Intelligence and Military Planning for Energy and Environmental Risks
This is a book recommended by a close friend who is also a climate scientist. Chad Briggs and Miriam Matejova takes the audience interested in scenarios, simulations, and disaster planning through different exercises developed under the umbrella of the US Department of Energy and the US … Continue reading “Disaster Security: Using Intelligence and Military Planning for Energy and Environmental Risks”
Winners Take All – the Elite Charade of Changing the World
Winners Take All – the Elite Charade of Changing the World by Anand Giridharadas Link here “Elites, he wrote, have found myriad ways to change things on the surface so that in practice nothing changes at all. The people with the most to lose from genuine … Continue reading “Winners Take All – the Elite Charade of Changing the World”
The Entrepreneurial State: Debunking Public vs. Private Myths
link here. Now this is one of my favorite books. It was not an easy read. It is a little more dense and challenging. But as a former recovering govie, it is speaking my language. Her book is written to debunk the public opinion of a … Continue reading “The Entrepreneurial State: Debunking Public vs. Private Myths”
