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Absolutely loved this when it came out, not sure how it holds up now.

Fascinating look at the story of Theranos, absolutely appalling how far Holmes and co were willing to go.

Didn’t know anything about baseball before reading this, know a tiny bit after.

Pragmatic overview of the role

Reading this early in my career was very helpful, it meant I invested in index funds early and often.

This book does a great job of laying out just how much the Sackler family laid the groundwork for the opioid crisis and then managed to evade accountability for it. Depressing, but well-written.

Don't mistake this for a book about FTX, the focus here is Sam Bankman-Fried. Worthwhile if you're interested in his story and the genesis of FTX. more »

Read this right before I started working at Microsoft.

Heart’s in the right place I guess, but the authors got super lucky buying bonds when rates were high in the 80s so good luck replicating that

A good idea, but this is a New Yorker article worth of content stretched into a book.

tldr: Break big projects into small manageable tasks, understand the odds, and plan carefully

Basically a 300-page long New Yorker article about the history of the semiconductor industry

Makes an important and though-provoking point, but with about twice as many pages as necessary which dilutes the message