Claude Shannon is most famous for his groundbreaking work on information theory and communications. A Mind at Play tells his story ...
General Motors, under the leadership of Alfred P. Sloan, capitalized on the mistakes of Henry Ford in the 1920s to become the dominant American automaker ...
This post is a list of books that I read in the second quarter of 2023, most notably Outlive by Peter Attia and My Life and Work by Henry Ford ...
In a biography published a century ago, Henry Ford reflected on the early days of the automobile industry. We have much to learn from Ford despite serious flaws in his character ...
The founder of Wal-Mart spent his final months writing an autobiography. The book contains timeless advice for retailers, investors, and anyone interested in business ...
Peter Attia explains how we can battle the "Four Horsemen" of modernity conspiring to degrade our ability to live a long life free of chronic conditions and disabilities ...
This post is a list of books that I read in the first quarter of 2023, most notably the accounts of E.B. Sledge's service in the Pacific during World War II ...
Isadore Sharp built an iconic brand by relentlessly catering to wealthy travelers and refusing to compromise on corporate culture ...
The dream of flying like birds has captivated human beings for thousands of years. In his new book, Richard Dawkins provides a fascinating account of the history of flight ...
A book review of Damn Right! — Behind the Scenes with Berkshire Hathaway Billionaire Charlie Munger, published on Munger's 99th birthday ...
This post is a list of books that I read in the fourth quarter of 2022, most notably The Price of Time by Edward Chancellor and The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky ...
This post is a list of books that I read in the third quarter of 2022, most notably The Last Warrior, a biography of Andrew Marshall and The Deficit Myth by Stephanie Kelton ...
The larger-than-life figure of Hunter Harrison is impossible to avoid for anyone who follows the railroad industry. Railroader is an interesting book about a fascinating man ...
This post is a list of books that I read in the second quarter of 2022, most notably two classic titles by Fyodor Dostoevsky: Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov ...
Soul in the Game is a difficult book to categorize. Is it a memoir? A book on stoicism? A book on classical music? It is none of these things in isolation, but all of these things in combination ...
The rise of passive investing is the topic of Robin Wigglesworth’s recent book, Trillions: How a Band of Wall Street Renegades Invented the Index Fund and Changed Finance Forever ...
This post is a list of books that I read in the first quarter of 2022, most notably two classic titles by Leo Tolstoy: War & Peace and Anna Karenina ...
The underlying science that made COVID-19 vaccines possible is the product of decades of painstaking research, well described in "A Shot to Save the World" ...