There are times when you need to take a step back from the headlines of the day in order to see the bigger picture. Keeping this in mind, I have been intending to inform you about certain book recommendations for quite some time now.
Tech Books to Read
And now we are here. There is no specific order to the following list of my top ten favorite books that I have read over the course of the last year that are related to business and technology:
Since the Crypto Winter of 2022, there have been a number of books that have been published that investigate what went wrong, the excesses that occurred before the collapse, and other related topics. One of these books is titled Number Go Up. This one, written by a writer for Bloomberg News who specializes in investigations, is among the best ones.
According to Saifedean Ammous, the Fiat Standard is as follows: This book is a continuation of Ammous’s previous publication, The Bitcoin Standard, which investigated the possibilities of bitcoin being the foundation of the world economy in the future and the reasons for that possibility. He explores what is wrong with the traditional money that we use on a daily basis via the invention of the Fiat Standard, which is a form of “turning the frame inside out.” In some respects, I believe that approach could be even more enticing to those who are just starting out.
Ben McKenzie and Jacob Silverman’s Easy Money is a book that offers: It is not an understatement to suggest that this is an even more vehemently skeptical perspective on cryptography than Zeke Faux’s literary work. An actor from television and a journalist from the financial industry collaborate in this one to investigate the most recent bull market and the worst of its bad actors. Despite the fact that I personally do not agree with the writers’ overarching disdain for the business, I do believe that works such as these are important reading in order to get out of our own personal echo chamber. In order to comprehend the misconceptions and very real impediments that exist in the path of widespread adoption, this is the only genuine method to understand them and ultimately solve them. In addition, the portion of the story when the United States government makes an attempt to recruit the writers as informants in a fairly haphazard manner was rather hilarious.
Cal Newport’s Digital Minimalism is an excellent guide that will help us engage with our cellphones and other technological tools in a way that is strategic and not thoughtless. In some respects, they are able to make our lives better. Additionally, there are moments when you need to put your phone down and go take a stroll outdoors. Newport is here to assist you in striking a balance between the two ideas.
Nicholas Mulder’s “The Economic Weapon” is a book that Beginning in earnest after World War I, this is a comprehensive history of how sanctions began to be utilized as an alternative to conventional warfare. The fight in question was meant to be “the war to end all wars,” and sanctions were implemented thereafter as a significant instrument that was supposed to prevent a recurrence of the conflict. On the other hand, over time, we did, in fact, experience repetition. This background is useful for any scenario that exists in the current day in which the United States or other nations continue to apply sanctions, often with effects that are, at best, mixed.
Jessie Singer’s “There are No Accidents” is a song that is basically a diatribe that could fill a whole book, which we certainly need to hear. Singer argues that humans are the ones who build systems on purpose and that these people often make a deliberate decision to sacrifice safety in order to save money on a spreadsheet. Does it really make sense to refer to the situation as an “accident” when such actions ultimately lead to actual carnage in the future?
Writing by John Vaillant, “Fire Weather”: A captivating story of a catastrophic wildfire that occurred in Fort McMurray, Alberta, in 2016, which was caused by climate change at the time. There is also the fact that the town is a boomtown for energy production, which puts it in the peculiar situation of being both a beneficiary and a sufferer of fossil fuels. In conclusion, this is one of the finest books I’ve ever read regarding climate change or the energy sector. The only other book that comes close is The Prize, which was written by Daniel Yergin and won the Pulitzer Prize in the early 1990s.
Written by Ben Smith, Traffic: One who is privy to theWe take a look back at the arms race that occurred in the digital media industry in the early 2000s between websites such as HuffPost, Gawker, and BuzzFeed, where Smith served as editor in chief. Not just fascinating, but also amusing at times. Who would have thought that Bob Iger, CEO of Disney, could drop an f-bomb to such a calculated degree?
By Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen, and Roy Schwartz, Smart Brevity proposes the following: An excellent book on how to effectively communicate in writing in this day and age of smartphones and short attention spans, authored by the most influential people at the news website Axios. However, their approaches have applications that extend well beyond the realm of journalism.
Written by Sarah Ellison and published in the Wall Street Journal: Although I will freely confess that I was exceedingly tardy in purchasing this book, which was released in 2010, it is about the acquisition of the legendary business newspaper by Rupert Murdoch in 2007. This is due to the fact that I was a reporter for the Journal at the time, which meant that I actually experienced the incident. When it was that time, who had the need to wallow in it any further? This book, on the other hand, is fantastic for the purpose of history since it contains reporting that is really exhaustive. Having prior knowledge of the work that my former colleague Sarah Ellison had done, this did not come as a surprise to me. When my friends and family ask me about the merger in the future, I will effectively utilize this book as a frequently asked questions (FAQ) document. The response that I will use going forward is going to be “Just read Sarah’s book.”
