Spring Chicken: Stay Young Forever (or Die Trying)

By Bill Gifford (2015) Pages: 384, Final verdict: Should-read The question of why we grow old and how to stop it has intrigued us for long. As early as 1889, Professor Brown-Séquard - known as the father of endocrinology - stood in front of the Societé of Biologie to present... Read more

Biology

Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

By John Carreyrou (2018) Pages: 320,Final verdict: Should-read She was once dubbed the next Steve Jobs. Amassing a fortune once estimated in 4.5 billion USD, Elizabeth Holmes and her biotech startup Theranos were the darlings of Silicon Valley. But then, following an investigation done by John Carreyrou and... Read more

History Business

Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility

By Patty McCord (2017) Pages: 148,Final verdict: Should-read The Netflix culture deck [https://igormroz.com/documents/netflix_culture.pdf], now famous throughout Silicon Valley and the larger tech world, began as an experiment when Patty McCord, longtime Chief Talent Officer of Netflix, Reed Hastings, the iconic founder and CEO,... Read more

Business

What Money Can't Buy

By Michael J. Sandel (2012) Pages: 203, Final verdict: Should-read Is there anything which we shouldn't allow money to buy? What Money Can't Buy - The Moral Limits of Markets is a call for public discussion on preserving things such as political hearings or naming rights... Read more

Politics

Brief Answers to the Big Questions

By Stephen Hawking (2018) Pages: 218, Final verdict: Should-read Stephen Hawking addresses some of the big questions of our universe: how did it all begin? or, are we alone in the universe? Brief Answers to the Big Questions is the last book of the most famous physicist of our time.... Read more

Science

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Spring Chicken: Stay Young Forever (or Die Trying)

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Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility

What Money Can't Buy

Brief Answers to the Big Questions