Steven Sinofsky

It's a fine marketing paper. There's nothing at all rigorous or academic about it and certainly not from that many authors added because...org chart.

Best thread of the past few days IMO.

In his book, “To Engineer Is Human: The Role of Failure in Successful Design”, Henry Petroski tells the story of several awful failures. In doing so he connects the desire for perfection and the reality of progress. A must read.

Everyone should read this by legendary @stephen_wolfram What Is ChatGPT Doing … and Why Does It Work?

20/ The Machiavellians: Defenders of Freedom by James Burnham [link] a must read book that I feel presents the most prescient description of where we are today and why and where we are heading. Really fascinating. Also, former Trotskyite.

6/ Grandstanding: The Use and Abuse of Moral Talk by @JustinTosi @BrandonWarmke is a must read if you are debating the goings on here on twitter. So much of what we experience can be explained by the patterns herein. No easy answers but a great framework.

1/ @MichaelDell's new book is out "Play Nice But Win" which is a perfect title for one of the most successful, yet low-key and humble CEOs of any industry who is also the OG PC leader. *Everyone* in tech should read this book. Some of what I felt...https://smile.amazon.com/Play-Nice-But-Win-Journey/dp/0593087747 https://t.co/iY08OwxgE9

@ryannadel @vgr This is a good one.

@Austen @kocienda’s book on what he has worked on meets what I would think is a requirement—the book should be by s… https://t.co/RHE54uznym

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