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Matt Richtel

“Really an engineering 'how it works' story.”

Johnjoe McFadden, Jim Al-Khalili

“Each chapter illustrates one of life's puzzles and makes you think differently about the world.”

Greg Lukianoff, Jonathan Haidt

Khosla highlights the book's critique of 'Safetyism' as a threat to free inquiry and speech on campus.

David Wallace-Wells

“It scares, and it's time to be be very very scared. The message is more important than the details.”

Reid Hoffman, Chris Yeh

“An insightful book on how to scale at a very fast pace and more importantly WHEN. Also explains why inefficient use of money can be important.”

David A. Sinclair

Khosla rated this 10/10 on his 2019 list, framing aging as a problem worth attacking directly rather than disease by disease.

Raghuram Rajan

Recommended for its argument about strengthening community alongside state and markets.

Charles Graeber

Recommended for chronicling the rise of cancer immunotherapy.

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

Recommended as a sharp work of satirical short fiction.

Robert Kagan

Recommended for its argument that the liberal world order requires active maintenance.

Edward Bullmore

Recommended for linking inflammation to depression and mental illness.

Francisco Cantú

Recommended as a memoir on the human realities of the U.S.-Mexico border.

Don Thompson

Recommended in the cited Medium post.