5 Books from Bill Gates
While the attitudes to Microsoft and its operating systems can differ, one could surely benefit from its founder's acumen when it comes to selection of good books.
Recently, Bill gates recommended 5 books to read this summer. You can either read about the books in his blog post, or watch an even shorter presentation in the end of this post.
I'm not the fastest reader in the world, and I also have to finish a translation of a brick-sized volume. Thus, for my own summer read list I've chosen just 2 books out of his 5:
🔹 Upheaval. Yet another wonderful book by the 80+ year old lifelong learner Jared Diamond, who authored Guns, Germs, and Steel (a Pulitzer prize winner), and many other profound books. In his most recent book, Jared shares how 7 different nations survived crises. Interestingly, he draws parallels from personal crisis therapy. Aslo, as an example of a personal crisis in his own life, Jared recalls the good old times when he wanted to become a simultaneous translator (sic!). But that's worth a separate post.
🔸 The Future of Capitalism by Paul Collier, a much younger scholar who just turned 70. Well, this just sounds like something I'd read anyway — such literature often makes it to airport stores, and thus has a good chance of grabbing my attention. Also, some of the ideas in the book seem to have something in common with The Dismal Science by Stephen A. Marglin, a copy of which I've bought quite some time ago, but it's too relishable — one doesn't simply sit down and read it! 😄
While the attitudes to Microsoft and its operating systems can differ, one could surely benefit from its founder's acumen when it comes to selection of good books.
Recently, Bill gates recommended 5 books to read this summer. You can either read about the books in his blog post, or watch an even shorter presentation in the end of this post.
I'm not the fastest reader in the world, and I also have to finish a translation of a brick-sized volume. Thus, for my own summer read list I've chosen just 2 books out of his 5:
🔹 Upheaval. Yet another wonderful book by the 80+ year old lifelong learner Jared Diamond, who authored Guns, Germs, and Steel (a Pulitzer prize winner), and many other profound books. In his most recent book, Jared shares how 7 different nations survived crises. Interestingly, he draws parallels from personal crisis therapy. Aslo, as an example of a personal crisis in his own life, Jared recalls the good old times when he wanted to become a simultaneous translator (sic!). But that's worth a separate post.
🔸 The Future of Capitalism by Paul Collier, a much younger scholar who just turned 70. Well, this just sounds like something I'd read anyway — such literature often makes it to airport stores, and thus has a good chance of grabbing my attention. Also, some of the ideas in the book seem to have something in common with The Dismal Science by Stephen A. Marglin, a copy of which I've bought quite some time ago, but it's too relishable — one doesn't simply sit down and read it! 😄