Alex Telford
Writes about the biotech industry, drug development and forecasting
The Success Equation by Michael Mauboussin
In his book "The Success Equation", Michael Mauboussin introduces the luck:skill continuum: the tendency for activities to fall on a spectrum from pure skill to pure luck.
on atelfo.github.io · 1 Apr 2024 · Report
The book "Where Futures Converge" claims that the early adoption of regulations ("the ordinance") governing the use of recombinant DNA in Cambridge helped establish Kendall Square as a centre of biotech innovation:
on atelfo.github.io · 1 Apr 2024 · Report
Contingency and Convergence: Toward a Cosmic Biology of Body and Mind by Russell Powell
"Contingency and Convergence: Toward a Cosmic Biology of Body and Mind" by Russell Powell
on atelfo.github.io · 14 Sep 2022 · Report
Energy and Civilization by Vaclav Smil
For a history of energy, I recommend Vaclav Smil's Energy and Civilization
on atelfo.github.io · 14 Sep 2022 · Report
Good Enough: The Tolerance for Mediocrity in Nature and Society by Daniel Milo
"Good Enough: The Tolerance for Mediocrity in Nature and Society" by Daniel Milo
on atelfo.github.io · 14 Sep 2022 · Report
Nature: an economic history by Geerat J. Vermeij
Books that heavily influenced this post: "Nature: an economic history" by Geerat J. Vermeij
on atelfo.github.io · 14 Sep 2022 · Report
The Innovator's Dilemma by Clayton Christensen
"The Innovator's Dilemma" by Clayton Christensen
on atelfo.github.io · 14 Sep 2022 · Report
Why Greatness Cannot be Planned: The Myth of the Objective by Kenneth O. Stanley and Joel Lehman
"Why Greatness Cannot be Planned: The Myth of the Objective" by Kenneth O. Stanley and Joel Lehman
on atelfo.github.io · 14 Sep 2022 · Report
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