I don’t read fiction. It’s not real, so I consider it a waste of time. I read books like:
- Only Humans Need Apply by Thomas H. Davenport and Julia Kirby
- Elon Musk by Ashlee Vance
- How We Got to Now by Steven Johnson
- The Infinite Resource by Ramez Naam
- The Grand Design by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow
- Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell
instead. I am in the minority. In fact, most of my team believes that science fiction is a useful pursuit because it spurs the imagination and sets goals for what communities and technologies can accomplish. The classic example is that the folklore that the communicator from Star Trek inspired the mobile phone.
With a view of a future full of possibilities, we have a reading list in mind for our soon-to-be-on-board summer interns. We are considering giving them a homework assignment before they arrive. Here are the books that we are considering. The descriptions and images are from Amazon.com where you…