corkj reviewed Move Fast and Break Things by Jonathan Taplin
Move fast and break things
Terrific beginning but gets incredulously annoying when the writer talks about himself, There is alot of great material inside the jacket though.
how Facebook, Google, and Amazon cornered culture and undermined democracy
Jonathan Taplin: Move fast and break things (2017)
308 pages
English language
Published Aug. 20, 2017
Terrific beginning but gets incredulously annoying when the writer talks about himself, There is alot of great material inside the jacket though.
While the contents of the book are still relevant, thee tech world moves fast, so fast that some of the contents felt woefully out of date. It's pretty much the same cast of characters that seem to pop up in lots of books and podcasts at the moment, all of whom were inspired by reading The Sovereign Individual; think Peter Thiel and Co. The book deal with how these tech start up went from small and insignificant, to become the monopolies they are today, and the practices they keep so it stays that way.
While the contents are at times enlightening, it's been five years since publication, and things have only got worse.
Expected another book with I was part of this unicorn and this is why we are best. This book has a more critical view of how the societal effects of the monopolies building up around us. And some other perspectives. It widen my view in a good way.
Tiene partes buenas, pero otras son puro cherry-picking con tufillo a señor mayor gritándole a las nubes.