Review of 'Hackers and Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
This is one of the books that's been sitting in my to read list for a long time. A bit too long, since the contents and premonitions of the distant future now feel a bit off instead of inspiring, but it did inspired an impressive amount of technologies (or at least I choose to believe that it did). Everything in technology is connected, and things that Graham had in mind in 2004 are related to the state of affairs back then, some produced new technologies like rust, elixir, etc, some raised the importance of making better more efficient teams, etc.
What I didn't like about book is that it shows an US centered vision of the world, even a young white male living in the US view, granted wealth is important, but so is to have a system that's not rigged, that gives equal chances (equally high chances) of success, …
This is one of the books that's been sitting in my to read list for a long time. A bit too long, since the contents and premonitions of the distant future now feel a bit off instead of inspiring, but it did inspired an impressive amount of technologies (or at least I choose to believe that it did). Everything in technology is connected, and things that Graham had in mind in 2004 are related to the state of affairs back then, some produced new technologies like rust, elixir, etc, some raised the importance of making better more efficient teams, etc.
What I didn't like about book is that it shows an US centered vision of the world, even a young white male living in the US view, granted wealth is important, but so is to have a system that's not rigged, that gives equal chances (equally high chances) of success, that means general access to education, to health care, to social security, etc. It's a balance, and as in any balance there is a virtuous point. I believe that the virtuous point is a progressive one, where the ones that generate more wealth contribute more. And what's contributed is handled in a transparent way.
