Good book but very dense. Taking a break from it
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Malcolm Harris needs an editor
3 stars
This book could have been honed down by a huge margin. I do not understand why one would even include a footnote if it takes up half the page. While a lot of the information in this book is enlightening, there are way too many digressions, which again, are informative, but take away from what Harris is trying to achieve overall, in building a concise historiography of Palo Alto. This is especially apparent in the middle of the book, where at times it seems like Harris is grasping at straws to connect his tangents to his main thesis. The beginning and the end of the book are the main highlights, and I think make it worth a read, even though they too could use some shedding.
Don't be afraid to skip some sections.
iddcutie started reading What the dormouse said-- by John Markoff
What the dormouse said-- by John Markoff
An analysis of the political and cultural forces that gave rise to the personal computer chronicles its development through the …
iddcutie finished reading Palo Alto by Malcolm Harris
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Palo Alto’s weather is temperate, its people are educated and enterprising, its corporations are spiritually and materially ambitious and demonstrably …
Regional Advantage: Culture and Competition in Silicon Valley and Route 128 by AnnaLee Saxenian
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iddcutie wants to read What the dormouse said-- by John Markoff
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An analysis of the political and cultural forces that gave rise to the personal computer chronicles its development through the …