rcmnd

The Power BrokerBook

by Robert A. Caro, 1974

Who uses, recommends or left The Power Broker, in their own words: each a verbatim quote with a link to where it was said.

2 people

Writer and researcher; founder of New Science, known for essays on science funding, sleep research and productivity at guzey.com.
loved

Robert Caro's The Power Broker

His standing 'My Favorite Movies, TV Shows, Books, Podcasts, Music, Video games' page (created 2018-12-15, last modified 2025-06-06); date is the page's own modified date. (the page prints only created: 2018-12-15 and modified: 2025-06-06 for a list updated continuously, so it is undated)

2019-08-20·guzey.com ↗

Investor and writer; former CTO of Coinbase, author of The Network State, and founder of Network School.
recommended

Where is My Flying Car?, Three Felonies a Day, Reputation and Power, The Power Broker

The draft reading list for his Network School, in the “Regulation” section.

2025-02-02·balajis.com ↗

Every entry is a verbatim quote and a link to the public post it came from. Nothing is paraphrased. If it is not on record somewhere public, it is not here.

The verdict is what they actually said: loved and liked are explicit; recommended means they told others to get it; uses means they only say they use it; read is a book on their public shelf with no verdict; mixed and disliked are kept too.

A dashed affiliate link, sponsored or their own label means the post disclosed a relationship. It is shown, never hidden.

The shading behind a date shows how dated a recommendation is for its kind of thing.

The shading behind a date shows how dated a recommendation is, for its kind of thing. Fully green is recent. It drains a quarter at a time as the post gets older, and is empty once it reads as dated.

What counts as old depends on the thing. A laptop praised four years ago has been replaced twice; a book loved twenty years ago is probably still loved. The shading is gone after about:

Stripes mean the post carries no date and the date shown is an estimate. No date at all, no shading.