What people recommend, in their own words, with the receipt.
Writes about the biotech industry, drug development and forecasting
8 things
Nature: an economic historyBook Geerat J. Vermeij
Books that heavily influenced this post: "Nature: an economic history" by Geerat J. Vermeij
Essay on innovation theory drawing on Vermeij's book about the economics of nature
atelfo.github.io ↗·2022-09-14Wrong?
Why Greatness Cannot be Planned: The Myth of the ObjectiveBook Kenneth O. Stanley and Joel Lehman
"Why Greatness Cannot be Planned: The Myth of the Objective" by Kenneth O. Stanley and Joel Lehman
Listed under 'Books that heavily influenced this post' at the foot of his essay on innovation theory
atelfo.github.io ↗·2022-09-14Wrong?
The Innovator's DilemmaBook Clayton Christensen
"The Innovator's Dilemma" by Clayton Christensen
Listed under 'Books that heavily influenced this post' at the foot of his essay on innovation theory
atelfo.github.io ↗·2022-09-14Wrong?
Good Enough: The Tolerance for Mediocrity in Nature and SocietyBook Daniel Milo
"Good Enough: The Tolerance for Mediocrity in Nature and Society" by Daniel Milo
Listed under 'Books that heavily influenced this post' at the foot of his essay on innovation theory
atelfo.github.io ↗·2022-09-14Wrong?
Contingency and Convergence: Toward a Cosmic Biology of Body and MindBook Russell Powell
"Contingency and Convergence: Toward a Cosmic Biology of Body and Mind" by Russell Powell
Listed under 'Books that heavily influenced this post' at the foot of his essay on innovation theory
atelfo.github.io ↗·2022-09-14Wrong?
Energy and CivilizationBook Vaclav Smil
For a history of energy, I recommend Vaclav Smil's Energy and Civilization
Footnote in his essay on innovation theory and the economics of nature
atelfo.github.io ↗·2022-09-14Wrong?
The Success EquationBook Michael Mauboussin
In his book "The Success Equation", Michael Mauboussin introduces the luck:skill continuum: the tendency for activities to fall on a spectrum from pure skill to pure luck.
List of open questions about biotech, discussing luck vs skill in drug hunting
atelfo.github.io ↗·2024-04-01Wrong?
The book "Where Futures Converge" claims that the early adoption of regulations ("the ordinance") governing the use of recombinant DNA in Cambridge helped establish Kendall Square as a centre of biotech innovation:
List of open questions about biotech, discussing the regulatory history of Kendall Square
atelfo.github.io ↗·2024-04-01Wrong?
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