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walkitoutI read this as a paper book, because it is not available in kindle form. It is available in audiobook form. Go figure.
It’s got two main sections: Ideas and Gurus. Just like the label says.
I bought it about 8 years ago (end of april 2015) and it has been sitting around ever since, _occasionally_ used as a reference and occasionally leafed through. It survived every book purge until this one, when I finally decided it was Read It Or Get Rid of It. Having read it, I will now get rid of it.
The goal in buying it was to raise my background familiarity with the ideas and people referred to in articles in the business press. I obviously could always just look them up in wikipedia, but every time I do that, I wind up spending time over on wikipedia and never finishing the article I was in the middle of. Think of this as an exercise in “cultural literacy” of the business journalism category.
It’s also branded The Economist, with predictable impact. It’s somewhat dated, and is written by a Brit, so there’s a certain amount of that going on as well.
I’m not sure what else to say about it? Oh, I guess one observation. I only recently realized that a large minority (perhaps a plurality) of philosophy majors intend and/or do become clergy. I was a little surprised by the quantity of people in this book whose degree was in psychology, social psychology, or sociology. However, I’m starting to think I really should have seen that coming. I mean, if you are in business, you really fucking do have to understand how people, collectively and individually, think, feel and do, especially when it comes to purchasing goods and services.
It’s got two main sections: Ideas and Gurus. Just like the label says.
I bought it about 8 years ago (end of april 2015) and it has been sitting around ever since, _occasionally_ used as a reference and occasionally leafed through. It survived every book purge until this one, when I finally decided it was Read It Or Get Rid of It. Having read it, I will now get rid of it.
The goal in buying it was to raise my background familiarity with the ideas and people referred to in articles in the business press. I obviously could always just look them up in wikipedia, but every time I do that, I wind up spending time over on wikipedia and never finishing the article I was in the middle of. Think of this as an exercise in “cultural literacy” of the business journalism category.
It’s also branded The Economist, with predictable impact. It’s somewhat dated, and is written by a Brit, so there’s a certain amount of that going on as well.
I’m not sure what else to say about it? Oh, I guess one observation. I only recently realized that a large minority (perhaps a plurality) of philosophy majors intend and/or do become clergy. I was a little surprised by the quantity of people in this book whose degree was in psychology, social psychology, or sociology. However, I’m starting to think I really should have seen that coming. I mean, if you are in business, you really fucking do have to understand how people, collectively and individually, think, feel and do, especially when it comes to purchasing goods and services.