Ryan Lackey Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
Chris MillerRyan Lackey@asianometry Would be very interested in your review of Chip War (Chris Miller)
Hardcover, 2022
$32.00Member price:$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Trust: It Doesn't Take All Kinds, We Just Have All Kinds
David DobsonRyan LackeyExcept some of these specific pessimists weren't useful even in peacetime. "It doesn't take all kinds, we just have all kinds." Reasonable criticism and skepticism is useful at times; pure pessimism rarely is. https://t.co/UKbNwbMH0j
Hardcover, 2013
$29.99Member price:$28.49 + Free shipping5% off
Phone
Will SelfRyan Lackey@satsdisco I’m glad you self host it for privacy reasons, but yeah, please 1) add separate billing and credit addresses, or at least make it explicit you will only ship to card billing address 2) people in the US often roam/port/etc phone numbers, so using an area/city code to predict… https://t.co/oHKSJKkJlH
Paperback, 2019
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The End of the World Is Just the Beginning: Mapping the Collapse of Globalization
Peter ZeihanRyan Lackey@patrick_oshag Peter Zeihan's The End of the World is Just the Beginning. https://t.co/6VnMKCuJUA
Hardcover, 2022
$37.50Member price:$18.75 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Permutation City
Greg EganRyan Lackey@immad IDK what's popular but Greg Egan (Diaspora, Permutation City), Ken Liu Paper Menagerie.
Paperback, 2014
$19.99Member price:$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Market Forces
Richard K. MorganRyan Lackey“Does a good economist have to have blood on his hands?” “I’d say a practicing free market economist has blood on his hands or he isn’t doing his job properly. It comes with the market, and the decisions it demands.” — Richard Morgan’s sci-fi road rage novel Market Forces.
Paperback, 2005
$21.00Member price:$10.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
More: Overcome Doubt and Understand How Faith Really Works Volume 1
Andy ThompsonRyan Lackey@Andy_Thompson Me too, except it is in Spanish (at AA lounge in MIA). Very annoying voice and very dumb conversation. Loud conversation about a sensitive medical or romantic problem would be far more interesting for language practice.
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When the Heavens Went on Sale: The Misfits and Geniuses Racing to Put Space Within Reach
Ashlee VanceRyan LackeyJust finished the new @ashleevance book "When the Heavens Went On Sale" -- amazing! So many amazing stories about the new space companies (Rocket Lab, Astra, Planet Labs, and Firefly).
Paperback, 2024
$22.00Member price:$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Managerial Revolution: What is Happening in the World
James BurnhamRyan LackeyPrediction: top 3 books of 2022 (in publication order): a) @tylercowen @danielgross https://t.co/Gl2qOKCoaZ b) @PeterZeihan https://t.co/fs8ViRJrGc c) @balajis https://t.co/tVfKHIv2vL (Classics: James Burnham's The Machievellians + The Managerial Revolution)
Paperback, 2021
$16.99Member price:$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
In the Blood: Terminal List
Jack CarrRyan LackeyJack Carr’s Terminal List is well written and highly engaging but kind of too painful to read.
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