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Been on a big biography kick lately.

Read the Napoleon bio by Andrew Roberts. Outstanding, but very dense. I recommend starting with the concise biography of napoleon by David bell to get an overview before diving into the Roberts one. You can read the latter in a day or 2.

I'm currently reading the Steve Jobs biography by walter isaacson, which is both incredibly motivating and hilarious. It really makes me want to start taking some more risks on myself and going all in on what I love.

Next up, I'm planning on reading the Elon biography by Walter Isaacson, but I'm also considering a few others.

The Andrew Roberts biography on King George III is intriguing, because I'd lover to learn about the American revolution from a British perspective and this seems like a great way to do that. I plan on reading this eventually, but will probably read Elons first.

Have you read any great biographies lately? Do you have any to recommend to me? I'd love to hear it!

ynniv 1y ago

I wanted to like the Isaacson biography but couldn't. It just didn't feel representative of what other people said of Jobs in things like Triumph of the Nerds and the way he approached questions in the Cringely interview.

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Clay | The Bitcoin Tavern ⚡ 1y ago

did you manage to finish it, or did you end up tapping out?

Honestly, I don't know enough about jobs to evaluate how accurate the Biography is. I'm basically learning about him through this bio, for better or worse.

I do know that Jobs actively sought out Walter to write his biography, and he does seem to have a good reputation for this sort of thing, fwiw.

I'll try to check out Triumph of the Nerds when I'm done.

ynniv 1y ago

I tapped out. Triumph of the Nerds was a PBS special based on Accidental Empires.

I like his interviews most. Cringelys The Lost Interview is classic. The Computerworld one seems good.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accidental_Empires

https://archive.org/details/triumph_of_the_nerds

https://www.computerworld.com/article/1476597/steve-jobs-interview-one-on-one-in-1995.html

https://archive.org/details/TheSteveJobs1995InterviewUnabridged