Heinemeier Hansson

“Apropos everything, you should read @mtaibbi's Hate Inc book for a good historical summary of media delusions, malpractice, and ill intent from the Iraq War through the financial crisis through Russiagate. Could scarcely be more relevant than right now.”

“This reminded me that I needed to recommend the fantastic book The Management Myth by Matthew Stewart. In it, you get the bullshit history of Scientific Management, along with an exposé on just the kind of fraud that its popularizer, F. Winslow Taylor.”

“Probably one of the first primers I read on improving my photography.”

“There’s also a great book called The Myth of the Spoiled Child, which is even more specific about nurturing and supporting kids and so forth. That’s been very inspirational.”

“Outlines all the scientific research on why incentive systems don't work.”

“I just completed Escape from Freedom by Erich Fromm. That’s probably one of my favorite books from the last few years. It’s written in 1941, and traces the psychological evolution of going from feudal, primary bonds of old to our modern age of being disconnected yet “free”. It’s obviously influenced heavily by the Fascist regimes at the time, but its diagnosis feels as timely today as it did then. Truly a spectacular and imminently readable book.”