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“Frank is really collecting this kind of brainpower around him,” says Niemi. “He’s the attraction, the magnet who gets people to come together.”
Gabriel Popkin • The Universe According to Frank Wilczek - John Templeton Foundation
Berkman burst into his office, shot him twice in the neck and stabbed him four times. Frick survived this attack and returned to work after only a few days.
Sean Adams • Steel: Carnegie and Creative Destruction – Impact of Materials on Society
He took over potash and phosphorus manufacturing and choked off his competitors’ supplies.
Frank Partnoy • The Match King: Ivar Kreuger, The Financial Genius Behind a Century of Wall Street Scandals
we understand the talent search methods of Peter Thiel—one of the most successful talent finders of all time—as intimately linked to Peter’s philosophical and indeed moral judgments of people.
Tyler Cowen • Talent: How to Identify Energizers, Creatives, and Winners Around the World
It’s the Land, Stupid: How the Homebuilder Cartel Drives High Housing Prices
Matt Stollerthebignewsletter.com
no one gay leader of the past has been widely chronicled as having had the most foresight, the most spirited plans, and the most critical triumphs, without which contemporary LGBT people couldn’t have won their own decisive civil rights victories. But if any one person deserves such credit, it is Frank Kameny.
Lillian Faderman • The Gay Revolution: The Story of the Struggle
Sven Etienne - writes for palladium and the national interest.