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Masa saw himself as an outsider in Japanese society, much as Adam did when he moved from Indianapolis back to Kibbutz Nir
Reeves Wiedeman • Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and WeWork
Surrounded by a land of plenty, I couldn’t shake the notion that what I had been given was not enough. So I “borrowed” clothes from other people’s closets. I had an ongoing scam with the Columbia Record & Tape Club
Sarah Hepola • Blackout: Remembering the Things I Drank to Forget
Until this point Carmack had been entranced by arcade games. He wasn’t the best player around, but he loved the fast action and quick payback of Space Invaders, Asteroids, and Battlezone.
David Kushner • Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture
By the time he was twenty-eight, Alan had parlayed a night gig intended to pay for college into a small-town business empire.
Todd Rose • Dark Horse: Achieving Success Through the Pursuit of Fulfillment
Jamesonian view of capitalism’s
Chang-rae Lee • My Year Abroad: A Novel
crisis of taste,
Kyle Chayka • Filterworld
he kick some bad habits.
Reeves Wiedeman • Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and WeWork
Urk’s manners are coarse and his mountain lion pelt could stand a good laundering, but he turns out to be a pretty cool dude.
John Zeratsky • Make Time: How to focus on what matters every day
caveat venditor: let the seller beware.