I’ve been attending the OECD Forum this week, and as ever have met many interesting people. I always note at a conference the books people are talking about, as it can be zeitgeisty. So here are the ones I picked up this time.
Cesar Hidalgo – himself author of the fascinating [amazon_link id=”0141978023″ target=”_blank” ]Why Information Grows[/amazon_link] – highly recommended [amazon_link id=”0316306088″ target=”_blank” ]Disrupted[/amazon_link] by Dan Lyons.
[amazon_image id=”0141978023″ link=”true” target=”_blank” size=”medium” ]Why Information Grows: The Evolution of Order, from Atoms to Economies[/amazon_image] [amazon_image id=”B01CV0WC7U” link=”true” target=”_blank” size=”medium” ]Disrupted: Ludicrous Misadventures in the Tech Start-up Bubble[/amazon_image]
I met two authors talking about their books, Philippe Legrain on [amazon_link id=”1782924809″ target=”_blank” ]European Spring[/amazon_link]. And Pedro Domingos, author of [amazon_link id=”0241004543″ target=”_blank” ]The Master Algorithm[/amazon_link]. Quote of the Forum came from the latter: “Algorithms are only human.”
[amazon_image id=”1782924809″ link=”true” target=”_blank” size=”medium” ]European Spring: Why Our Economies and Politics are in a Mess – and How to Put Them Right[/amazon_image] [amazon_image id=”0241004543″ link=”true” target=”_blank” size=”medium” ]The Master Algorithm: How the Quest for the Ultimate Learning Machine Will Remake Our World[/amazon_image]
One session was shaped around a book by Peter Diamandis, [amazon_link id=”1501105248″ target=”_blank” ]Bold[/amazon_link]. Not so sure I’ll read this one as I wasn’t crazy about his previous one, [amazon_link id=”145161683X” target=”_blank” ]Abundance[/amazon_link]. Too breathless for someone nerdy like me. But I know many people liked it.
[amazon_image id=”1501105248″ link=”true” target=”_blank” size=”medium” ]Bold: How to Go Big, Create Wealth and Impact the World[/amazon_image]
There were some ‘Meet the Author’ sessions I didn’t get to, including Paul Mason on his [amazon_link id=”0141975296″ target=”_blank” ]Postcapitalism[/amazon_link] and Brooke Harrington on [amazon_link id=”0674743806″ target=”_blank” ]Capital Without Borders[/amazon_link].