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THE WORD OF MOUTH
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1984, George Orwell Permanent Record, Edward Snowden My Early Life, Winston S. Churchill Flowers for Algernon, Daniel Keyes Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand Edit: To some extent probably also: The Count of Monte Cristo, Alexandre Dumas Don Quijote, Miguel de Cervantes
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The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power by Shoshana Zuboff https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Age_of_Surveillance_Capi... (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Age_of_Surveillance_Capitalism) And Permanent Record by Snowden
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An excellent gauge for how good a book is can be found in how many times you catch yourself thinking back on it even after some time has passed. Through this, my favorite this entire year is The Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank's diary). Without a doubt one of the best books I have ever read, just through how supremely human it is. Other books are: -The Code Breaker by Walter Isaacson -Sapiens by Yuval Yuval Noah Harari -21 Lessons for the 21st Century -Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feyn man!: Adventures of a Curious Character by Richard Feynman -Why Nations Fail by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson -Permanent Record by Edward Snowden
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Permanent Record, by Edward Snowden
The Unicorn Project, The 7 habits of highly effective people by Stephen Covey, Permanent Record, Turn the ship around, The Checklist Manifesto, These are good ones!
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I want to finish to read Snowden’s autobiography: “Permanent Record”. I started during a long train trip recently and found that I really enjoyed the tone of the first few chapters. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permanent_Record_(autobiogra... (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permanent_Record_%28autobiography%29)
Edward Snowden's "Permanent Record".
Permanent Record by Edward Snowden. I've followed his wild ride since the beginning and have always had mixed opinions about his motives, but this book is as craftily written as it is interesting/informative. He quite purposefully and methodically shares many personal anecdotes and intimate details of his life that put a very human face onto his story. Whoever helped craft and edit this book (with Snowden) deserves much credit - if not second billing. A worthy read as it fills in many of the missing details of when and how.