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J.D. Vance – Hilbilly elegy

J.D. Vance – Hilbilly elegy

White trash Hilbilly gets his life under control thanks to the Marine Corps, while his relatives relive the same hopeless life generation after generation.

Compassionately written, but downplaying that uneducated, scared anti-intellectuals are often ruthlessly mean towards anyone who is not part of their clan.

Geoffrey Moore – Crossing the chasm

Geoffrey Moore – Crossing the chasm

A cutting-edge tech company marketing to early adopters has to completely reinvent itself to appeal to the mainstream market.

Written in an entertaining laid-back style that more business books could use and – above all – surprisingly relevant over 25 years after first publication in 1991.

Philip Tetlock – Superforecasting

Philip Tetlock – Superforecasting

To become a superforecaster: recognize your cognitive biases, do not mind to be wrong, and calibrate your thinking based on evidence.

While containing valuable advice, the book does not go much beyond the basic market research toolkit I’d expect any strategy consultant to possess.

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