Accidental Empires
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Accidental Empires
Bob Cringely
5 people recommended it in 3 threads, 2009–2022.
What people on Hacker News said
Cringely is the only one who doesn't make everything seem ooh-ahh-magical-brains! predetermined.
You're thinking of Joe Kraus, who says him reading Accidental Empires lead to Excite succeeding.
After reading this I knew what I want, and actually joined a startup a few years later (only to see it fail in the 2000 dotcom crash).
Where it comes up
- Ask HN: Favorite true story tech book? 2009 · 3 recommendations
- Ask HN: What book changed your life? 2022 · 1 recommendation
- Ask HN: Computer Science/History Books? 2020 · 1 recommendation