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Episode · Freakonomics Radio · 2024-09-16

Books mentioned on EXTRA: In Praise of Maintenance (Update)

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We revisit an episode from 2016 that asks: Has our culture’s obsession with innovation led us to neglect the fact that things also need to be taken care of? SOURCES:Martin Casado, general partner at Andreessen Horowitz.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

  1. The Innovators

    Walter Isaacson · at 4:16

    The Innovators by Walter Isaacson is a biographical history detailing the collaborative efforts of the hackers, geniuses, and geeks who engineered the digital revolution.

    Discussed
    “Then Walter Isaacson published a book called 'The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution'.”
    Speaker EXTRA: In Praise of Maintenance (Update) 2024-09-16 Listen at 4:16
    Where to get it
    Amazon Audible

  2. More Work for Mother: The Ironies of Household Technology from the Open Hearth to the Microwave

    Ruth Schwartz Cowan · at 30:02

    Discussed
    “The name of my book is 'More Work for Mother: The Ironies of Household Technology from The Open Hearth to the Microwave'.”
    Speaker EXTRA: In Praise of Maintenance (Update) 2024-09-16 Listen at 30:02
    Where to get it
    Amazon Audible