Books in the Box V

Revisiting an annual tradition--Books in the Box! Bryan, Adam, and the Oxide Friends share book recommendations (and--sometimes--anti-recommendations). Take a listen if you're looking for your next read.

In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, we were joined by some guests noted below:

Previously, on Oxide and Friends:

OxF s05e06 - A Half‑Century of Silicon Valley with Randy ShoupOxF s05e26 - Technological Revolutions with Jerry NeumannOxF s04e03 - Fork in the Road for TerraformOxF s01e16 - The Books in the BoxOxF s02e18 - Books in the Box ReduxOxF s03e22 - Books in the Box IIIOxF s04e28 - Books in the Box IV Other Notes:

Princeton Review: Happiest StudentsUMass Dining Named Best Campus Food by The Princeton ReviewCHM Oral HistoriesNight Rider (and K.I.T.T.) From Bryan and Adam (and others)

The Mouse Driver ChroniclesFumbling the FutureSlingshotChip WarTechnological Revolutions and Financial Capital • @bcantrill ( economics book recommendation • ) Snow Crash • ( another Neal Stephenson book • ) The Big ShortReinventing The WheelEccentric Orbits • ( recommended by listener • ) Language Machines Cultural AI and the End of Remainder Humanism • ( recommended by listener • ) Molly White's **review ** of Read Write OwnCareless PeopleNOT A RECOMMENDATION • If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies • ( If you are Molly White, please destroy this for us! • ) Surreal Numbers by Knuth • ( recommended by listeners • )

From Oliver Herman

Open CircuitsSystems PerformanceWhy We're Getting PoorerTermination Shock From Tom Lyon

From Airline Reservations to Sonic the Hedgehog • See also Systems We Love: Life of an Airline FlightThe War of Don Emmanuel's Nether PartsThe NVIDIA Way From Dan McDonald

Inventing the RenaissanceCharles Sumner: Conscience of a Nation If we got something wrong or missed something, please file a PR! Our next show will likely be on Monday at 5p Pacific Time on our Discord server; stay tuned to our Mastodon feeds for details, or subscribe to this calendar. We'd love to have you join us, as we always love to hear from new speakers!