The Diamond Age
Or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer
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Reviews and Recommendations
We've comprehensively compiled reviews of The Diamond Age from the world's leading experts.
Peter Thiel Entrepreneur, InvestorRecommends this book
Andrew Chen General Partner/Andreessen HorowitzRecommends this book
Ev Williams Co-Founder/Twitter, CEO/MediumRecommends this book
Marvin Liao Partner/500 StartupsMy list would be (besides the ones I mentioned in answer to the previous question) both business & Fiction/Sci-Fi and ones I personally found helpful to myself. The business books explain just exactly how business, work & investing are in reality & how to think properly & differentiate yourself. On the non-business side, a mix of History & classic fiction to understand people, philosophy to make sense of life and Science fiction to picture what the future could be like (not always utopian). (Source)
Kelly Starrett Kelly is a legitimate fantasy and sci-fi nerd. He knows Dune by Frank Herbert and The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson inside and out. Kelly has daughters and texted me about the latter book, which follows a young female protagonist: "How do you raise girls that are of the system but crush the system while rebuilding a better one?" (Source)
Rankings by Category
The Diamond Age is ranked in the following categories:
- #67 in Artificial Intelligence
- #18 in Biotechnology
- #5 in Cyberpunk
- #89 in Engineering
- #56 in Futurism
- #13 in Hugo Award
- #13 in Molecular Biology
- #35 in NPR
- #96 in Rated
- #71 in Science Fiction
- #28 in Singularity
- #26 in Steampunk
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