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If there’s an introductory book on complexity theory, Linked: How Everything Is Connected to Everything Else by Albert-László Barabási would be it. Its layman approach to unlocking the complexity behind the theory is illustrated with familiar examples like the topology of web pages (where the nodes are individual web pages and the links are hyper-links), [...]

In this new era of the Information Age, book author Daniel Pink rightly pointed out the three challenges each of us are facing right now: For individuals at risk of losing their jobs due to outsourcing, you better ask yourself:  "Can someone overseas do it cheaper?" Same as above, "Can a computer do it faster?". [...]

Steve Jobs. Silicon Valley. Innovation pipeline and how it all works is chronicled within a book by Leander Kahney ("Inside Steve’s Brain") and by Sarah Lacy of Business Week ("Once You’re Lucky, Twice You’re Good: The Rebirth of Silicon Valley and the Rise of Web 2.0"). Can’t wait to have those books on my doorstep.