John Doerr

My very favorite part of this book was the chapter on Elizabeth, her penchant for bad taste in clothing, and buying gift “frocks” for the author from outlet stores, her infectious optimism, and unrivaled grace. An intimate portrait that could have been skipped but humanizes the author and establishes the authenticity of the trust others placed in the author on their political careers. She is the ground on which political careers are built, thrive, and survive. May the future Madam President benefit form this time capsule of advice, and redeem the trust, good will, and promise of our democracy. Amen… (mehr)

John Doerr & Ryan Panchadsaram have given us a book about dealing with our climate crisis, one worth reading.
It is glitzy, upbeat, full of boosterism, but has a real plan, based on data and projections, and includes warnings on how hard the plan will be to carry out. It includes estimates and goals in units of gigatons of greenhouse gases and trillions of dollars, as well as effort needed in both technology and politics.
Speed and Scale has an interesting feature, its own highlighting. Every other page or so includes red highlights over one or two phrases, phrases that define important points of the plan. So, one way to read this book is to leaf through its pages noting these highlights and stopping to read details as need or interest demands.
It also includes pages of comments by industry leaders, who give their takes on some aspects of our climate problems. These pages come with a gray background, so they can be easily skipped as desired.
There are details to argue about in Speed & Scale, but on the whole this is an important book.… (mehr)