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 <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/bcantrill.bsky.social">Bryan Cantrill</a> and <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/ahl.bsky.social">Adam Leventhal</a>, we were joined by some guests noted below:Previously, on Oxide and Friends:<ul><li><a href="https://oxide-and-friends.transistor.fm/episodes/a-half-century-of-silicon-valley-with-randy-shoup">OxF s05e06 - A Half‑Century of Silicon Valley with Randy Shoup</a></li><li><a href="https://oxide-and-friends.transistor.fm/episodes/technological-revolutions-with-jerry-neumann">OxF s05e26 - Technological Revolutions with Jerry Neumann</a></li><li><a href="https://oxide-and-friends.transistor.fm/episodes/fork-in-the-road-for-terraform">OxF s04e03 - Fork in the Road for Terraform</a></li><li><a href="https://oxide-and-friends.transistor.fm/episodes/the-books-in-the-box">OxF s01e16 - The Books in the Box</a></li><li><a href="https://oxide-and-friends.transistor.fm/episodes/book-in-the-box-redux">OxF s02e18 - Books in the Box Redux</a></li><li><a href="https://oxide-and-friends.transistor.fm/episodes/books-in-the-box-iii">OxF s03e22 - Books in the Box III</a></li><li><a href="https://oxide-and-friends.transistor.fm/episodes/books-in-the-box-iv">OxF s04e28 - Books in the Box IV</a></li></ul>Other Notes:<ul><li><a href="https://www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings/?rankings=happiest-students">Princeton Review: Happiest Students</a></li><li><a href="https://www.umass.edu/news/article/umass-dining-named-best-campus-food-princeton-review-unprecedented-eighth-consecutive">UMass Dining Named Best Campus Food by The Princeton Review</a></li><li><a href="https://computerhistory.org/oral-histories/">CHM Oral Histories</a></li><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight_Rider_(1982_TV_series)">Night Rider (and K.I.T.T.)</a></li></ul>From Bryan and Adam (and others)<ul><li><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/964545.The_MouseDriver_Chronicles">The Mouse Driver Chronicles</a></li><li><a href="https://isbnsearch.org/isbn/9781583482667">Fumbling the Future</a></li><li><a href="https://isbnsearch.org/isbn/9781608324446">Slingshot</a></li><li><a href="https://isbnsearch.org/isbn/9781668012055">Chip War</a></li><li><a href="https://isbnsearch.org/isbn/9781843763314">Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital</a> @bcantrill (economics book recommendation)</li><li><a href="https://isbnsearch.org/isbn/9780553898194">Snow Crash</a> (another Neal Stephenson book)</li><li><a href="https://isbnsearch.org/isbn/9780393338829">The Big Short</a></li><li><a href="https://isbnsearch.org/isbn/9780060761387">Reinventing The Wheel</a></li><li><a href="https://isbnsearch.org/isbn/9780802192820">Eccentric Orbits</a> (recommended by listener)</li><li><a href="https://isbnsearch.org/isbn/9781517919320">Language Machines Cultural AI and the End of Remainder Humanism</a> (recommended by listener)</li><li><a href="https://www.citationneeded.news/review-read-write-own-by-chris-dixon/">Molly White's **review ** of Read Write Own</a></li><li><a href="https://isbnsearch.org/isbn/9781035065929">Careless People</a></li><li>NOT A RECOMMENDATION <a href="https://isbnsearch.org/isbn/9781847928931">If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies</a> (If you are Molly White, please destroy this for us!)</li><li><a href="https://isbnsearch.org/isbn/9780201038125">Surreal Numbers by Knuth</a> (recommended by listeners)</li></ul>From Oliver Herman<ul><li><a href="https://isbnsearch.org/isbn/9781718502345">Open Circuits</a></li><li><a href="https://isbnsearch.org/isbn/9780136820154">Systems Performance</a></li><li><a href="https://isbnsearch.org/isbn/9780008637965">Why We're Getting Poorer</a></li><li><a href="https://isbnsearch.org/isbn/9780063028074">Termination Shock</a></li></ul>From Tom Lyon<ul><li><a href="https://isbnsearch.org/isbn/9780262250276">From Airline Reservations to Sonic the Hedgehog</a><ul><li>See also <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_t41xvPp1w">Systems We Love: Life of an Airline Flight</a></li></ul></li><li><a href="https://isbnsearch.org/isbn/9780375700132">The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts</a></li><li><a href="https://isbnsearch.org/isbn/9781324086710">The NVIDIA Way</a></li></ul>From Dan McDonald<ul><li><a href="https://isbnsearch.org/isbn/9780226837970">Inventing the Renaissance</a></li><li><a href="https://isbnsearch.org/isbn/9781250362575">Charles Sumner: Conscience of a Nation</a></li></ul>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 <a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/c_318925f4185aa71c4524d0d6127f31058c9e21f29f017d48a0fca6f564969cd0%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics">subscribe to this calendar</a>. We'd love to have you join us, as we always love to hear from new speakers!

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 &lt;p&gt;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.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In addition to &lt;a href="https://bsky.app/profile/bcantrill.bsky.social"&gt;Bryan Cantrill&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://bsky.app/profile/ahl.bsky.social"&gt;Adam Leventhal&lt;/a&gt;, we were joined by some guests noted below:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Previously, on Oxide and Friends:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://oxide-and-friends.transistor.fm/episodes/a-half-century-of-silicon-valley-with-randy-shoup"&gt;OxF s05e06 - A Half‑Century of Silicon Valley with Randy Shoup&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://oxide-and-friends.transistor.fm/episodes/technological-revolutions-with-jerry-neumann"&gt;OxF s05e26 - Technological Revolutions with Jerry Neumann&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://oxide-and-friends.transistor.fm/episodes/fork-in-the-road-for-terraform"&gt;OxF s04e03 - Fork in the Road for Terraform&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://oxide-and-friends.transistor.fm/episodes/the-books-in-the-box"&gt;OxF s01e16 - The Books in the Box&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://oxide-and-friends.transistor.fm/episodes/book-in-the-box-redux"&gt;OxF s02e18 - Books in the Box Redux&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://oxide-and-friends.transistor.fm/episodes/books-in-the-box-iii"&gt;OxF s03e22 - Books in the Box III&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://oxide-and-friends.transistor.fm/episodes/books-in-the-box-iv"&gt;OxF s04e28 - Books in the Box IV&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Other Notes:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings/?rankings=happiest-students"&gt;Princeton Review: Happiest Students&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.umass.edu/news/article/umass-dining-named-best-campus-food-princeton-review-unprecedented-eighth-consecutive"&gt;UMass Dining Named Best Campus Food by The Princeton Review&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://computerhistory.org/oral-histories/"&gt;CHM Oral Histories&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knight_Rider_(1982_TV_series)"&gt;Night Rider (and K.I.T.T.)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;From Bryan and Adam (and others)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/964545.The_MouseDriver_Chronicles"&gt;The Mouse Driver Chronicles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://isbnsearch.org/isbn/9781583482667"&gt;Fumbling the Future&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://isbnsearch.org/isbn/9781608324446"&gt;Slingshot&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://isbnsearch.org/isbn/9781668012055"&gt;Chip War&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://isbnsearch.org/isbn/9781843763314"&gt;Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital&lt;/a&gt; @bcantrill (&lt;em&gt;economics book recommendation&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://isbnsearch.org/isbn/9780553898194"&gt;Snow Crash&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;em&gt;another Neal Stephenson book&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://isbnsearch.org/isbn/9780393338829"&gt;The Big Short&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://isbnsearch.org/isbn/9780060761387"&gt;Reinventing The Wheel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://isbnsearch.org/isbn/9780802192820"&gt;Eccentric Orbits&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;em&gt;recommended by listener&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://isbnsearch.org/isbn/9781517919320"&gt;Language Machines Cultural AI and the End of Remainder Humanism&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;em&gt;recommended by listener&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.citationneeded.news/review-read-write-own-by-chris-dixon/"&gt;Molly White's **review ** of Read Write Own&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://isbnsearch.org/isbn/9781035065929"&gt;Careless People&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NOT A RECOMMENDATION&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;a href="https://isbnsearch.org/isbn/9781847928931"&gt;If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;strong&gt;If you are Molly White, please destroy this for us!&lt;/strong&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://isbnsearch.org/isbn/9780201038125"&gt;Surreal Numbers by Knuth&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;em&gt;recommended by listeners&lt;/em&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;From Oliver Herman&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://isbnsearch.org/isbn/9781718502345"&gt;Open Circuits&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://isbnsearch.org/isbn/9780136820154"&gt;Systems Performance&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://isbnsearch.org/isbn/9780008637965"&gt;Why We're Getting Poorer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://isbnsearch.org/isbn/9780063028074"&gt;Termination Shock&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;From Tom Lyon&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://isbnsearch.org/isbn/9780262250276"&gt;From Airline Reservations to Sonic the Hedgehog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;See also &lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_t41xvPp1w"&gt;Systems We Love: Life of an Airline Flight&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://isbnsearch.org/isbn/9780375700132"&gt;The War of Don Emmanuel's Nether Parts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://isbnsearch.org/isbn/9781324086710"&gt;The NVIDIA Way&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;From Dan McDonald&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://isbnsearch.org/isbn/9780226837970"&gt;Inventing the Renaissance&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://isbnsearch.org/isbn/9781250362575"&gt;Charles Sumner: Conscience of a Nation&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;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 &lt;a href="https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/c_318925f4185aa71c4524d0d6127f31058c9e21f29f017d48a0fca6f564969cd0%40group.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics"&gt;subscribe to this calendar&lt;/a&gt;. We'd love to have you join us, as we always love to hear from new speakers!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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Books in the Box V

Books in the Box V

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