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Finished 4-5 chapters of this book. It’s good for novices who haven’t a clue where to start. I felt the need to read this book since I couldn’t understand Reddit discussions on DayTrading subs. Feels like I am getting somewhere. This book appears mostly outdated though.

You won't find a lot of sensational stuff in this book. Mostly its all about the extravagant lifestyles led by princes and Maharaja's during the British Raj. Their profligate and borderline wayward ways ain't so astounding, I would expect them to do better :)

The only story which I found slightly scandalous was that of one Princess Kaur, who ended up abandoning her regal life, in a secluded forest with her lover.

Just about fine so far. Interesting facets of Vietnam War are coming into play. Secretary McNamara has turned to the Jason’s for advise on how to mitigate counterinsurgency. Gouvre has been relieved by Rand Corporation.

Since my curiosity was piqued, I read Wikipedia entries of Pentagon Papers and White House Plumbers.

Started this book quite long ago and today I have reached Chapter 4 of Section 1. It was good to read about John von Neumann, though he did not have any direct bearing on the formation of DARPA. Herb York intrigued me here, more so because I told him as a passable character in Sharon Weinberger’s - The Imagineer’s of War.

This is one book I would be definitely wanting to read again!

After quitting Google ATAP, Regina E Dugan joined Facebook Building 8, which she was asked to lead. After almost a year, she decided to quit Facebook too, to establish & lead her endeavor. What she does now is unknown and quite surreptitious.

Nothing big about Regina E Dugan serving as director for only 3 years, I later thought. She had served previously as a Program Manager, too. No big deal! But later on, I noticed that she quit Google ATAP, too, and not long after she quit, Google announced that it will discontinue Project Ara. (A sister project from ATAP - Project Tango, was also discontinued later). Made me wonder if she could not lead ATAP properly.

Obviously, I was thinking highly of Regina E Dugan for being an accomplished Engineer and as a Tech innovator. But even back then, given the easily impressionable person that I was, I was smart enough to figure out some discrepancies in her career moves, and that too only after reading Wikipedia page. She served as Director of DARPA for only about 3 years, whereas normally directors finish a tenure of 5 years.

If my memory serves correctly, I read about Regina E Ducan in 2013, when Project Ara was making its way into the news of technophile pubs like Wired et al. I went through her Wikipedia as well and impressed to know that she carries PhD in Mechanical Engg from one of the finest edu institutions. Furthermore, I had a gist of her thesis which appeared quite groundbreaking to me.

I have reached the epilogue, and the book has been a THRILL to read. Having just finished reading the part where Regina E Dugan moves on from DARPA to join Google's ATAP (Advanced Technology and Projects, the group that was the fountainhead of Project Ara), it makes me wonder if Ms Regina has exhibited astute leadership qualities.

If my memory serves correctly, I read about her in 2013, when Project Ara was in news

I have finally reached the part where real action begins viz. Stealth revolution, or Low Observables in Engineering terms.

Sharon Weinberger definitely has a knack at story telling. I would place her among the likes of Walter Isaacson

Even though I am aware of most of the intricate details of how it all began, like Have Blue, Hopeless Diamond, unsung Russian scientist Pter Ufimtsev’s paper “Method of Edge Waves in the Physical Theory of Diffraction”, the F117 Nighthawk et al., it was an interesting and indulging retelling of one of the most innovative tech, and the management process that made it all happen.

I have finally reached the part where real action begins viz. Stealth revolution, or Low Observables in Engineering terms.

Started chapter 13 - The Bunny, the Witch and the War Room. Finally excited, coz from here onwards the writers gonna elaborate on how JCR Licklider's vision of Man Machine symbiosis bore fruition, and how ARPAnet first made its transmission based on packet switched network at Stanford Research Institute.

Started chapter 13 - The Bunny, the Witch and the War Room. Finally excited, coz from here onwards the writers gonna elaborate on how JCR Licklider's vision of Man Machine symbiosis bore fruition, and how ARPAnet first made its transmission based on packet switched network at Stanford Research Institute.

I am at chapter 13, and since the last 3 chapters, this books has only been ranting about DARPA's failures. Am so sick of reading events after events of DARPA's abortive projects, that I wonder if it's the same organization that created the internet and Minuteman missile. Really fed up!

Very nice so far. Have finished 210/1100 pages in EPUB format on my iPhone 6s+. Reading on iBooks. Sharon Weinberger's writing skills match Walter Isaacson's. Very informative and quite educational. Sharon briefed on how Licklider got his Human-Computer Symbiosis idea for the SAGE (Semi Automatic Ground Environment) project. I don't recall Isaacson writing about it in The Innovator's. Not sure about this, though.

Very nice so far. Have finished 210/1100 pages in EPUB format on my iPhone 6s+. Reading on iBooks. Sharon Weinberger's writing skills match Walter Isaacson's. Very informative and quite educational. Sharon briefed on how Licklider got his Human-Computer Symbiosis idea for the SAGE (Semi Automatic Ground Environment) project. I don't recall Isaacson writing about it in The Innovator's. Not sure about this, though.

Very nice so far. Have finished 210/1100 pages in EPUB format on my iPhone 6s+. Reading on iBooks. Sharon Weinberger's writing skills match Walter Isaacson's. Very informative and quite educational. Sharon briefed on how Licklider got his Human-Computer Symbiosis idea for the SAGE (Semi Automatic Ground Environment) project. I don't recall Isaacson writing about it in The Innovator's. Not sure about this, though.

I have reached a part where the author has started explaining how economics works. Very excited. I had been meaning to acquainted acquainted with how economics work in a capitalist market in the real sense of the term, and the author aptly describes this process in the example of Mr Greedy's bank of El Dorado. This book has answered so many questions that had been nagging me for years.

I have read only hardware section from chapter on Artificial Intelligence. The chapter is written by Elizer Yudkovsky. There's one point on which I beg to differ with him. He says that Friendly AI strongly correlates with Moore's Law. I just don't get on what basis he says that, or what does he even mean.

Started Chapter 21 - Molecular Manufacturing and have read till "Social and Economic Disruption" part.

Liked Barack Obama's pic in White House which symbolizes universal masculinity

Augustus, though not an astute military general like Julius Caesar or Alexander, established a stable imperial regime, unlike the latter two. Historians often attribute this feat to Augustus' virtue of mildness and clemency.