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Didn't finish.

I thought the first 50 pages were really good, telling me things I didn't know about the development of the global economy up to the 1990s.
But I started to struggle with the discussion of Cloud Capital. The explanation of the underlying technology behind "algorithms" is pretty badly wrong on several points. That probably isn't enough to discredit the narrative of the book, but it made it hard for me to continue.

If I hadn't read so much of this book already, I would stop. Must. Finish. Soon.

Real friends are rare. True understanding between people is difficult to achieve and once achieved, is difficult to sustain. However if we are able to sustain it, it is the most precious of all human experiences.

"I create ideas. I believe in my creations, but not necessarily in my ideas. This or that? Permanence? What permanence? Permanence is a dogma. Dogma is blindness."

"What I believe to be true is more real to me than what I am told is the truth."