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'Tim Cook: The Genius Who Took Apple to the Next Level'  Leander Khaney CultOfMac.com By Jason Middleton First is a mea culpa. I was not a huge fan of Apple CEO and Steve Jobs' successor Tim Cook. He seems like a nice man, highly capable, et cetera - but he was a Chief Operating Office. So…

Rich Karlgaard LATE BLOOMERS: The Power of Patience in a World Obsessed with Early Achievement   By Jason MiddletonThis one is about early-career prodigies versus late bloomers. Let's review the bidding ...Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook at age 19, Taylor Swift released her first album at 1…

Jean Chatzky'Women with Money'Bankrate.comhttps://www.bankrate.com/retirement/AARP's Social Security Resource Center By Jason MiddletonRetirement planning - the two most boring words since Featuring Sting. OK, that's a John Oliver joke, but I honestly couldn't think of two more boring words.A…

Prof. Cathy O'Neill: 'Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy' Her company: ORCAA Prof. Shoshanna Zuboff: 'The Age of Surveillance Capitalism' Prof. Scott Galloway: 'The Four' Chuck Collins: 'Is Inequality in America Irreversible?'By Jason Middleto…

Professor Alex Garvin 'The Heart of the City: Creating Vibrant Downtowns for a New Century'    By Jason Middleton Urban planning fascinates me, the ebb and flow of people, converted spaces and new construction, the range of commutes from nuisance to hellish and the technology needed fo…

'Stop Doing that S***!' book 'Un (Eff) Yourself' book Gary John Bishop, author By Jason Middleton Alexander Pope dropped An Essay on Criticism back in 1711, and in that essay a quote for the ages: To err is human, to forgive divine. All people commit sins and make mistakes. And, I'd argue, tha…

Clive Thompson, Wired & New York Times Clive's Twitter 'Coders: The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World' By Jason Middleton Software may well in fact eat the world, but somebody has to write it first. All that software code comes from fallible, flawed humans.&…

Jessica Yellin on Instagram 'Savage News' novel By Jason Middleton The author we're talking with next has written a new novel titled Savage News. And boy she nailed that.  She could have gone with News Onslaught, Tsunami News or Daily Shitshow. But Savage News definitely works.  Jess…

Erin Lowry'Broke Millennial Takes on Investing: A Beginner’s Guide to Leveling Up Your Money.' By Jason Middleton Retirement planning - it's the mantra of every financial advisor, planner and fiduciary you'll ever run into. And the sub mantra, and I may have just invented that phrase, the s…