Chris Miller: What are three books you'd recommend to the audience? The World for Sale is an extraordinary account of commodity traders who play an unseen role in the middle of the networks that deliver oil and minerals. Nexus by Jonathan Winkler, which is a study of telegraph cables during the early 20th century; Prestige Manipulation and Coercion on high politics in China.
Today we’re bringing you an episode on chips. No, not potato chips. Kevin has been pitching an episode on the truly fascinating world of chips and semiconductors for quite a while, but our friends at the The Ezra Klein Show got to it first. This week on Hard Fork: Ezra Klein’s engrossing conversation with historian Chris Miller. It’s a must listen. Thank you to Ezra for beating us in our quest for a great chips episode.
We'll be back with our regularly scheduled tech coverage, with Kevin and Casey next week.