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 Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, we were joined by some guests noted below:

Previously, on Oxide and Friends:

Other Notes:

From Bryan and Adam (and others)

The Mouse Driver Chronicles
Fumbling the Future
Slingshot
Chip War
Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital @bcantrill (economics book recommendation)
Snow Crash (another Neal Stephenson book)
The Big Short
Reinventing The Wheel
Eccentric Orbits (recommended by listener)
Language Machines Cultural AI and the End of Remainder Humanism (recommended by listener)
Molly White's **review ** of Read Write Own
Careless People
NOT A RECOMMENDATION If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies (If you are Molly White, please destroy this for us!)
Surreal Numbers by Knuth (recommended by listeners)

From Oliver Herman

From Tom Lyon

From Dan McDonald

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