The extraordinary inventions by exceptional minds such as Jack Kilby, John Bardeen, Walter Brattain, Mohamed Atalla, Dawon Kahng, Charlie Sporck, Andras Grof, Andy Groove, Bob Noyce, Morris Chang, Pat Haggerty, Gordon Moore, Carver Mead, and many others have fundamentally shaped the world’s reliance on semiconductors. Chris Miller’s Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology delves into the intricate details of how integrated chips did not only connect electronic components in innovative ways, but also how chips knit together nations in a network, with the United States at its center.

Growing up in Burma, I was aware that the country was under a dictatorship. However, my understanding of Burma’s intricate political landscape was limited. Cyclone Nargis, Burma’s worst natural disaster in early May 2008, and the Saffron Revolution, various peaceful protests led by Buddhist monks, students, and political activists in 2007 remain vivid in my mind. I left Burma for the U.S at the end of 2009, at a time when Burma was already undergoing the potential for political and economic transformations. Recently, I read Burmese Haze: US Policy and Myanmar’s Opening – and Closing by former intelligence analyst Erin Murphy, which triggered nostalgic recollections of my childhood and Burma.

Morgan Housel is a partner at the Collaborative Fund. He was previously a columnist at The Wall Street Journal. He is a two-time winner of the Best in Business Award from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers, the New York Times Sidney Award, and a two-time finalist for the Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished Business Writing. Barry Ritholtz, a host of Bloomberg Radio’s Masters in Business, names Morgan Housel as the most popular writer in finance today.

As conversations and discussions from the UNGA meetings last week continue to resonate, I thought about Mission Economy: A Moonshot Guide To Changing Capitalism by Mariana Mazzucato. Mariana Mazzucato is a professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value at University College London. She is also the founding director of the UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purposes. She advises on global policymakers and is chair of the World Health Organization’s Council on the Economics of Health for All and a member of the UN’s High-level Advocacy Board on Economic and Social Affairs.

I revisited George Orwell’s essay – Politics and the English Language – published in 1946. The essay criticizes the poor written English in the post-World War II era due to political manipulation and people using language to obfuscate and exploit vulnerable readers.

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The McKinsey Way Using the Techniques of the World’s Top Strategic Consultants to help You and Your Business by Ethan M. Rasiel was a book given to me by a friend a long time ago. The book has become my trusted manual that offers timeless and invaluable resource. The McKinsey Way does not need to be read in order.

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