Press and Interviews for The Optimist
Publisher’s Weekly starred review
New York Times’s Hardfork podcast
Intelligent Machines podcast with Leo Laporte, Jeff Jarvis, Paris Martineau
Press and Interviews for The King of Content
Praise for The Optimist
More reviews ↓“Excellent and deeply reported.”
Tim Wu · The New York Times Book Review ↗
“The first major biography of tech’s newest titan, this sets a high bar for those to follow.”
Publishers Weekly ↗Starred review
“An exemplary blend of biography, financial technology reportage, and futurology.”
Kirkus Reviews ↗Starred review
In conversation
Books, technology, and the people behind the headlines.Solving the mystery of OpenAI’s “Blip”
With Kevin Roose and Casey Newton, on Sam Altman and reporting The Optimist.
Why we’re still talking about Sumner Redstone
With Kai Ryssdal, on succession, control, and The King of Content.
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