Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries

Loonshots

How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries

By
Safi Bahcall
Safi Bahcall
2019 • 304 pages

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Raven Rock: The Story of the U.S. Government?s Secret Plan to Save Itself--While the Rest of Us Die
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Secrets of the Secret Service: The History and Uncertain Future of the U.S. Secret Service
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Active measures the secret history of disinformation and political warfare
Army of None: Autonomous Weapons and the Future of War
Propaganda & Persuasion

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Science

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Project Hail Mary
Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries
The Science of Storytelling: Why Stories Make Us Human, and How to Tell Them Better
The Man from the Future: The Visionary Life of John von Neumann
Social Chemistry: Decoding the Patterns of Human Connection

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Blue Horizons

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The Accidental Superpower: The Next Generation of American Preeminence and the Coming Global Disorder
Ai Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order
American Pendulum: Recurring Debates in U.S. Grand Strategy
Being Wrong
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
Blink
Bold: How to Go Big, Create Wealth and Impact the World

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Innovation

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Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days
Orbiting the Giant Hairball
Collective Genius: The Art and Practice of Leading Innovation
The Medici Effect
Holacracy: The New Management System for a Rapidly Changing World
Start Within: How to Sell Your Idea, Overcome Roadblocks, And Love Your Job
No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention

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Defense Ventures

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Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist
Secrets of Sand Hill Road: Venture Capital and How to Get It
Flash Boys
America's Bitter Pill: Money, Politics, Backroom Deals, and the Fight to Fix Our Broken Healthcare System
Teamsters

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Wanting
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A Million Little Pieces
My Friend Leonard
Ender's Game

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Creativity

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Collective Genius: The Art and Practice of Leading Innovation
Creativity: The Psychology of Discovery and Invention
The Medici Effect
Steal Like an Artist
Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad
Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered
Superminds: The Surprising Power of People and Computers Thinking Together

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