It's Time to Build
Over the weekend, I read an amazing essay. Marc Andreesen is one of the godfathers of Silicon Valley. He developed Netscape, one of the first web browsers, and since then he has invested in nearly every major tech innovation we have today. In frustration with today’s response to coronavirus, he posted an essay challenging us to stop consuming and to start building.
Here’s the concluding paragraph:
Our nation and our civilization were built on production, on building. Our forefathers and foremothers built roads and trains, farms and factories, then the computer, the microchip, the smartphone, and uncounted thousands of other things that we now take for granted, that are all around us, that define our lives and provide for our well-being. There is only one way to honor their legacy and to create the future we want for our own children and grandchildren, and that’s to build.
On Twitter he added a list of books that people could read to reinforce the essay’s principles. I loved the essay so much that I started a book club for the summer. If you’re interested in reading and discussing books with my online book club, check out the list and form here.
Graduating in a Recession
With the economic difficulties surrounding us, I wanted to explore the research on what happens when you graduate during a recession. It turns out your major is really important! And you’ll never guess which major does really well during a recession.