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A review by thomas_edmund
Adapt: Why Success Always Starts with Failure by Tim Harford
5.0
the general message of Adapt (and I hope this doesn't count as a SPOILER or anything - hey it is non-fiction right??) Is that in order to really succeed there needs to be some space for failure - the ability to correct mistakes, and a plan to fail safely.
Harford's theory is essentially that just as in the biological world, the financial, military and personal realms need to undergo their own evolution to succeed.
Throughout the novel, Harford examines the financial collapse of 08, the BP oil spill, and lame attempts to recreate a simple toaster from scratch.
If you're willing to plough through the detail, the insight provided by this book is awesome.
My only criticism of this piece is the rather abrupt last chapter where Harford discusses personal failure and success. Harford leaps into sexual crimes, back-door abortions and attempts to link these to the global sized thesis he has already presented. I'm not so much criticising his idea just that rather than fulling fleshing it out, he throws some shocking concepts together and concludes the book.
But its only a short last chapter in a killer book that'll pump that brain muscle to the max.
Harford's theory is essentially that just as in the biological world, the financial, military and personal realms need to undergo their own evolution to succeed.
Throughout the novel, Harford examines the financial collapse of 08, the BP oil spill, and lame attempts to recreate a simple toaster from scratch.
If you're willing to plough through the detail, the insight provided by this book is awesome.
My only criticism of this piece is the rather abrupt last chapter where Harford discusses personal failure and success. Harford leaps into sexual crimes, back-door abortions and attempts to link these to the global sized thesis he has already presented. I'm not so much criticising his idea just that rather than fulling fleshing it out, he throws some shocking concepts together and concludes the book.
But its only a short last chapter in a killer book that'll pump that brain muscle to the max.