Wonder Boy
by Angel Au-Yeung, David Jeans · first published 2023
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> > nor did I understand why I was reading dozens of meticulously reported, almost snuff-film-like pages about his journey into ketamine addiction and mania. None of this means that “Wonder Boy” is a bad or dull book—on the contrary, it should be mandatory reading for anyone who is interested in big tech. The Hsieh story is a sad one, but I really find it disingenuous for this article to suggest…
on “Tony Hsieh and the Emptiness of the Tech-Mogul Myth” ↗"Wonder Boy: Tony Hsieh, Zappos, and the Myth of Happiness in Silicon Valley" by Angel Au-Yeung and David Jeans
on “One of the best (and saddest) books I've ever read” ↗…into the world. He slept with his employees and terrorized his closest friends. His descent into addiction and his untimely death were certainly tragic, but I couldn’t find much to admire about Hsieh in “Wonder Boy,” nor did I understand why I was reading dozens of meticulously reported, almost snuff-film-like pages about his journey into ketamine addiction and mania. None of this means that “Wonder Boy” is a bad…
on “Tony Hsieh and the Emptiness of the Tech-Mogul Myth” ↗