Summary of Michael Lewis's The New New Thing

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#1 Lord Jim Clark was the creator of Netscape and the Internet boom, which triggered one of the most astonishing grabfests in the history of capitalism. He was always claiming that he wanted to relax, but he could not do so for more than a minute. He had to change something.

#2 The Dutch do not enjoy being mistaken for Germans, so they find a funny side to life where none exists. I told a Dutchman that I was going sailing in the North Sea, and he laughed nervously.

#3 Wolter was the manager of the Huisman Shipyard, and he was extremely pessimistic about the new yachts that were being built there. He believed that every new yacht that left the yard was an accident waiting to happen.

#4 The launch of the computerized sailboat Hyperion was delayed due to the weather. The head programmer, Steve Hague, was uncertain about the computer’s gauges and accuracy. The wind speed gauges had frozen at fifty knots, which is the maximum limit.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jun 7, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822533349

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Insights on Michael Lewis's The New New Thing

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 16

Insights from Chapter 17

Insights from Chapter 18

Insights from Chapter 19

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Lord Jim Clark was the creator of Netscape and the Internet boom, which triggered one of the most astonishing grabfests in the history of capitalism. He was always claiming that he wanted to relax, but he could not do so for more than a minute. He had to change something.

#2

The Dutch do not enjoy being mistaken for Germans, so they find a funny side to life where none exists. I told a Dutchman that I was going sailing in the North Sea, and he laughed nervously.

#3

Wolter was the manager of the Huisman Shipyard, and he was extremely pessimistic about the new yachts that were being built there. He believed that every new yacht that left the yard was an accident waiting to happen.

#4

The launch of the computerized sailboat Hyperion was delayed due to the weather. The head programmer, Steve Hague, was uncertain about the computer’s gauges and accuracy. The wind speed gauges had frozen at fifty knots, which is the maximum limit.

#5

The boat was seized by forces far greater than itself. The mast was hatched with crossbars, called spreaders. The sail rose with a great flapping sound past them one by one until at length it reached the second-to-last spreader.

#6

Until you have turned off the engine, you cannot appreciate the euphoria that accompanied the invention of the steam engine. The boat was subjected to a grosser, more primal force. The waves crashed and the spray came in sheets, and the partial corkscrewing motion became a full corkscrewing motion.

#7

When the seas were roughest, Clark climbed up to the mast to see if he could make any changes. He was looking for something he might like to change. He was not thinking, but rather groping.

#8

The mast of the bridge cracked when it was struck by a wave. The rubber seal that kept the mast standing had frozen into a crystal, and then broken to pieces. The mast came loose in its socket.

Insights from Chapter 2

#1

Clark