Books I Read in 2022
Here are short summaries of the books I read in 2022. No particular order, except that I put the books I liked most toward the beginning of each section. All are recommended, unless otherwise noted. STEM Stuff Peter Robison, Flying Blind: The 737 MAX Tragedy and the Fall of Boeing (2022). Robison makes the case that McDonnell Douglas (MDC) management carried Jack Welch’s philosophy of cutting costs and maximizing shareholder value to Boeing, and the result was the destruction of a great engineering company. Should be required reading for all technical managers and systems engineers. As a former (46-year) employee of MDC and Boeing, I had quite a bit to say about this one. Highly recommended. Thomas S. Kuhn, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (1962, 2 nd Edition, 1970). Kuhn’s ground-breaking work brought a “paradigm shift” to the philosophy of science. I was pleasantly surprised that it was a whole lot more accessible...