Fifty Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy | Tim Harford 著作
資深嘅讀者可能會記得,我係一個好怕睇結集類型書藉嘅人(例如我就曾經以此為由寫過篇文,講我唔會買Freakonomics系列的《When to Rob a Bank》)。
但今次我要推介的書目《Fifty Inventions That Shaped the Modern Economy》,就係Tim Harford主理的一本結集書目。
呢本書有咩特別?
其實係呢本書原本係一個Podcast系列,由BBC及Tim Harford共同製作的《50 Things That Made the Modern Economy》。固名思義,就係挑選出五十件對現代經濟發展有重要影響的發明;呢個係一個頗精采的Podcast系列,除了因為Tim Harford超卓的講故仔能力之外,佢所挑選嘅五十件發明唔係全部「大路野」,不少更令讀者有「呢個都係?」嘅新奇感。
兩個我好鐘意嘅例子,分別就係避稅港/ Tax Havens ,同埋商業管理顧問 / Management Consulting,有興趣的讀者可以按一下這兩個傳送門,聽一聽BBC Podcast的版本。
Tax Havens, 50 Things That Made the Modern Economy – BBC World Service
Gabriel Zucman invented an ingenious way to estimate how much wealth is hidden offshore
Management Consulting, 50 Things That Made the Modern Economy – BBC World Service
If managers often have a bad reputation, what about those who tell them how to manage?
係呢度,忍唔住要先講一件好無聊事,就係今次都係在Scribd聽Audiobook。試想一下,一個原本免費任你聽嘅Podcast我唔去聽,走去聽一個收費版本,真做咩柒呢我。
不過,我心諗嘅係Scribd訂左就開幾多本書都係同一個月費,但我播完呢個版本作者/出版社就可以收到版費,當支持偶像唔聽都播下;點知,更搵笨嘅係Audiobook版本唔係由Tim Harford朗讀!上次《Messy》的書介都寫過,一本Tim Hrford 嘅書唔係由佢自己讀係會令我好唔自在的,特別係今次網上係有一個Tim Harford親自朗讀的Podcast版本!
天啊,我點解要咁做!
其實原因好簡單,就係經整理結集成書嘅版本,原來比起較為零碎的Podcast版本有意思得多。經整理的版本分成七大章節,每個章節會將相關的發明放在一齊,並會在每個章節嘅開端加入一個解讀短文。這個少少的加工,就令整個項目有條理得多,讀者可以更易明白書中提及嘅發明有何威力同影響,令50件發明不再係50件事,變成幾個值得深意嘅討論。
真係嘅,整合版本有畫龍點睛之力,令我好鐘意聽呢本理論上我唔會鐘意聽嘅Audiobook。