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Idea Man, by Paul Allen
The first half of this autobiography is pretty interesting, as it deals in some
rich amount of detail the early days of Allen and Gates, and how they first got
interested in the hardware of the day and then how to push it to the next level.
It's always fascinating to better understand the few important intuitive leaps
which are made in the evolution of a discovery, and how those key ideas coupled
with some hard work for 5-8 years can result in enough wealth for Allen
to spend the rest of the book carrying on about all the ways in which he spent it.
I will grant that he did do a lot of philanthropic work in addition to buying 414'
yachts and owning a NFL and NBA team, but it definitely becomes a less engaging
read as one slogs through the realization of a quiet single guy's dreams enabled
by untold wealth. The SpaceShipOne portion was a saving grace, as I'd forgotten
his involvement there and interestingly at this very moment (February 2020) that company
is spiking in the market, being the only publically traded way to purchase stock
related to the new private space industry. For that reason, and the early computing
history discussion, this was well worth the time.
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