Journalist, Author
Steven Levy is an American journalist and editor at large for Wired magazine. His books Hackers and In the Plex chronicle the people and culture behind the personal computer revolution and Google's rise to dominance.
by Steven Levy
Levy had unprecedented access to Google's founders, engineers, and executives over two years to chronicle the company's algorithms, culture, and strategic battles. Levy argues that Google's engineering-led culture and willingness to automate judgement represented a fundamentally new way of building a company.
The books Steven Levy references, cites, and recommends most frequently.
by Clayton Christensen
Christensen explains why successful companies fail: they rationally ignore disruptive innovations that initially serve small, unprofitable markets, until those markets overtake them entirely.
by Walter Isaacson
Isaacson portrays Jobs as a study in contradictions - visionary and cruel, obsessive and brilliant. His core thesis: Jobs' relentless pursuit of perfection and control over end-to-end products reshaped entire industries.
by Paul Graham
Graham argues that hackers and painters share more in common than hackers and engineers. Great software, like great art, comes from taste, empathy, and the courage to challenge conventional thinking.
Who Steven draws from, and who draws from Steven — aggregated across every book in this collection. Counts show the number of citation links, not the depth of each one.