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Steve Prefontaine ran every race from the front. He never sat back. He never waited. He believed racing was a creative act, that it meant making something beautiful happen on the track, and for five years no American could beat him at any distance over a mile. Then he died at 24. Tom Jordan's biography captures the full blaze.
Reading this while actively trading iron condors myself, I see what Simons got right that most traders miss: systematic execution, defined risk, relentless optimization based on data not instinct. This isn't just a biography, it's a masterclass in how disciplined quantitative thinking beats gut-feel trading every time.
I've been reading this book off and on for months now. Not because it's bad; it's fascinating. But it's dense with ideas that require digestion. Genius Makers chronicles the people building AI, the competition between labs, and the race toward AGI. It's the kind of book where you read a chapter, put it down to think, and pick it up weeks later when you're ready for the next dose of "holy shit, this is actually happening."