Decoding the World: A Roadmap for the Questioner

By Po Bronson and Arvind Gupta

Book Overview

Find out where our world is headed with this dazzling first-hand account of inventing the future from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of What Should I Do With My Life? and the founder of science accelerator IndieBio.
Decoding the World is a buddy adventure about the quest to live meaningfully in a world with such uncertainty. It starts with Po Bronson coming to IndieBio.
Arvind Gupta created IndieBio as a laboratory for early biotech startups trying to solve major world problems. Glaciers melting. Dying bees. Infertility. Cancer. Ocean plastic. Pandemics.
Arvind is the fearless one, a radical experimentalist. Po is the studious detective, patiently synthesizing clues others have missed. Their styles mix and create a quadratic speedup of creativity. Yin and Yang crystallized.
As they travel around the world, finding scientists to join their cause, the authors bring their firsthand experience to the great mysteries that haunt our future. Natural resource depletion. Job-taking robots. China's global influence.
Arvind feels he needs to leave IndieBio to help startups do more than just get started. But as his departure draws near, he struggles to leave the sanctum he created. While Po has to prove he can keep the "indie" in IndieBio after Arvind is gone.
After looking through their lens, you'll never see the world the same.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1538734311
• ISBN13: 9781538734315
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Twelve
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Ehh, the idea was good, but....

Decoding the World by Po Bronson and Arvind Gupta Published: Twelve and Hatchette Book Group Release Date: October 6, 2020 Reviewed by: mrsboone4, Green Forest, AR, USA Arvind has started Indiebio as a way for startups to investigate the biggest natural mysteries that plague our planet. He brought Po onboard. They begin by listing what the problems are: Bees and bats disappearing, pandemics, cancer. They talk about the issues and what can be done to solve these problems. The idea of the book sounds good, but I found that I simply couldn't get into the story. It may be a wonderful book, just not for me. I was provided a complimentary copy of this book from Twelve and Hatchette Book Group and was under no obligation to post a review.