The C: Drive

Books

To Engineer is Human: The role of failure in successful design by Henry Petroski
Emphasises the importance of the study of design failures; explores engineering failures like Hyatt Skywalk, and DC-10 engine servicing

Days in the Lives of Social Workers by Linda May Grobman

An inside look into the professional lives of 58 social workers in fields that include children and families, adults and aging and community organisation

A Cognitive Psychology of Mass Communication: By Richard Jackson Harris

It examines how experiences with media affect the way we acquire knowledge and how it creates consequences for attitudes and behaviour 

It’s the role of good journalism to take on powerful abusers, and when powerful abusers are taken on, there’s a bad reaction

— Julian Assange

Better: A Surgeon’s Notes on Performance by  Atul Gawande

It takes a look at various issues with healthcare including insurance, lawsuits and more

On Balance by Leila Seth

The first woman chief justice of a high court writes about her struggles and how she reached where no woman had before

Tweets

1. Campaign for Ssustainable Rx Pricing @RxPricing
CSRxP fosters a national dialogue focused on the pricing of new high-cost drug therapies and striking a balance between inno vation and affordability.

2. Cindi Leive @cindi_leive
Brooklyn based Editor in Chief of @glamourmag, and a fashionista

3. Wall Street Journal Law Blog @WSJLawBlog
Hot cases, emerging trends and big personalities in law from The Wall Street Journal.

“When I go to a hotel, I want... to be treated nicely and have every whim catered to. It means if I want room service that it’s quick, inexpensive and tastes good”

Ian Schrager
Entrepreneur, hotelier and real estate developer

Ted Talks

Elon Musk: The future we are building—and boring

Michael Murphy: Architecture that’s built to heal

Jennifer Brea: What happens when you have a disease doctors can’t diagnose

Olivier Scalabre: The next manufacturing revolution is here

Lawrence Lessig: Laws that choke creativity

Clay Shirky: How social media can make history