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American author and literary journalist #TracyKidder has died #nonfiction #TheSoulofaNewMachine #MountainsBeyondMountains

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https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/books/tracy-kidder-dead.html #NewYorkTimes #TracyKidder #DigitalHoops #Journalism #AdBlockers #HackerNews #ngated

Tracy Kidder, Author of ‘The Soul of a New Machine,’ Dies at 80

A Pulitzer Prize-winning narrative journalist, he wrote deeply reported books that often focused on heroic goodness in people.

The New York Times

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Tracy Kidder has died

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Tracy Kidder, Author of ‘The Soul of a New Machine,’ Dies at 80

A Pulitzer Prize-winning narrative journalist, he wrote deeply reported books that often focused on heroic goodness in people.

The New York Times

☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑‍💻Jan 11

“For many years sociologists and others have written of a #ComputerRevolution, impending or in progress. Some enthusiasts have declared that the small inexpensive computer inaugurated a new phase of this upheaval, which would make computers instruments of egalitarianism.

By the late seventies, practically every organization in America had come to rely upon #computers, and ordinary citizens were buying them for their homes. Within some organizations small bands of professionals had exercised absolute authority over #computing, and the proliferation of small computers did weaken their positions.

But in the main, computers altered techniques and not intentions and in many cases served to increase the power of executives on top and to prop up venerable institutions. A more likely place to look for radical change was inside the industry actually producing computers. Generally, that industry grew very big and lively, largely because of a single invention.” — #TracyKidder, ‘The Soul of a New Machine’

Jan van den Berg Jun 4, 2024

Ik herlas dit weekend ‘De ziel van de nieuwe machine’. De Nederlandse vertaling van één van mijn all-time favorites: The Soul of a New machine.

Waar dit […]

https://janvandenberg.blog/de-3-principes-van-de-ziel-van-de-nieuwe-machine/

De 3 principes van de ziel (van de nieuwe machine) - Jan van den Berg

Ik herlas dit weekend ‘De ziel van de nieuwe machine’. De Nederlandse vertaling van één van mijn all-time favorites: The Soul of a New machine. Waar dit boek over gaat kan je op een ander, eerder blog van mij lezen: Het boek gaat in de kern over mensen die samen werken én samenwerken om iets […]

Jan van den Berg

bs2 Apr 2, 2024

Last week I got a big, beautiful book from a member of the Kyushu Documentary Literature genre. It's not for sale. It's the culmination of 50 years of learning, writing, and working with a place (Toroku) and pollution (mainly arsenic, and water in general). #KawaharaKazuyuki's book has me going back to read #MatsudaRyuichi on #UenoHidenobu and writing in general. They all have me thinking of #TracyKidder and #TheGift as the #WritingStance.
#書く姿勢 #文学上お師 #上野英信 #松田竜一 #川原一之

bs2 Apr 2, 2024

> Think of the many wonderful writers who haven’t earned a living by writing..
> Sooner or later, all writers have to come to terms with the practical side of their efforts, with commercial success—achieving it or not achieving it, longing for it or scorning it, or simply trying to make an honest living in the literary marketplace. One contemporary writer, Lewis Hyde, in The Gift, has contemplated this topic in spacious terms.
https://bookreadfree.com/37652/960739
#TracyKidder #GoodProse #TheGift #LewisHyde