From The Greats
Author of the tennis essays collected in String Theory.
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This Is Water
by David Foster Wallace · 2009
The book publication of Wallace’s 2005 Kenyon commencement address, reflecting on awareness and attention to others.
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Martin Casado
Software-defined networking pioneer; co-founder and former CTO, Nicira
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Documented citation: Selected by Martin Casado for its direct, poignant presentation of Wallace’s perspective.
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The section headed Martin Casado names this book and positively assesses it in the reader-facing reading list. Other contributors’ picks are not attributed to him.
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