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Carles Carrera

Carles Carrera

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Jun 25

Jensen Huang, Nvidia, and the Strange Power of Building the Future Before the Market Sees It

Most business biographies are too tidy. The founder sees the future, ignores the doubters, suffers, wins, and history is rewritten as…

Jensen Huang, Nvidia, and the Strange Power of Building the Future Before the Market Sees It

Carles Carrera

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May 21

Why Will Durant Still Matters

Most books about history give you either detail without perspective or perspective without life. Will Durant gives you neither balance nor…

Why Will Durant Still Matters

Carles Carrera

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May 7

The Book of Elon Is Not Really About Elon

Eric Jorgenson’s distillation of Musk is really a book about usefulness, engineering, and building hard things.

The Book of Elon Is Not Really About Elon

Carles Carrera

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Apr 19

Stellar Moments of Humankind: : History at the Point of Maximum Tension

Most history books try to explain how the world changed. Stefan Zweig does something narrower and, at times, more interesting. He takes a…

Stellar Moments of Humankind: : History at the Point of Maximum Tension

Carles Carrera

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Mar 25

James Dyson on Failure, Engineering, and the Lost Respect for Making Things

James Dyson biography is not really a book about vacuum cleaners. It is a book about the engineer as builder, entrepreneur, stubborn…

James Dyson on Failure, Engineering, and the Lost Respect for Making Things

Carles Carrera

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Feb 12

China Buils. America Litigates. Europe Hesitates

I finished the Breakneck book by Dan Wang with a strange feeling.

China Buils. America Litigates. Europe Hesitates

Carles Carrera

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Jan 13

I Didn’t Finish “The Fund”. And That Might Be the Point

I rarely abandon books. When I do, it is usually because the book has already given me what it can.

I Didn’t Finish “The Fund”. And That Might Be the Point

Carles Carrera

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Jan 4

What We Owe the Future (and Why It’s Uncomfortable to Think About)

My personal summary of a book I almost didn’t want to read.

What We Owe the Future (and Why It’s Uncomfortable to Think About)

Carles Carrera

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Nov 27, 2025

The Courage to Be Disliked: A Philosophy for People Who Want to Change. My book summary

Adlerian Philosophy: for People Who Want to Change

The Courage to Be Disliked: A Philosophy for People Who Want to Change. My book summary

Carles Carrera

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Oct 24, 2025

The Art of Spending Money — A Quiet Masterpiece About the Messiest Part of Wealth

Spending money is the part we all do, but few of us ever pause to get better at it.

The Art of Spending Money — A Quiet Masterpiece About the Messiest Part of Wealth

Carles Carrera

Carles Carrera

www.carlescarrera.com | Writing mostly about what I learn from books about investing, business, marketing and life in general.

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