N. Skachkov

Decent intro to the grid, but disorganized

Revisado: 12-02-23

Some others have mentioned that this seemed to be more of a means to tie together a bunch of blog posts than a "wing to wing" exploration of the grid. Overall it's a pretty good, but biased review (unapologetically, but very up front and honest about it) of a lot of the policy and structure of the grid. I appreciated the discussion about renewables at the end, but it still seemed a bit all over the place pulling in other bits and end from the rest of the book. Almost exclusively based on New England ISO which is kind of ok but it made the book seem as if the point was to say - "this is how NEISO operates so just extrapolate the same thing to the rest of the country" which isn't true and more discussion about other areas would have been a good addition as well as more coverage of areas not under an RTO. Basically it's a book about RTOs and specifically New England ISO. if you're looking for more about technology, how things work, and some policy background - this book only focuses on the last part and in only 1 part of the country at that. very pro-nuclear with a well laid out case for it which I also appreciated.
(my background is from the power/energy sector, but on the services side so I have no stake in the personal opinions of the author, but do have some background knowledge of the system).

if you buy this book, I suggest watching an hour or so of YouTube videos about the grid and some power basics just so you're not starting cold - that'll help you take in a lot more from this book.

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Too broad and too boring

Revisado: 06-13-21

I struggled through this one. wasnt very engaging and honestly the info was pretty straight forward. some of the history was pretty interesting, but the overall message of "digital transformation needs to start from the top and you need to get people who know what they're doing" wasnt novel enough to warrant a book

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The perfect intro to a non-existent Part 2

Revisado: 02-07-21

Maybe my expectations were too high or I didnt read the description well enough. My assumption is if you're interested in this book it's because you already have an issue with and a mindset that your business or environment is over-metrics-ed. The book presented a lot of good examples of when and where metrics go wrong. Some of them I already knew of, some I didnt. They were truly interesting and I enjoyed learning more about them. However, my issue is that the book fails to answer the question "now what?". Some references to favoring experience over pure metrics or not using metrics at all were either totally obvious or unhelpful. Discussion of involving those you're measuring in coming up with the measurements to ensure buy in was important and interesting, but too little attention was given to it - just one example and a general recommendation to do it. Would have been better to explore that with more case studies and examples. I already know theres an issue with too many metrics, and probably so do you if you're looking at this book. Tell me how to fix that or do it in a more useful manner. Perhaps that's too much to ask, but hence the disappointment.

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excellent overview of the industry for novices

Revisado: 02-16-20

some very interesting insights, background, and speculation about the future. the book was a little repetitive at times, but that may have helped drive the message across. for a book about a very technical topic, this was very "soft" and certainly reflective of kai fu's recent changes in philosophy. definitely worth a listen and very accessible to non-tech people. the book is as much about people and what makes us human as it is about ai.

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