5 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
American technology journalist — Bloomberg senior executive editor — author of The Everything Store (on Amazon) and Amazon Unbound — the most thorough journalist chronicler of Amazon and Jeff Bezos.
Amazon Prime Video's 2024 TV adaptation of the Fallout video game franchise — set in a post-nuclear apocalypse America governed by vault-dwelling survivors and mutant-populated wastelands — praised for its dark comedy, world-building fidelity, and production design.
Jeff Bezos's 2021 collection of his shareholder letters and selected speeches — compiled by Walter Isaacson — which distill his philosophy on customer obsession, long-term thinking, Day 1 culture, and invention.
Paul Rosolie's conservation book and initiative focused on Amazon rainforest protection — continuing the themes of his Mother of God memoir with a deeper focus on the mechanics and urgency of conservation work.
Candice Millard's 2005 account of Theodore Roosevelt's near-fatal Amazon expedition in 1913 — mapping an uncharted tributary (the River of Doubt, later renamed Rio Roosevelt) — a gripping account of one of the most dangerous presidential adventures.