In the Plex by Steven Levy

This is a five star book most of the time. It has coined rightly as the Google story. The author takes us a Ross the 13 or so years of Google's life by narrating interesting anecdotes and tribulations of the young company. Apart from Google the book also touches upon some of its competitors and the relationships over the years. Larry Page and Eric come across as two modern day prophets with a singular dream of helping the whole world with the power of their minds. Read to understand whether they are able to a commish this momentous feat or not. For me the most interesting bit of the book was its chapters of Googles experiment in China which culminated eventually in them pulling out which for me proves that in order to make effective change you need to be among the right sort of people. Too much restrictions can cripple the best of intentions. As a Pakistani, I felt a bit deflated as it is clear for me that few outside Silicon Valley can come up with such super corporations like Google as these need proper space at the right time. So may be the most brilliant individual in the world, but if you are unlucky enough to be living in some Pakistani village, then you have little or no chance of being noticed. Therefore, spacing is extremely important. So lets get out bags packed and all migrate........