I would have expected more biographies (one or more from Walter Isaacson?) or historical books. One I would put on the list fors sure is Mike Duncan's "The Sto

I would have expected more biographies (one or more from Walter Isaacson?) or historical books. One I would put on the list fors sure is Mike Duncan's "The Storm Before the Storm: The Beginning of the End of the Roman Republic" which is as much a history book as it is a reflection of human nature. To study the history of the Roman Republic and Empire is to realize that even if an enlightened genius sets up a perfect system today that it will unravel within three generations due to greed, laziness, excessive luxury, etc. I wonder how many parallels between the construction of an empire and the construction of an enterprise software system are valid an unavoidable and what the antidotes to counter them would be.