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Jennifer Doudna and CRISPR; Isaacson on the gene-editing race.

Isaacson from Ada Lovelace to the web; the collaborative history of the computer.

Theranos, Elizabeth Holmes and the blood test that never worked; Carreyrou's reporting.

Build, measure, learn; Ries on the minimum viable product.

Peter Thiel on monopolies, secrets and why competition is for losers.

A start-up with a compression algorithm and the tech industry as farce; Mike Judge.

Facebook's founding as a deposition, scored by Trent Reznor.

Carmack and Romero build id Software and Doom; the video-game industry's origin story.