Engineering in Plain Sight

by Grady Hillhouse · 2022

Grady Hillhouse's visual guide to everyday infrastructure and the engineered systems hiding in plain sight.

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Bill GatesCo-founder, Microsoft; philanthropist

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Gates included Hillhouse's infrastructure book on his official 2024 holiday reading list.

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Gates Notes · 2024-12-03 · accessed 2026-06-22

Article · Gates Notes reading list

Gates Notes first-party page says Gates put together four books he enjoyed in 2024 and lists these books with Gates-written comments.

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