Reading rank 193
Working
, subject: Robert Caro's approach to his craft, 2019
Robert Caro works in deliberately inefficient, detail-heavy ways, and argues that power reveals character rather than corrupting it.
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Coverage Score
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Scored evidence
About the book
This collection of personal pieces explains Caro's document research, long-form interviewing, sense of place, and insistence on tracing how political power affects individual lives.
Why read it
Best if you want to think about when slow, exhaustive work is worth the cost, and what gaining power reveals about the person who holds it.
Key themes
- Choosing slowness on purpose
- Power as a revealer
Evidence and original sources
Sources: official Founders episodes — #301, #305, #310
This record is supported by 7 public evidence rows linked to original Founders episodes.
- Tiger Woods — David highlights Robert Caro's deliberately inefficient, detail-oriented craft approach in Working.
- Robert Caro on power, poverty, ruthlessness, & obsession — David opens the episode by naming Working by Robert A. Caro as the book he's discussing today.
- Walt Disney and Picasso — David identifies Working by Robert Caro as the book covered in Founders episode 305.