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I'm almost finished with a project that has taken up quite a lot of my life for the past few years, a book on Estonia! After working for their government and returning to the U.S. I wanted to better understand how the country modernized so effectively after gaining their independence from the Soviet Union so I did a fair amount of research into the topic and many interviews which culminated in a book, Rebooting a Nation.

If you're interested in Estonia, e-government, building tech hubs, and the future of the nation state I'd love if you take a look (and let me know what you think). It's available on Kindle now but Oxford University Press will be shipping out physical copies May 15 and buying from a smaller press is always appreciated!

https://global.oup.com/academic/product/rebooting-a-nation-9...



After sure global success of this book, would you consider having another go about similar topic - this time about Poland? (my country)

It might be interesting to see similar area from similar, but different enough, perspectives.


I appreciate that! Honestly, I'm not sure. Part of the reason I felt competent enough to write about Estonia is because I had lived there and worked for the government, so I thought I had a pretty decent insider look into how things worked and could tell the story well and I'm not sure I could replicate that in Poland. Although I do think a comparative study across some digital leaders (ex. Estonia, Poland, Ukraine) or even just comparing the Baltic states on topics like digitalization would be super interesting.


Is the digital version available for purchase anywhere outside of Amazon?


Not right now, working to get it on Bookshop




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