Ask HN: What are you working on? (April 2025)

Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (April 2025) by atlasunshrugged on Tuesday April 29, 2025 @10:59AM (#43833585)

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...

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Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (April 2025) by mtlynch on Tuesday April 29, 2025 @11:14AM (#43833798)

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

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Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (April 2025) by atlasunshrugged on Tuesday April 29, 2025 @11:38AM (#43834111)

Not right now, working to get it on Bookshop

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Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (April 2025) by jarek83 on Tuesday April 29, 2025 @03:16PM (#43836822)

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.

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Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? (April 2025) by atlasunshrugged on Tuesday April 29, 2025 @03:36PM (#43837053)

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.

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