Spero in Dialogue

7/15–7/19

Each week, we like to share links, books, movies, and content that the team found interesting. Hopefully it helps the world get to know us a little better, and maybe some interesting patterns will emerge.

We also announced our latest investment in Juno this week. Check out why we invested!

Stephen Wemple

Nuclear War: A Scenario (Annie Jacobsen)

Reads like a movie. Incredible detail and insight into all that that it takes to manage our nuclear defense system in America, and just how fragile the global nuclear chess board is.

Shripriya Mahesh

How The Acolyte’s Manny Jacinto Brought Sexy Back to Star Wars (GQ)

Manny Jacinto seems like a great guy. He’s working with one of my classmates and I cannot wait to see the movie they will make!

Marc Tarpenning

Immunotherapy Is Transforming Cancer Treatment and Oncology (New York Magazine)

Exciting progress on the fighting cancer front, even if not quite the solution yet. It does hint at what is possible.

And here is what we were reading last week!