He wrote a book called Thing Explainer that is going to be published in a week, which uses 1000 words to explain lots of things.<p>It was reviewed by Bill Gates recently: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.gatesnotes.com&#x2F;Books&#x2F;Thing-Explainer" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.gatesnotes.com&#x2F;Books&#x2F;Thing-Explainer</a><p>This article is likely an excerpt from that book.