Published in 1999 the new new thing a silicon valley story by michael lewis is yet another delightful work of nonfiction by this author this book delves into the life of jim clark a technology entrepreneur who helped launch the age of the internet boom in the 1990s the new new thing examines clarks personal history his extremely adventurous daily life in the 90s and his work founding silicon graphics netscape and healtheon which soon merged with webmd. In the new new thing lewis focuses on jim clarks ascent in the world of silicon valley entrepreneurship and clarks persistent pursuit of the titular new new thing explaining the hows whys and differences between the old way of doing things and the new or new new way of doing things can be tricky because it assumes you have some understanding of how the old or old old way of doing things works. The new new thing a silicon valley story paperback edition authormichael lewis countryunited states languageenglish genrefinance publisherw w norton company publication date october 17 1999 media typeprint pages349 pp isbn978 0 393 34781 4 the new new thing a silicon valley story is a book by michael m lewis published in 1999 by w w norton company. The new new thing a silicon valley story in the weird glow of the dying millennium michael lewis set out on a safari through silicon valley to find the worlds most important technology entrepreneur he found this in jim clark a man whose achievements include the founding of three separate billion dollar companies lewis also