Below is a list of books, articles, and other things that I've found thought-provoking. I've highlighted a few that I found especially good in green.Â
📚 Books
Thinking in Systems by Donella H. Meadows
Capitalism and Freedom by Milton FriedmanÂ
Diaspora by Greg Egan
The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves by Matt Ridley
Going Infinite by Michael Lewis
The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick RubinÂ
The Big Score: The Billion Dollar Story of Silicon Valley by Michael S. Malone
Be Here Now by Ram DassÂ
Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World by Simon WinchesterÂ
Hidden in Plain Sight: How to Create Extraordinary Products for Tomorrow's Customers by Chipchase et al.Â
Steve Jobs by Walter IsaacsonÂ
Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence by Max TegmarkÂ
The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World by David Deutsch
High Output Management by Andy GroveÂ
The Crime of the Congo by Arthur Conan DoyleÂ
Poor Charlie's Almanac: The Essential Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
Scaling People: Tactics for Management and Company Building by Claire Hughes JohnsonÂ
The Essence of Buddhism by E. Haldeman-JuliusÂ
High Growth Handbook: Scaling Startups from 10 to 10,000 People by Elad GilÂ
Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World--and Why Things Are Better Than You Think by Rosling et al.Â
The Lessons of History by Will and Ariel DurantÂ
History by John ArnoldÂ
Principles by Ray Dalio
Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Intellectual Property by Siva Vaidhyanathan
Philosophy of Law by Raymond Wacks
Forward: Notes on the Future of Our Democracy by Andrew YangÂ
When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir by Peter GodwinÂ
How the World Really Works by Vaclav Smil
The 48 Laws of Power by Greene et al.Â
The Amazon Way: 14 Leadership Principles Behind the World's Most Disruptive Company by John Rossman
The Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book on Value Investing by Buffett et al.Â
Game Theory by Ken BinmoreÂ
Artificial Intelligence by Margaret A. BodenÂ
Neoliberalism by Steger et al.Â
More Than You Know: Finding Financial Wisdom in Unconventional Places by Michael J. MauboussinÂ
Only the Paranoid Survive: How to Exploit the Crisis Points That Challenge Every Company by Andy Grove
I, Steve: Steve Jobs In His Own Words by Steve Jobs
The Science of Breath by Yogi RamacharakaÂ
Risk by Fischhoff et al.Â
Becoming Trader Joe: How I Did Business My Way and Still Beat the Big Guys by Joe Coulombe
Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power by Jon MeachamÂ
A History of South Africa by Leonard Monteath Thompson
The Yosemite By John Muir
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn RandÂ
Valley of Genius by Adam FisherÂ
Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions by Christian et al.Â
But What If We're Wrong? Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past by Chuck Klosterman
Zero to One: Notes on Startups, Or How to Build the Future by Thiel et al.Â
The Lean Startup by Eric RiesÂ
Playing to Win by Lafley et al.Â
Logic by Graham PriestÂ
A Little History of the United States by James West DavidsonÂ
The War on Normal People: The Truth About America's Disappearing Jobs and Why Universal Basic Income Is Our Future by Andrew Yang
Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence by Anna Lembke
Mathematical Finance by Mark H. A. DavisÂ
The Network State by Balaji Srinivasan
The Power Law by Sebastian Mallaby
More Money than God: Hedge Funds and the Making of a New Elite by Sebastian Mallaby
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval N. Harari
đź“„ Shortform Articles
The AI Revolution: The Road to Superintelligence by Tim Urban
The AI Revolution: Our Immortality or Extinction by Tim UrbanÂ
Why AI Will Save the World by Marc AndreessenÂ
What is a Friend by Tyler HoggeÂ
How to be Successful by Sam Altman
DeepMind’s CEO Helped Take AI Mainstream, Now He’s Urging Caution by Billy Perrigo
Why to Start a Startup in a Bad Economy by Paul Graham
Who is Still Inside the Metaverse? by Paul MurrayÂ
Time to money as a competitive advantage by Ayo Omojola
Hindenburg Research Discovers Fintech by Alex Johnson
Language Model Sketchbook, or Why I Hate Chatbots by Maggie Appleton
Borrowed versus Owned Power by Samo BurjaÂ
Zion Climbing in the 1930s by John Middendorf
How did solar power get cheap? Part I by Brian PotterÂ
How did solar power get cheap? Part II by Brian PotterÂ
Housing Policy is Pro-Natalist Policy by Elijah Gullett
How to know what you really want by Luke BurgisÂ
How Much Should You Freak out About AI? by Michael HuemerÂ
Apple Vision Pro and Subsidizing R&D by Tanay JaipuriaÂ
How to Invest in Startups by Sam AltmanÂ
Honestly, it's probably the phones by Noah SmithÂ
Being in Motion by Nick Grossman
When did New York start building slowly? by Brian PotterÂ
Why Don't My Bay Area Friends Move to LA by Sasha Chapin
Costco's Building an Apartment. Will it Work? by Turner NovakÂ
When Deadly Steamboat Races Enthralled America by Greg DaughertyÂ
Bay Area Cities To Lose ALL Housing Zoning Powers in 2 Days by Darrell Owens
In 2030, You Won't Own Any Gadgets by Victoria Song
Gorillas, militias, and Bitcoin: Why Congo’s most famous national park is betting big on crypto by Adam Popescu
Part II: The failure points from $5m to $100m in ARR by Tracy Young
Facebook’s Bridge to Nowhere by Issie LapowskyÂ
The Strength of Being Misunderstood by Sam AltmanÂ
The diversity myth by Peter ThielÂ
Differentiation by Packy McCormick
Rise of the Silicon Valley Small Business by Anu Atluru
Community Fission & Fusion by Anu AtluruÂ
The forgotten mistake that killed Japan’s software industry by Disrupting JapanÂ
The Rise of Steel Part I and Part II by Brian PotterÂ
How (and Why) SpaceX Will Colonize Mars by Tim UrbanÂ
The Fermi Paradox by Tim UrbanÂ
Regulation, the Internet way by Nick GrossmanÂ
The surprising truth about which homes have heat pumps by Casey CrownhartÂ
Software 2.0 by Andrej KarpathyÂ
Exit Liquidity by Arthur HayesÂ
Productivity by Sam AltmanÂ
Why trying to "shape" AI innovation to protect workers is a bad idea by Noah SmithÂ
🎧 Podcasts
Brett Crozier On Bravery, Impossible Decisions And What It Takes To Be A Leader by the Daily StoicÂ
Tobi LĂĽtke: Calm Progress by The Knowledge Project
Balaji Srinivasan: The Network State by The Knowledge Project
Marc Andreessen: Interview with an Icon by The Knowledge ProjectÂ
Ryan Holiday: A Stoic Life by The Knowledge ProjectÂ
Sahil Lavingia: Observing the Present by The Knowledge Project
Bill Ackman: Getting Back Up by The Knowledge Project
Mike Maples: Living in the Future by The Knowledge Project
Jason Fried: Doing the Enough Thing by The Knowledge Project
Tobi LĂĽtke: The Trust Battery by The Knowledge Project
Naval Ravikant: The Angel Philosopher by The Knowledge Project
Elon Musk : How to Build the Future by Y CombinatorÂ
David Vélez, Founder and CEO of Nubank by Stanford GSB
The A.I. Dilemma by Center for Humane TechnologyÂ
Silicon Valley Part I and Part II by the Rest is HistoryÂ
California by The Rest Is History
The French Revolution by the Rest is HistoryÂ
The Wild West by the Rest is HistoryÂ
The Echo of a Coffee House by the Rest is History Â
Civil War by the Rest is HistoryÂ
Coinbase: Brian Armstrong by How I Built This
Expedia & Zillow: Rich Barton by How I Built This
Robinhood: Vlad Tenev by How I Built This
Chipotle: Steve Ells (2017) by How I Built ThisÂ
Dropbox: Drew Houston by How I Built This
How I Built Resilience: Jeremy Stoppelman of Yelp by How I Built ThisÂ
Calendly: Tope Awotona by How I Built ThisÂ
How I Built Resilience: Brian Chesky of Airbnb by How I Built This
Stripe: Patrick and John Collison (2018) by How I Built This
Competition is for Losers by Y Combinator / Peter ThielÂ
Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky on early rejection, customer focus & AI’s future in hospitality by TWiSTÂ
Where are all the aliens? by Stephen Webb
The single biggest reason why start-ups succeed by Bill Gross
Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address by StanfordÂ
Brian Chesky, Co-Founder and CEO of Airbnb: Designing a 10-star Experience by Stanford GSB
Gwynne Shotwell, President and COO of SpaceX by Stanford GSB
From 2 Weeks of Runway to a $1.5B Valuation: The Founder Playbook with Loom's CEO and Co-Founder by SaaStr
Immad Akhund (CEO, Mercury) on How Mercury Added $2 Billion in Deposits After SVB Collapse by the Logan Bartlett Show