Library
Some favorite books sorted by rough subject. All books with ratings on goodreads.
Other bookshelves I particularly enjoyed:
- gwern.net/reviews/Books
- patrickcollison.com/bookshelf
- sivers.org/book
- matthewmcateer.me/bookshelf
- Jeremy Nixon’s collected thoughts
- Recommendations from Lex Fridman Guests
- Navals Recommended Reading
Science
- Beginning of Infinity
- The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
- Thinking in Systems
Bio
- Molecular Biology of the Cell (6th)
- Deep Learning for the Life Sciences
- Intro to Bioninformatics (5th)
Tech
- AI: A Modern Approach (4th)
- Technology and the Virtues
- Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn & TensorFlow
- Architects of Intelligence
- Marc Andreessen Essays
- Brain Computer Interfacing
- Elon Musk Biography
- Buckminster Fullers Universe
- Physics of the future
Business
- Zero to One
- A dozen lessons for entrepreneurs
- Turning the flywheel
- Positioning
- High Output Management
- Inspired
- Platform Scale
- The Great CEO Within
- The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking
Investing
- One up on Wall Street
- The most important things illuminated
- 100 Baggers
- Common Stocks and Uncommon Profits
- Poor Charlies Almanack
- The Outsiders
Design
- Designing Design
- Designing Brand Identity
- The Brand Flip
- A Pattern Language
- The Timeless Way of Building
- Luminous Ground: The Book of Life The Nature of Order
Spiritual
- The Awakening of Intelligence
- Total Freedom
- 10 Perfections
- Art & Fear
Novels
- The Unbearable Lightness of Being
- Man’s search for Meaning
- Alchemist
Other Non-Fiction
- The Divide by Hickel
- The Green Imperative
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Links
Some pointers to favorite links
Interesting People
- patrickcollison.com
- adam marblestone
- nintil.com
- guzey.com
- gwern.net
- thinkingcomplete.blogspot.com
- sivers.org/
- matthewmcateer.me
Startups
- Startup Playbook by Sam Altman
- Paul Graham’s Essays
- Marc Andreessen’s Essays
- YC Startup School Library
- YC Library
Aging
Effective Altruism
AI Safety
Favorite Podcasts and Episodes
- AI Podcast by Lex Fridman
- 80.000 Hours Podcast
- Alignment Newsletter
- Venture Stories by Village Global
- Invest like the best
- Econ Talk
- The Knowledge Project
- How to get rich by Naval
- How to angel invest by Naval (Spearhead)
My Twitter Lists by Topic
My twitter hack is adding people to specific lists organized by category. This leads to a more intentional experience and interestingly lists are free of any ads. You can follow my lists and people will keep getting added to them.