reading
Last updated: May 16
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What I’m Reading
All Time Favorites
Currently Reading
Carl Jung: A Short Introduction
China’s Economy: What Everyone Needs to Know
Farnsworth’s Classical English Metaphor
Farnsworth’s Classical English Rhetoric
The Most Important Thing: Illuminated
On the Radar
The Power of Myth, Joseph Campbell
An Introduction to Information Theory: Symbols, Signals and Noise
Picture This: How Pictures Work
what i’ve read
Art, Architecture & Media Theory
Delirious New York (History of New York Architecture)
Biography
Shoe Dog: (Story of Phil Knight and Nike)
Cable Cowboy (The Life of John Malone)
David Foster Wallace: A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never Do Again
Let My People Go Surfing: A History of Patagonia
Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the World
Open (Biography of Andre Agassi)
A Curious Mind (Biography of Brian Grzazer)
Finance/Economics
The Great Stagnation, Tyler Cowen
The Box (History of the Shipping Container)
The Wealth of Humans, Ryan Advent
Everyone Believes It; Most Will Be Wrong, Morgan Housel
Rich Dad, Poor Dad, Robert T. Kiyosaki
The Internet of Money, Andreas M. Antonopoulos
History
The Lessons of History, Will and Ariel Durant
The Master Switch, Tim Wu
Attention Merchants, Tim Wu
The Big Change: America Transforms Itself, 1900-1950
A People’s History of the United States
Masters of the Word, William Bernstein
Internet Economy
Spent: Sex, Evolution & Behavior
Breaking Smart: How Software is Eating the World, Venkatesh Rao
Streampunks: YouTube and the Rebels Remaking Media
The Seventh Sense (How to Think About Networks)
Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age, Clay Shirky
Here Comes Everybody, Clay Shirky
Performance
The Art of Learning (The Story of Josh Waitzkin)
Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World, Adam Grant
Life & Philosophy
12 Rules for Life, Jordan Peterson
Skin in the Game, Nassim Taleb
The Book of Joy, Douglas Abrams
The Road to Character, David Brooks
The Tao of Seneca (Stoic Lessons from Seneca the Younger)
Man’s Search for Meaning, Viktor Frankl
The Meaning of Human Existence, E.O. Wilson
Becoming Wise, An Inquiry into the Mystery and Art of Living
The Accidental Universe, Alan Lightman
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Literature
Einstein’s Dreams, Alan Lightman
science
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, Neil deGrasse Tyson
World
In a Sunburned Country (Book about Australia)
The Post-American World, Fareed Zakaria
Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Complacent Class, Tyler Cowen
Work
Design Your Work, Tiago Forte
How to Fail at Everything and Still Win Big, Scott Adams
Principles of Product Development Flow
The Book of Satoshi (Writings from the founder of Bitcoin)
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Robert Chialdini
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
Tempo: Timing, Tactics & Strategy in a Narrative-Driven World
Charlie Munger: The Complete Investor
The End of Jobs, Taylor Pearson
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Writing
Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t
Metaphors We Live By, George Lakoff
Bird By Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
