Bookshelf

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  “The original note-to-self. I re-read a few pages whenever the noise gets loud.”

  Meditations

  Meditations

  Marcus Aurelius

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  “Practical Stoicism, letter by letter. Ages better than most modern self-help.”

  Letters from a Stoic

  Letters from a Stoic

  Seneca

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  “Uncomfortable in the best way. Made me argue with the page.”

  Beyond Good and Evil

  Beyond Good and Evil

  Friedrich Nietzsche

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  “Meaning as a choice, written by someone who earned the right to say it.”

  Man's Search for Meaning

  Man's Search for Meaning

  Viktor E. Frankl

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  “Ecology, power, and prophecy. The world-building bar everything else is measured against.”

  Dune

  Dune

  Frank Herbert

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  “Predicting the future with math, then watching the math meet people.”

  Foundation

  Foundation

  Isaac Asimov

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  “Invented the vibe of the internet before the internet. Still feels ahead.”

  Neuromancer

  Neuromancer

  William Gibson

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  “Ridiculous and brilliant. Language as a virus, delivered at full speed.”

  Snow Crash

  Snow Crash

  Neal Stephenson

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  “An unvarnished look at relentless drive and its collateral. Isaacson lets you decide.”

  Elon Musk

  Elon Musk

  Walter Isaacson

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  “Taste, cruelty, and the reality distortion field. A study in caring about the unseen details.”

  Steve Jobs

  Steve Jobs

  Walter Isaacson

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  “Doudna, CRISPR, and the ethics of editing life. Hits home given my biology background.”

  The Code Breaker

  The Code Breaker

  Walter Isaacson

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  “Curiosity as a superpower. The rebel who questioned the obvious.”

  Einstein

  Einstein

  Walter Isaacson

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  “Contrarian, sharp, occasionally infuriating. Good questions outlast the answers.”

  Zero to One

  Zero to One

  Peter Thiel

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  “Build, measure, learn. Obvious now because this book made it so.”

  The Lean Startup

  The Lean Startup

  Eric Ries

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  “The honest book about the parts of building no one frames nicely.”

  The Hard Thing About Hard Things

  The Hard Thing About Hard Things

  Ben Horowitz

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  “How the digital revolution was a team sport. Great context for where AI sits now.”

  The Innovators

  The Innovators

  Walter Isaacson

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  “The one that proved comics could carry real weight. Still unmatched.”

  Watchmen

  Watchmen

  Alan Moore

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  “Myth, dreams, and beautiful melancholy. A masterclass in scope.”

  The Sandman

  The Sandman

  Neil Gaiman

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  “Proof that the form can hold the heaviest stories. Unforgettable.”

  Maus

  Maus

  Art Spiegelman

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  “Ideas as weapons. More relevant every year.”

  V for Vendetta

  V for Vendetta

  Alan Moore

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  “Systems over goals. The 1% framing actually changed how I build routines.”

  Atomic Habits

  Atomic Habits

  James Clear

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  “Focus is the skill of the decade. This is the manual.”

  Deep Work

  Deep Work

  Cal Newport

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  “Intense, not for everyone, but the chapter on the 40% rule stuck.”

  Can't Hurt Me

  Can't Hurt Me

  David Goggins

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  “Dated examples, durable principles. Begin with the end in mind.”

  The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

  The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

  Stephen R. Covey

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  “A confident, sweeping story of us. Argue with it and you'll learn more.”

  Sapiens

  Sapiens

  Yuval Noah Harari

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  “Why your brain fools you, from the person who proved it. Required reading for anyone who trains models.”

  Thinking, Fast and Slow

  Thinking, Fast and Slow

  Daniel Kahneman

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  “The biology book that quietly shaped how I see systems and incentives.”

  The Selfish Gene

  The Selfish Gene

  Richard Dawkins

• Reading now

  “Currently reading. The clearest bridge between ML practice and the safety questions I care about.”

  The Alignment Problem

  The Alignment Problem

  Brian Christian

Tap any cover to flip it and read my take. 28 books and counting.