On Intelligence & Mind
Gödel, Escher, BachHofstadter
The book that taught me intelligence is patterns, recursion, and the slow accumulation of strange loops.
Reread
The Beginning of InfinityDeutsch
Knowledge as the central driver of everything that matters. The most optimistic book I have ever read.
5×
The Society of MindMinsky
Minds are committees. The committee is the unit of intelligence, not the neuron.
2×
On Strategy & Power
On Grand StrategyGaddis
Hedgehogs know one thing. Foxes know many. Great strategists are both.
Recent
DiplomacyKissinger
Read it for the patterns of power. Disagree with the conclusions. Both are useful.
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The PrinceMachiavelli
Still, after five hundred years, the most honest book ever written about leadership.
Often
On Founders & Companies
High Output ManagementGrove
The only operating manual that has held up. Every page earns its place.
Annual
The Innovator's DilemmaChristensen
Why good companies fail. The answer is more subtle—and more humane—than it sounds.
2×
Skin in the GameTaleb
If you do not bear the cost of being wrong, your opinion is decoration.
Recent