Books mentioned on podcasts.Traced to the moment.
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Indexed context: I'm reading Toby Ord, his new book, The Precipice. It's all about existential risk and the challenges we face as a species.
Indexed context: Shoe Dog about Phil Knight from Nike and unbelievable entrepreneurial journey and just an incredibly revealing memoir that I really just found illuminating inspiring and awesome.
Indexed context: A personal account of survival during World War II, highlighting human resilience and adaptability.
Indexed context: It's a book about control and power. Two simple words, let them, will free you from the exhausting cycle of trying to manage people's thoughts, their opinions, manage their expectations.
Indexed context: Keith's answer to the books was seven powers. And Keith was like, Hey, there's this book in the sky, Hamilton Helmer best kept secret in Silicon Valley. This is a fantastic book.
Indexed context: The frequency of every word in the book, Moby Dick, forms a power law, with 'the' mentioned 15,000 times and 'and' 7,000 times, illustrating the concept of power laws in language.
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The Risk Not Taken: Andy Dunn’s essay
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Jefferson Fisher on Diary of a CEO
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Ray Kroc on Founders
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