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https://sivers.org/book|https://sivers.org/book -- "Programmer, writer, avid student of life. I make useful things, and share what I learn." -- Book summary with very detailed notes for each one; books listed in order of importance | https://sivers.org/book|https://sivers.org/book -- "Programmer, writer, avid student of life. I make useful things, and share what I learn." -- Book summary with very detailed notes for each one; books listed in order of importance | ||
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| + | All-Time Top Recommendations | ||
| + | (frequently-cited books, in no particular order…) | ||
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| + | James Carse, Finite and Infinite Games | ||
| + | Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Antifragile | ||
| + | Michael Lind, Land of Promise | ||
| + | James Scott, Seeing Like a State | ||
| + | Keith Johnstone, Impro | ||
| + | Lakoff and Johnson, Metaphors We Live By | ||
| + | Ron Chernow, Titan | ||
| + | Charles Morris, The Tycoons | ||
| + | T. J. Stiles, The First Tycoon | ||
| + | Barbara Ehrenreich, Bright-Sided | ||
| + | David Allen, Getting Things Done | ||
| + | Pankaj Ghemawat, World 3.0 | ||
| + | Francis Fukuyama, The Origins of Political Order | ||
| + | Francis Fukuyama, The End of History and the Last Man | ||
| + | Samuel Florman, The Existential Pleasures of Engineering | ||
| + | Francine Prose, Reading Like a Writer | ||
| + | William Whyte, The Organization Man | ||
| + | Gareth Morgan, Images of Organization | ||
| + | Marc Levinson, The Box | ||
| + | Marshall McLuhan, Understanding Media | ||
| + | Joel Mokyr, The Lever of Riches | ||
| + | Carlotta Perez, Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital | ||
| + | Chet Richards, Certain to Win | ||
| + | Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson, Why Nations Fail | ||
| + | Joseph Tainter, The Collapse of Complex Societies | ||
| + | George Steiner, Nostalgia for the Absolute | ||
| + | Edmund S. Phelps, Mass Flourishing | ||
| + | Video | ||
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| + | (I only post/cite video content when the ideas are not available in book form) | ||
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| + | Bruce Sterling Reboot 11 Talk (transcript) | ||
| + | Adam Curtis, Century of the Self | ||
| + | Elizabeth Gilbert, TED talk on “daemons” and genius | ||
| + | Honorable Mentions | ||
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| + | Dan Pink, Free Agent Nation | ||
| + | Vernor Vinge, Rainbow’s End | ||
| + | Art Kleiner, Who Really Matters | ||
| + | George Dyson, Turing’s Cathedral | ||
| + | James Gleick, The Information | ||
| + | Steven Kaplan, The Hidden Tools of Comedy | ||
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Revision as of 17:37, 8 December 2016
https://sivers.org/book%7Chttps://sivers.org/book -- "Programmer, writer, avid student of life. I make useful things, and share what I learn." -- Book summary with very detailed notes for each one; books listed in order of importance http://www.librarything.com/catalog/alexbarnett
http://www.ribbonfarm.com/now-reading/ :
All-Time Top Recommendations (frequently-cited books, in no particular order…) James Carse, Finite and Infinite Games Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Antifragile Michael Lind, Land of Promise James Scott, Seeing Like a State Keith Johnstone, Impro Lakoff and Johnson, Metaphors We Live By Ron Chernow, Titan Charles Morris, The Tycoons T. J. Stiles, The First Tycoon Barbara Ehrenreich, Bright-Sided David Allen, Getting Things Done Pankaj Ghemawat, World 3.0 Francis Fukuyama, The Origins of Political Order Francis Fukuyama, The End of History and the Last Man Samuel Florman, The Existential Pleasures of Engineering Francine Prose, Reading Like a Writer William Whyte, The Organization Man Gareth Morgan, Images of Organization Marc Levinson, The Box Marshall McLuhan, Understanding Media Joel Mokyr, The Lever of Riches Carlotta Perez, Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital Chet Richards, Certain to Win Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson, Why Nations Fail Joseph Tainter, The Collapse of Complex Societies George Steiner, Nostalgia for the Absolute Edmund S. Phelps, Mass Flourishing Video (I only post/cite video content when the ideas are not available in book form) Bruce Sterling Reboot 11 Talk (transcript) Adam Curtis, Century of the Self Elizabeth Gilbert, TED talk on “daemons” and genius Honorable Mentions Dan Pink, Free Agent Nation Vernor Vinge, Rainbow’s End Art Kleiner, Who Really Matters George Dyson, Turing’s Cathedral James Gleick, The Information Steven Kaplan, The Hidden Tools of Comedy
