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Jan 11 7 tweets 2 min read
5 books that teach you how to think, not what to think:

1) Fooled by Randomness by Nassim Nicholas Taleb Image 2) The Great Mental Models (Volume 1) by Shane Parrish Image
Jan 8 7 tweets 2 min read
books to find peace in times of chaos:

1) The Undiscovered Self by Carl Jung

'accepting your dark side' Image 2) Hojoki by Kamo no Chomei

'freedom through minimalism' Image
Jan 3 6 tweets 2 min read
5 books that explain how the top 1% actually make their money:

1) The Power Law by Sebastian Mallaby

( venture capital | innovation ) Image 2) The Outsiders by William Thorndike

( capital allocation | strategy ) Image
Jan 2 7 tweets 2 min read
5 books for high agency people:

1) The Art of Doing Science and Engineering by Richard Hamming

'lectures on effective thinking' Image 2) The Wright Brothers by David McCullough

'solving the impossible' Image
Jan 2 8 tweets 3 min read
6 books that could replace a university degree:

1) Poor Charlie’s Almanack by Charlie Munger

( business | decisions ) Image 2) The Lessons of History by Will and Ariel Durant

( history | humanity ) Image
Dec 31, 2025 8 tweets 2 min read
6 books to understand human psychology:

1) Phantoms in the Brain by V.S. Ramachandran Image 2) Pre-Suasion by Robert Cialdini Image
Dec 31, 2025 8 tweets 3 min read
6 of the most anticipated books releasing in 2026:

1) Think Like a Stoic: The Ancient Path to a Life Well Lived by Ken Mogi

( resilience | philosophy ) Image 2) Secure by Amir Levine

( attachment | love ) Image
Dec 28, 2025 8 tweets 3 min read
6 Books Recommended by Peter Thiel:

1) The Decadent Society by Ross Douthat

"Sets the stakes for the most urgent public debate of the 2020s: How do we get back to the future?" Image 2) The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz

“Every management guide presumes that all great companies follow a formula. But successful startups don’t imitate; they build innovations that can’t be copied. Image
Dec 26, 2025 6 tweets 2 min read
5 Hidden Gem Business Books:

1) Systemantics by John Gall

'why complex things always fail' Image 2) The Boron Letters by Gary Halbert

'marketing masterclass written from jail' Image
Dec 26, 2025 8 tweets 3 min read
6 Books Recommended by Charlie Munger:

1) Deep Simplicity by John Gribbin

"It’s pretty hard to understand everything, but if you can’t understand it, you can always give it to a more intelligent friend." Image 2) The Outsiders by William Thorndike

“A book that details the extraordinary success of CEOs who took a radically different approach to corporate management.” Image
Dec 23, 2025 11 tweets 3 min read
9 books to get ahead of 99% of people:

1) The Education of a Value Investor by Guy Spier

( psychology | investing ) Image 2) The Status Game by Will Storr

( hierarchy | influence ) Image
Dec 22, 2025 7 tweets 2 min read
5 books to read before 2025 ends:

1) Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI by Ethan Mollick

( AI | leverage ) Image 2) May Contain Lies: How Stories, Statistics, and Studies Exploit Our Biases by Alex Edmans

( data | bias ) Image
Dec 18, 2025 7 tweets 3 min read
6 Books Recommended by Nassim Taleb:

1) Scale by Geoffrey West

"This book will expand your thinking from three dimensions to four. Get two copies, just in case you lose one.” Image 2) Market Wizards by Jack Schwager

"This is the central document showing the heuristics that real-life traders use to manage their affairs, how people who do rather than talk have done things. Twenty years from now, it will still be fresh. There is no other like it." Image
Dec 15, 2025 8 tweets 3 min read
7 Books Recommended by Tim Ferriss:

1) Benjamin Franklin by Walter Isaacson

"Ben is one of the historical figures that I’ve been most obsessed with and I’ve recommended 'Benjamin Franklin: An American Life' to thousands and thousands of people." Image 2) Awareness by Anthony De Mello

"This short book has completely captured me. And just in the last two years, I’ve probably reread it five or six times. Image
Dec 14, 2025 7 tweets 2 min read
5 books for people who are ambitious but lazy:

1) How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big by Scott Adams Image 2) Smartcuts: How Hackers, Innovators, and Icons Accelerate Success by Shane Snow Image
Dec 14, 2025 8 tweets 2 min read
7 books that simplify complex topics:

1) Immune by Philipp Dettmer

( biology ) Image 2) Algorithms to Live By by Brian Christian & Tom Griffiths

( computer science ) Image
Dec 11, 2025 9 tweets 3 min read
8 history books from different places and periods:

1) Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia by Christina Thompson

( Polynesia ) Image 2) Fifth Sun: A New History of the Aztecs by Camilla Townsend

( Aztecs ) Image
Sep 27, 2025 8 tweets 3 min read
Essentialism is the most impactful book I’ve ever read. It’s completely changed how I make decisions.

Key lessons thread: Image This graph visualizes spreading your energy over multiple things vs putting all of it into a single endeavor.

It’s the difference between knowing to play 12 sports vs becoming a world champion in one. Image
Sep 20, 2025 9 tweets 3 min read
“Your nervous system cannot tell the difference between an imagined experience and a ‘real’ experience.”

Psycho-Cybernetics shows how you can exploit this phenomenon.

Thread: Image There's nothing wrong with being wrong Image