Books Recommended by Bryan Johnson
Principles
Life and Work
Ray Dalio
Source: "[The author] open sourced Bridgewater’s methods in [this book] and the results were good evidence that collectives can operate at higher levels when they are open and honest about and can see past their cognitive flaws." - Bryan Johnson
Zero
The Biography of a Dangerous Idea
Charles Seife
Source: "Chronicles how hard it was for humanity to come up with and hold onto the concept of zero. No zero, no math. No zero, no engineering. No zero, no modern world as we know it..." - Bryan Johnson
Why We Sleep
Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
Matthew Walker
Source: "Not only did I become convinced that getting high-quality sleep is the best protector and enhancer of health and cognition, but it is also the most underappreciated." - Bryan Johnson
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman
Source: "I started reading [this book] and I became increasingly convinced of my own fickleness and inability to actually act rationally in life." - Bryan Johnson
A Good Man
Rediscovering My Father, Sargent Shriver
Mark Shriver
Source: "An exceptional father, a good friend, loyal, and he is a mental model of the kind of person I want to be in life." - Bryan Johnson
WTF?
What's the Future and Why It's Up to Us
Tim O'Reilly
Source: "I loved [this book]. Especially [the] sections on algorithms and focusing on improving human ability for the future of jobs." - Bryan Johnson
Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor E. Frankl
Source: "His basic point is no matter the conditions we surround ourselves in, we can author our life." - Bryan Johnson
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How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
Greg Lukianoff
Source: "Excited to read this new book by my friends." - Bryan Johnson
Endurance
Shackleton's Incredible Voyage
Alfred Lansing
Source: "How I want to behave in life." - Bryan Johnson
Number
The Language of Science
Tobias Dantzig
Source: Bryan Johnson recommended this book on Twitter.
A Mind at Play
How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age
Jimmy Soni
Source: Bryan Johnson recommended this book on Twitter.
When Einstein Walked with Gödel
Excursions to the Edge of Thought
Jim Holt
Source: Bryan Johnson recommended this book on Twitter.
Behave
The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
Robert M. Sapolsky
Source: Bryan Johnson recommended this book on Twitter.
But What If We're Wrong?
Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past
Chuck Klosterman
Source: Bryan Johnson recommended this book on Twitter.
The End Of Science
Facing The Limits Of Knowledge In The Twilight Of The Scientific Age
John Horgan
Source: Bryan Johnson recommended this book on Twitter.
The Annotated Flatland
A Romance of Many Dimensions
Ian Stewart
Source: Bryan Johnson recommended this book on Twitter.
Bend the Curve
Accelerating Your Startup's Success
Andrew Razeghi
Source: "A great read." - Bryan Johnson
Zero to One
Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
Peter Thiel
Source: "A must read." - Bryan Johnson
The Gene
An Intimate History
Siddhartha Mukherjee
Source: "A great book." - Bryan Johnson
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