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Steve Jurvetson Recommended Books
Steve Jurvetson has recommended 8 books. Browse the complete reading list with quotes and sources below.
Steve Jurvetson is an American businessman and venture capitalist.
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The Fabric of Reality
The Science of Parallel Universes--and Its Implications
by David Deutsch
"Realized that a quantum computer would be fundamentally unlike anything we have in this world today." - Steve Jurvetson (Source)
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Naval Ravikant recommended this bookNaval Ravikant
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Chris Anderson recommended this bookChris Anderson
"I honestly think it was reading [this book] that finally gave me the courage, 18 years ago, to leave my company and take over leadership of TED." - Chris Anderson
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Out Of Control
The New Biology Of Machines, Social Systems, And The Economic World
by Kevin Kelly
"The single book that’s had the most influence on me my entire life. [...] It started my life long fascination of the biological metaphors in technology." - Steve Jurvetson (Source)
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Ev Williams recommended this bookEv Williams
On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
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The Scientist in the Crib
What Early Learning Tells Us About the Mind
by Alison Gopnik
"The only thing I did to prepare for being a parent was to read [this book]." - Steve Jurvetson (Source)
The Age of Spiritual Machines
When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence
by Ray Kurzweil
"I have been maintaining [a graph from this book] ever since I read [this book], and I show it in every presentation I give. [...] I would go further and assert that this is the most important graph ever conceived." - Steve Jurvetson (Source)
Gödel, Escher, Bach
An Eternal Golden Braid
by Douglas R. Hofstadter
Steve Jurvetson mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast. (Source)
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Kevin Kelly recommended this bookKevin Kelly
"Over the years, I kept finding myself returning to its insights, and each time I would arrive at them at a deeper level." - Kevin Kelly
Kevin Kelly's recommendation of this book - Naval Ravikant recommended this book
Naval Ravikant
"Amazing book, but good luck finishing it." - Naval Ravikant
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Demis Hassabis recommended this bookDemis Hassabis
"Tying together Gödel's incompleteness theory with mathematics, with Escher's drawings, and Bach's fugues. And showing they're all related in some way." - Demis Hassabis
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David Deutsch recommended this bookDavid Deutsch
David Deutsch recommended this book in his book "The Beginning of Infinity."
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Sahil Lavingia recommended this bookSahil Lavingia
Sahil Lavingia recommended this book on Notion.
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Chris Hayes recommended this bookChris Hayes
"Changed my life!" - Chris Hayes
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A New Kind of Science
by Stephen Wolfram
"A series of epiphanies from [the author] and others that the world is really interesting when you look at iterative algorithms applied millions and billions of times." - Steve Jurvetson (Source)
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Nassim Taleb recommended this bookNassim Taleb
"Not a book, but a monument." - Nassim Taleb
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Ready Player One
Ready Player One, Book 1
by Ernest Cline
"A gift to all of my Apple II programming buddies from high school and Dungeons & Dragons comrades." - Steve Jurvetson (Source)
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Brian Armstrong recommended this bookBrian Armstrong
"A compelling picture of how VR might play out." - Brian Armstrong
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Astro Teller recommended this bookAstro Teller
"So much fun." - Astro Teller
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Bill Gurley recommended this bookBill Gurley
"Spectacular." - Bill Gurley
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Austen Allred recommended this bookAusten Allred
"Ok writing but a page turner." - Austen Allred
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Jenn Im recommended this bookJenn Im
"One of my favorites now." - Jenn Im
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George R. R. Martin recommended this bookGeorge R. R. Martin
"A tremendous amount of fun." - George R. R. Martin
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- Mark Zuckerberg
"Anyone interested in [virtual reality] would read [this book]." - Mark Zuckerberg
- Barry Ritholtz
"So great!" - Barry Ritholtz
- Mark Zuckerberg
Abundance
The Future Is Better Than You Think
by Peter Diamandis
"Writes about [how] everything is great because physical things are so inexpensive that even the poorest of the poor could live like kings of just a few years prior." - Steve Jurvetson (Source)
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Bill Gates recommended this bookBill Gates
List of books Bill Gates read in 2012.
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Richard Branson recommended this bookRichard Branson
Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post.
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Michael Dell recommended this bookMichael Dell
"[Makes] me happier than ever that I ditched my dream of being a doctor to enter the unpredictable world of IT."- Michael Dell
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