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Zooko Wilcox Book Recommendations
Zooko Wilcox is the CEO of the Electric Coin Company (ECC), a for-profit company leading the development of Zcash.
(Read more on Wikipedia)13 Books Recommended
Hackers
Heroes of the Computer Revolution
by Steven Levy
"This book changed my life when it came out. [...] It made me want to be a hacker. But not a criminal — a hero of the computer revolution." - Zooko Wilcox (Source)
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Woken Furies
by Richard K. Morgan
"I have vivid memories of the [Altered Carbon] book(s)." - Zooko Wilcox (Source)
The Codebreakers
The Comprehensive History of Secret Communication from Ancient Times to the Internet
by David Kahn
"Good book." - Zooko Wilcox (Source)
Dune (6 books)
"The extensive quotations are one of my favorite parts." - Zooko Wilcox (Source)
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Adam Savage, Andrew Chen, Elon Musk, Ev Williams, Jeff Bezos, Kelly Starrett, Kyle Maynard, Laird Hamilton, Seth Godin, Stewart Brand, Tim Draper, Tim Ferriss, Tim O’Reilly, Cameron Winklevoss, Sahil Lavingia, Paulo Coelho
Good Calories, Bad Calories
Fats, Carbs, and the Controversial Science of Diet and Health
by Gary Taubes
"When it came out ten years ago, it was the definitive study of the history and science of human nutrition in the 20th century." - Zooko Wilcox (Source)
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Broken Angels
A Novel
by Richard K. Morgan
"I have vivid memories of the [Altered Carbon] book(s)." - Zooko Wilcox (Source)
Between Silk and Cyanide
A Codemaker's War, 1941-1945
by Leo Marks
"Of the cypherpunk canon." - Zooko Wilcox (Source)
