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Zooko Wilcox has recommended 13 books. Browse the complete reading list with quotes and sources below.
Zooko Wilcox is the CEO of the Electric Coin Company (ECC), a for-profit company leading the development of Zcash.
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"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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Donald Knuth recommended this bookDonald Knuth
"Incredibly well written tale of our times." - Donald Knuth
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Ev Williams recommended this bookEv Williams
On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
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Austen Allred recommended this bookAusten Allred
"[One of] my favorite books for understanding the history of Silicon Valley." - Austen Allred
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John Carmack recommended this bookJohn Carmack
"A really formative book for me as a teenager." - John Carmack
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"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 recommended this seriesAdam Savage
"If you haven't read it, just go read it. It is amazing!" - Adam Savage
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Andrew Chen recommended this seriesAndrew Chen
"Amazing book!" - Andrew Chen
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Cameron Winklevoss recommended this seriesCameron Winklevoss
Cameron Winklevoss recommended this series on Reddit.
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Elon Musk recommended this seriesElon Musk
"Brilliant. [The author] advocates placing limits on machine intelligence." - Elon Musk
Elon Musk's recommendation of this series - Ev Williams recommended this series
Ev Williams
On the "books read" section of Ev Williams' GoodReads profile.
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Jeff Bezos recommended this seriesJeff Bezos
"I’m a big science-fiction fan. I love [this series]." - Jeff Bezos
Jeff Bezos's recommendation of this series +10
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- Kelly Starrett
Kelly Starrett recommended this series in the "Tools of Titans" book.
- Kyle Maynard
One of Kyle Maynard's 3 answers to "what is the book (or books) you’ve given most as a gift?"
- Laird Hamilton
Laird Hamilton mentioned this series on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.
- Paulo Coelho
"Magnificent." - Paulo Coelho
- Sahil Lavingia
Sahil Lavingia recommended this series on Notion.
- Seth Godin
"If you read [this series], and you don’t read it for the plot but you read it for understanding geopolitics, suddenly something clicks in your head." - Seth Godin
- Stewart Brand
Stewart Brand recommended this series on his "Selected Books for the Manual for Civilization" blog post.
- Tim Draper
"My wife recommended [this series]." - Tim Draper
- Tim Ferriss
"Perhaps the most incredibly detailed and oddly believable fictional landscape I’ve ever encountered." - Tim Ferriss
- Tim O’Reilly
"Definitely one of [the series that have shaped my life]." - Tim O’Reilly
- Kelly Starrett
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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Naval Ravikant recommended this bookNaval Ravikant
"One of my top 3 books of all time." - Naval Ravikant
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Peter Attia recommended this bookPeter Attia
One of Peter Attia's answers to "any books you feel would make your reading list?"
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Nassim Taleb recommended this bookNassim Taleb
"Read it twice, once for the diet, once a a rich document in the history of science." - Nassim Taleb
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"I have vivid memories of the [Altered Carbon] book(s)." - Zooko Wilcox (Source)
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Ryan Shea recommended this bookRyan Shea
Ryan Shea recommended this book on his website.
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"I have vivid memories of the [Altered Carbon] book(s)." - Zooko Wilcox (Source)
"Of the cypherpunk canon." - Zooko Wilcox (Source)
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