14 Books Recommended by Tristan Harris
Technopoly
Neil Postman
Source: "I highly recommend." - Tristan Harris
Words That Work
Frank Luntz
Source: "[The author's] the linguistic head of the Republican Party." - Matt Mullenweg
Amusing Ourselves to Death
Neil Postman
Source: "We’re kind of, like the title of the book, amusing ourselves to death. We’re so caught up in distractions and pleasure and entertainment that we might be missing out on the bigger things." - Matt Mullenweg
Wherever You Go, There You Are
Jon Kabat-Zinn
Source: "The point is that you will repeat our same mental habits everywhere we go." - Tristan Harris
The 4-Hour Workweek
Tim Ferriss
Source: "My key takeaway from [this book] was the concept of lifestyle design." - DHH
A.J. JacobsBlake MycoskieCaterina FakeCharles PoliquinDaniel PinkDavid Heinemeier HanssonDerek SiversEric WeinsteinEv WilliamsGary KellerJason SilvaLaura R WalkerMarc AndreessenMarc GoodmanMark BellMaurice AshleyMike Maples, Jr.Mike ShinodaRolf PottsTim DraperTristan HarrisWalter Isaacson& 2 Members
Finite and Infinite Games
James Carse
Source: "About life and how to [...] navigate in a more improvisational way." - Tristan Harris
Don't Shoot the Dog!
Karen Pryor
Source: "Amazing book." - Tristan Harris
1984
George Orwell
Source: On the "books read" section of Emma Watson's GoodReads profile.
Metaphors We Live By
George Lakoff
Source: "Talked about the power of grounding metaphor." - Tristan Harris
The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing
Al Ries
Source: "Was a profound book for me." - Tristan Harris
Winners Take All
Anand Giridharadas
Source: "We keep looking for these win-win solutions but sometimes we have to lose a little bit so that everybody wins. And that’s not a good message for capitalists because that’s not how we like to roll." - Tristan Harris
Brave New World
Aldous Huxley
Source: Matt Mullenweg mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.
The Attention Merchants
Tim Wu
Source: "Must read." - Tristan Harris
Bury the Chains
Adam Hochschild
Source: "A great book [...] about the British abolition of slavery." - Tristan Harris
