books recommended by Sam Altman

Sam Altman is an American entrepreneur, programmer, and blogger. He is the president of Y Combinator and co-chairman of OpenAI.

Sam Altman is an American entrepreneur, programmer, and blogger. He is the president of Y Combinator and co-chairman of OpenAI.

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books recommended by Sam Altman

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Man's Search for Meaning

Man's Search for Meaning

Viktor E. Frankl

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Thinking, Fast and Slow

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Daniel Kahneman

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Zero to One

Zero to One

Peter Thiel

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Meditations

Meditations

Marcus Aurelius

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The Score Takes Care of Itself

The Score Takes Care of Itself

Bill Walsh

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Einstein

Einstein

Walter Isaacson

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Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina

Leo Tolstoy

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Brave New World

Brave New World

Aldous Huxley

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Superintelligence

Superintelligence

Nick Bostrom

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Blitzscaling

Blitzscaling

Reid Hoffman

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Foundation

Foundation

Isaac Asimov

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A Pattern Language

A Pattern Language

Christopher Alexander et al.

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The Republic

The Republic

Plato

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The Origin of Consciousness

The Origin of Consciousness

Julian Jaynes

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The Old Way

The Old Way

Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

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The Principia

The Principia

Isaac Newton

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Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage

Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage

Alice Munro

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The Death and Life of Great American Cities

The Death and Life of Great American Cities

Jane Jacobs

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A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

Dave Eggers

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Dealers of Lightning

Dealers of Lightning

Michael A. Hiltzik

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The Art of War in the Middle Ages

The Art of War in the Middle Ages

Charles Oman

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Winning

Winning

Jack Welch

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Call Me by Your Name

Call Me by Your Name

André Aciman

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Hacking Sales

Hacking Sales

Max Altschuler

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A Life Decoded

A Life Decoded

J. Craig Venter

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Fundamentals of Plasma Physics

Fundamentals of Plasma Physics

Paul M. Bellan

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Hold'Em Poker for Advanced Players

Hold'Em Poker for Advanced Players

David Sklansky

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Hunger of Memory

Hunger of Memory

Richard Rodríguez

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Molecular Biology of the Cell

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Bruce Alberts

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Pandaemonium

Pandaemonium

Humphrey Jennings

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Plentiful Energy

Plentiful Energy

Yoon Il Chang

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Powering the Future

Powering the Future

Robert B. Laughlin

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Skunk Works

Skunk Works

Ben R. Rich, Leo Janos & Leo Janos

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Solution Selling

Solution Selling

Michael T. Bosworth

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The Art of War for Lovers

The Art of War for Lovers

Connell Cowan

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The Beak of the Finch

The Beak of the Finch

Jonathan Weiner

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The Crime of Reason

The Crime of Reason

Robert B. Laughlin

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The Endurance

The Endurance

Caroline Alexander

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The Fall by Albert Camus

The Fall by Albert Camus

Albert Camus

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The Picture of Dorian Gray

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde

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The Supermen

The Supermen

Charles J. Murray

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The Transit of Venus

The Transit of Venus

Shirley Hazzard

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The Trial of Socrates

The Trial of Socrates

I.F. Stone

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How I Raised Myself from Failure to Success in Selling

How I Raised Myself from Failure to Success in Selling

Frank Bettger

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The key to pursuing excellence is to embrace an organic, long-term learning process, and not to live in a shell of static, safe mediocrity. Usually, growth comes at the expense of previous comfort or safety.

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