books recommended by Sam Altman

Sam Altman is an American entrepreneur, programmer, investor and blogger. He is the CEO of OpenAI and the former president of Y Combinator.

Sam Altman is an American entrepreneur, programmer, investor and blogger. He is the CEO of OpenAI and the former president of Y Combinator.

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books recommended by Sam Altman

Man's Search for Meaning

Man's Search for Meaning

Viktor E. Frankl

Zero to One

Zero to One

Peter Thiel

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Daniel Kahneman

Meditations

Meditations

Marcus Aurelius

Brave New World

Brave New World

Aldous Huxley

The Score Takes Care of Itself

The Score Takes Care of Itself

Bill Walsh

Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina

Leo Tolstoy

Foundation

Foundation

Isaac Asimov

Blitzscaling

Blitzscaling

Reid Hoffman

Superintelligence

Superintelligence

Nick Bostrom

Einstein

Einstein

Walter Isaacson

The Beginning of Infinity

The Beginning of Infinity

David Deutsch

The Republic

The Republic

Plato

A Pattern Language

A Pattern Language

Christopher Alexander et al.

The Death and Life of Great American Cities

The Death and Life of Great American Cities

Jane Jacobs

The Origin of Consciousness

The Origin of Consciousness

Julian Jaynes

Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage

Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage

Alice Munro

Call Me by Your Name

Call Me by Your Name

André Aciman

The Principia

The Principia

Isaac Newton

Dealers of Lightning

Dealers of Lightning

Michael A. Hiltzik

The Old Way

The Old Way

Elizabeth Marshall Thomas

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

Dave Eggers

The Art of War in the Middle Ages

The Art of War in the Middle Ages

Charles Oman

Winning

Winning

Jack Welch

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Bruce Alberts

Hacking Sales

Hacking Sales

Max Altschuler

The Picture of Dorian Gray

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Oscar Wilde

A Life Decoded

A Life Decoded

J. Craig Venter

Fundamentals of Plasma Physics

Fundamentals of Plasma Physics

Paul M. Bellan

The Crime of Reason

The Crime of Reason

Robert B. Laughlin

The Fall by Albert Camus

The Fall by Albert Camus

Albert Camus

The Art of War for Lovers

The Art of War for Lovers

Connell Cowan

The Trial of Socrates

The Trial of Socrates

I.F. Stone

The Endurance

The Endurance

Caroline Alexander

Hold'Em Poker for Advanced Players

Hold'Em Poker for Advanced Players

David Sklansky

The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914

The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914

Christopher Clark

The Transit of Venus

The Transit of Venus

Shirley Hazzard

The Beak of the Finch

The Beak of the Finch

Jonathan Weiner

Pandaemonium

Pandaemonium

Humphrey Jennings

Powering the Future

Powering the Future

Robert B. Laughlin

How I Raised Myself from Failure to Success in Selling

How I Raised Myself from Failure to Success in Selling

Frank Bettger

Skunk Works

Skunk Works

Ben R. Rich, Leo Janos & Leo Janos

Hunger of Memory

Hunger of Memory

Richard Rodríguez

Solution Selling

Solution Selling

Michael T. Bosworth

The Supermen

The Supermen

Charles J. Murray

Plentiful Energy

Plentiful Energy

Yoon Il Chang

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Man's Search for Meaning

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Thinking, Fast and Slow

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