Under construction - sorry! this will be back on on Sunday the 21st of September :)

 

Temporarily, here are some of my top reads:

  • The Lean Startup – Eric Ries Classic guide on lean methodology, iteration, and validated learning.
  • Zero to One – Peter Thiel & Blake Masters Thinking about building truly original companies instead of incremental copies.
  • The Hard Thing About Hard Things – Ben Horowitz Raw insights on the brutal realities of running startups.
  • Founders at Work – Jessica Livingston Interviews with founders about their early struggles and breakthroughs.
  • Blitzscaling – Reid Hoffman & Chris Yeh Framework on scaling fast in networked markets.
  • Crossing the Chasm – Geoffrey A. Moore How tech companies scale from early adopters to mainstream customers.
  • Innovator’s Dilemma – Clayton Christensen Why good companies fail when disruptive innovations emerge.
  • The Second Machine Age – Erik Brynjolfsson & Andrew McAfee On AI, automation, and how technology reshapes economies.
  • AI Superpowers – Kai-Fu Lee Comparison of US vs. China’s AI ecosystems and future directions.
  • Designing Interactions – Bill Moggridge Foundational book on human-computer interaction and product design.
  • The Code Breaker – Walter Isaacson Story of CRISPR, Jennifer Doudna, and gene editing’s potential.
  • Biotech Primer – BioTech Primer Inc. Clear overview of biotech fundamentals for non-scientists and professionals alike.
  • Genome – Matt Ridley Narrative exploration of human genetics, one chapter per chromosome.
  • Regenesis – George Church & Ed Regis Synthetic biology and the future of engineering life.
  • The Forever Frontier – Juan Enriquez Big-picture look at how biotech may redefine economies, ethics, and humanity.
  • The Republic – Plato Foundational work on justice, governance, and ideal society.
  • Nicomachean Ethics – Aristotle Classic text on virtue ethics and human flourishing.
  • Being and Time – Martin Heidegger Deep dive into human existence, time, and meaning (challenging but seminal).
  • What Is Life? – Erwin Schrödinger Philosophical and scientific reflection that inspired molecular biology.
  • The Structure of Scientific Revolutions – Thomas Kuhn Famous for the concept of “paradigm shifts” in science.
  • Superintelligence – Nick Bostrom Philosophical implications of advanced AI and existential risk.