Bryan Johnson's Book Recommendations
Bryan Johnson is an American entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and author. He is the founder of Kernel, a company building advanced neural interfaces, and OS Fund, a venture capital firm. Based on his book recommendations, he seems interested in psychology, philosophy, and science.
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A Good Man
"An exceptional father, a good friend, loyal, and he is a mental model of the kind of person I want to be in life."
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Man's Search for Meaning
"His basic point is no matter the conditions we surround ourselves in, we can author our life."
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Zero
"Chronicles how hard it was for humanity to come up with and hold onto the concept of zero. No zero, no math. No zero, no engineering. No zero, no modern world as we know it..."
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Why We Sleep
"Not only did I become convinced that getting high-quality sleep is the best protector and enhancer of health and cognition, but it is also the most underappreciated."
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The Gene
"A great book."
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Siddhartha
"Love Siddhartha."
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Thinking, Fast and Slow
"I started reading Thinking, Fast and Slow and I became increasingly convinced of my own fickleness and inability to actually act rationally in life."
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Principles
"The author Ray Dalio open sourced Bridgewaterβs methods in Principles and the results were good evidence that collectives can operate at higher levels when they are open and honest about and can see past their cognitive flaws."
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Flatland
"A good book."
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
"Bryan Johnson recommended this book on Twitter."
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The Coddling of the American Mind
"Excited to read this new book by my friends."
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The Annotated Flatland
"Bryan Johnson recommended this book on Twitter."
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WTF?
"I loved WTF?. Especially [the] sections on algorithms and focusing on improving human ability for the future of jobs."
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Zero to One
"Just finished @peterthiel's Zero to One. A must read."
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Determined
"Phenomenal."
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Endurance
"How I want to behave in life."
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A Mind at Play
"Bryan Johnson recommended this book on Twitter."
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Number
"Bryan Johnson recommended this book on Twitter."
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Behave
"Bryan Johnson recommended this book on Twitter."
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When Einstein Walked with GΓΆdel
"Bryan Johnson recommended this book on Twitter."
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But What If We're Wrong?
"Bryan Johnson recommended this book on Twitter."
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Bend the Curve
"A great read."
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The End Of Science
"Bryan Johnson recommended this book on Twitter."
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