Naval Ravikant
Angel investor and co-founder of AngelList; writes and podcasts at nav.al.
Objective Knowledge by Karl Popper
The first thing I would do is start meditating, and then I would read, concurrently I would read Objective Knowledge by Karl Popper.
on X · 10 Sep 2023
The Beginning of Infinity by David Deutsch
I’m currently stuck in a loop where, at least in science, I’m only going to read The Beginning of Infinity and The Fabric of Reality over and over again until I understand them fully.
on a podcast · 10 Mar 2021
The Fabric of Reality by David Deutsch
I’m currently stuck in a loop where, at least in science, I’m only going to read The Beginning of Infinity and The Fabric of Reality over and over again until I understand them fully.
on a podcast · 10 Mar 2021
It moves around. Keep coming back to I Am That, Direct Truth, Vasistha's Yoga, Jed McKenna, and Ashtavakra Gita.
on X · 16 Feb 2021
Direct Truth by Kapil Gupta
It moves around. Keep coming back to I Am That, Direct Truth, Vasistha's Yoga, Jed McKenna, and Ashtavakra Gita.
on X · 16 Feb 2021
It moves around. Keep coming back to I Am That, Direct Truth, Vasistha's Yoga, Jed McKenna, and Ashtavakra Gita.
on X · 16 Feb 2021
I Am That by Nisargadatta Maharaj
Beginning of Infinity, Rational Optimist, Skin in the Game are all amazing. If you want more eastern philosophy, try Siddhartha, I am That, Jed McKenna.
on X · 17 Jan 2021
Skin in the Game by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Beginning of Infinity, Rational Optimist, Skin in the Game are all amazing. If you want more eastern philosophy, try Siddhartha, I am That, Jed McKenna.
on X · 17 Jan 2021
The Beginning of Infinity by David Deutsch
Start with The Beginning of Infinity.
on X · 2 May 2020
What is Life? by Erwin Schrödinger
Current reading list. Most into “The Beginning of Infinity” and “What is Life?” at the moment.
on X · 4 Aug 2019
Planetary by Warren Ellis
No single favorite, but I liked V for Vendetta, Watchmen, The Boys, Transmetropolitan, Planetary, Sandman, and The Unwritten.
on X · 8 Jun 2019
The Boys by Garth Ennis
No single favorite, but I liked V for Vendetta, Watchmen, The Boys, Transmetropolitan, Planetary, Sandman, and The Unwritten.
on X · 8 Jun 2019
The Sandman by Neil Gaiman
No single favorite, but I liked V for Vendetta, Watchmen, The Boys, Transmetropolitan, Planetary, Sandman, and The Unwritten.
on X · 8 Jun 2019
The Unwritten by Mike Carey
No single favorite, but I liked V for Vendetta, Watchmen, The Boys, Transmetropolitan, Planetary, Sandman, and The Unwritten.
on X · 8 Jun 2019
Transmetropolitan by Warren Ellis
No single favorite, but I liked V for Vendetta, Watchmen, The Boys, Transmetropolitan, Planetary, Sandman, and The Unwritten.
on X · 8 Jun 2019
V for Vendetta by Alan Moore
No single favorite, but I liked V for Vendetta, Watchmen, The Boys, Transmetropolitan, Planetary, Sandman, and The Unwritten.
on X · 8 Jun 2019
Watchmen by Alan Moore
No single favorite, but I liked V for Vendetta, Watchmen, The Boys, Transmetropolitan, Planetary, Sandman, and The Unwritten.
on X · 8 Jun 2019
12 Rules for Life by Jordan Peterson
Vasishta Yoga, The Book of Nothing, Math (Better Explained), Skin in the Game, 12 Rules for Life, The Path to Love, Faraday Maxwell and the Electromagnetic Field, Direct Truth, The Gay Science, Permutation City, The Order of a Time, and many, many others.
on X · 14 Aug 2018
Faraday, Maxwell, and the Electromagnetic Field by Nancy Forbes and Basil Mahon
Vasishta Yoga, The Book of Nothing, Math (Better Explained), Skin in the Game, 12 Rules for Life, The Path to Love, Faraday Maxwell and the Electromagnetic Field, Direct Truth, The Gay Science, Permutation City, The Order of a Time, and many, many others.
on X · 14 Aug 2018
Math, Better Explained by Kalid Azad
Vasishta Yoga, The Book of Nothing, Math (Better Explained), Skin in the Game, 12 Rules for Life, The Path to Love, Faraday Maxwell and the Electromagnetic Field, Direct Truth, The Gay Science, Permutation City, The Order of a Time, and many, many others.
on X · 14 Aug 2018
Permutation City by Greg Egan
Vasishta Yoga, The Book of Nothing, Math (Better Explained), Skin in the Game, 12 Rules for Life, The Path to Love, Faraday Maxwell and the Electromagnetic Field, Direct Truth, The Gay Science, Permutation City, The Order of a Time, and many, many others.
on X · 14 Aug 2018
The Book of Nothing by John D. Barrow
Vasishta Yoga, The Book of Nothing, Math (Better Explained), Skin in the Game, 12 Rules for Life, The Path to Love, Faraday Maxwell and the Electromagnetic Field, Direct Truth, The Gay Science, Permutation City, The Order of a Time, and many, many others.
on X · 14 Aug 2018
The Gay Science by Friedrich Nietzsche
Vasishta Yoga, The Book of Nothing, Math (Better Explained), Skin in the Game, 12 Rules for Life, The Path to Love, Faraday Maxwell and the Electromagnetic Field, Direct Truth, The Gay Science, Permutation City, The Order of a Time, and many, many others.
on X · 14 Aug 2018
The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli
The Order of Time.
on X · 14 Aug 2018
The Path to Love by Deepak Chopra
Vasishta Yoga, The Book of Nothing, Math (Better Explained), Skin in the Game, 12 Rules for Life, The Path to Love, Faraday Maxwell and the Electromagnetic Field, Direct Truth, The Gay Science, Permutation City, The Order of a Time, and many, many others.
on X · 14 Aug 2018
Understand by Ted Chiang
“Understand” by Ted Chiang is a brilliant revisit of “Flowers for Algernon.” Drop everything and read it.
on X · 17 Jul 2018
Nexus by Ramez Naam
Nexus is fantastic.
on X · 6 Jun 2018
The Sun Rises in the Evening by Osho
Check out “The Sun Rises in the Evening” by Osho. Bit mystical but he’s not wrong.
on X · 25 Apr 2018
Freedom from the Known by Jiddu Krishnamurti
Freedom from the Known is just as good.
on X · 30 Mar 2018
The Compleat Strategyst by J. D. Williams
You may want to try The Compleat Strategyst, The Origins of Virtue, The Evolution of Cooperation, etc.
on X · 15 Jan 2018
The Evolution of Cooperation by Robert Axelrod
You may want to try The Compleat Strategyst, The Origins of Virtue, The Evolution of Cooperation, etc.
on X · 15 Jan 2018
Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
Depending on your mood, either The Sovereign Individual, Sapiens, Siddhartha, Total Freedom (JK), The Untethered Soul, or the Rational Optimist. Books are cheap, buy all and skim them for the one that grabs you.
on X · 22 Dec 2017
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Depending on your mood, either The Sovereign Individual, Sapiens, Siddhartha, Total Freedom (JK), The Untethered Soul, or the Rational Optimist. Books are cheap, buy all and skim them for the one that grabs you.
on X · 22 Dec 2017
The Rational Optimist by Matt Ridley
Depending on your mood, either The Sovereign Individual, Sapiens, Siddhartha, Total Freedom (JK), The Untethered Soul, or the Rational Optimist. Books are cheap, buy all and skim them for the one that grabs you.
on X · 22 Dec 2017
The Sovereign Individual by James Dale Davidson and William Rees-Mogg
Depending on your mood, either The Sovereign Individual, Sapiens, Siddhartha, Total Freedom (JK), The Untethered Soul, or the Rational Optimist. Books are cheap, buy all and skim them for the one that grabs you.
on X · 22 Dec 2017
The Untethered Soul by Michael A. Singer
Depending on your mood, either The Sovereign Individual, Sapiens, Siddhartha, Total Freedom (JK), The Untethered Soul, or the Rational Optimist. Books are cheap, buy all and skim them for the one that grabs you.
on X · 22 Dec 2017
Total Freedom by Jiddu Krishnamurti
Depending on your mood, either The Sovereign Individual, Sapiens, Siddhartha, Total Freedom (JK), The Untethered Soul, or the Rational Optimist. Books are cheap, buy all and skim them for the one that grabs you.
on X · 22 Dec 2017
Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges
Snow Crash, “Understand” (Ted Chiang), Ficciones (Borges), short stories by Vonnegut, Bradbury, Heinlein, Asimov, Greg Egan.
on X · 16 Dec 2017
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
Snow Crash, “Understand” (Ted Chiang), Ficciones (Borges), short stories by Vonnegut, Bradbury, Heinlein, Asimov, Greg Egan.
on X · 16 Dec 2017
Thinking Physics by Lewis Carroll Epstein
"Thinking Physics."
on X · 1 Mar 2017
Influence by Robert Cialdini
Influence was fundamental and had a lot to teach.
on X · 20 Nov 2016
Pre-Suasion by Robert B. Cialdini
Presuasion is good but closer to a single-themed book.
on X · 20 Nov 2016
Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha by Daniel M. Ingram
Core Teachings of the Buddha, free online.
on X · 22 Feb 2016
The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
The Prophet is a beautiful book, enjoy :-)
on X · 15 Feb 2016
Fables by Bill Willingham
V for Vendetta, The Boys, Transmetropolitan, Sandman, Fables, The Watchmen, The Dark Knight Returns, The Unwritten.
on X · 30 Jan 2016
The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller
V for Vendetta, The Boys, Transmetropolitan, Sandman, Fables, The Watchmen, The Dark Knight Returns, The Unwritten.
on X · 30 Jan 2016
Rick and Morty by Zac Gorman
There are original Rick and Morty comic books by the same writers. Just as funny, different content. Must read!
on X · 18 Aug 2015
Waking Up by Sam Harris
Loved "Waking Up." Also check the Raptitude blog.
on X · 1 Jun 2015
A Cultural History of Physics by Károly Simonyi
Poor Charlie's Almanac, A Cultural History of Physics, Total Freedom (Krishnamurti).
on X · 21 Mar 2015
Genome by Matt Ridley
And everything by @mattwridley is worth reading - Genome, Red Queen, Origin of Virtue, etc.
on X · 21 Mar 2015
Poor Charlie's Almanack by Charles T. Munger
Poor Charlie's Almanac, A Cultural History of Physics, Total Freedom (Krishnamurti).
on X · 21 Mar 2015
The Red Queen by Matt Ridley
And everything by @mattwridley is worth reading - Genome, Red Queen, Origin of Virtue, etc.
on X · 21 Mar 2015
The Salmon of Doubt by Douglas Adams
That article is also in his collected-essay book, "The Salmon of Doubt." Recommended.
on X · 14 Mar 2014
The Lifecycle of Software Objects by Ted Chiang
Another masterpiece of SciFi by Ted Chiang: "The Lifecycle of Software Objects"
on X · 19 Jan 2013
A Soldier of the Great War by Mark Helprin
For historical fiction, I like "A Soldier of the Great War"
on X · 17 Sep 2012
The Macintosh Way by Guy Kawasaki
his "The Macintosh Way" led me into tech!
on X · 21 Feb 2011
Soon I Will Be Invincible by Austin Grossman
"Soon I will be Invincible" - Austin Grossman
on X · 29 Dec 2010
Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny
Highly recommend "Lord of Light" by Zelazny as well.
on X · 18 Sep 2010
The War Nerd by Gary Brecher
check out "The War Nerd" by Gary Brecker, or read one of his columns at The Exile.
on X · 22 Aug 2010
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