Tobias Lütke
Co-founder and CEO of Shopify; Rails core alumnus, writes occasionally at tobi.lutke.com.
Foundation by Isaac Asimov
foundation series is so good.
on a podcast · 15 Sep 2026
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
I mean obviously I am a meditations fan. I know stoicism is falling out of favor a little bit right now but like it's been um a lifelong thing for me and um I have a copy of uh meditations in most rooms I spend time in.
on a podcast · 15 Sep 2026
Parkinson's Law by C. Northcote Parkinson
Books I come back to is like I I often talk about Pakistan's law which I love. Um it's such a quick read.
on a podcast · 15 Sep 2026
The Lessons of History by Will Durant and Ariel Durant
I almost always will mention the lessons of history which is I just think the densest like the highest token quality book in existence like given for the length
on a podcast · 15 Sep 2026
The Machiavellians by James Burnham
He wrote um the managerial revolution first and then a book called the Macavalians which is unbelievably good.
on a podcast · 15 Sep 2026
The Managerial Revolution by James Burnham
James Bernham's books are fantastic I think um um and extremely relevant.
on a podcast · 15 Sep 2026
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