Reading list (12 books)

1.  Strategy: A History | Sir Lawrance Freedman

2. (re-reading) Finite and Infinite games | James P. Carse

Highly advise reading this original book - instead of the various superficial corporate adaptations of it.

3. The Medici: Power, Money, and Ambition in the Italian Renaissance - Paul Strathern

Dan Romero posted about it.

4. The Ancient City: A Study on the Religion, Laws, and Institutions of Greece and Rome- Numa Denis 

@pmarca posted about it on Twitter (X)

5. Educated - Tara Westover (re-reading)

A captivating memoir of a girl who grew up in a survivalist mormon family, home-schooled her way to a college admission and eventually got a Phd studying the history of historians at Oxford University. Incredible story on the value of education

6. Of Boys and Mens: Why the modern male is struggling, why it matters, and what to do about it - Richard Reeves 

From Obama's 2024 reading list

7. Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason and the Human Brain - Antonio Damasio

read a few chapters years ago. very dense material

9. The Worlds I See. Curiosity, Exploration and Discovery at the Dawn of AI - Dr. Fei Fei Li

10. The Ministry of Time - Kaliane Bradley

Also from Obama's 2024 reading list

11. The Righteous Mind: Why good people are divided by politics and religion - Jonathan Haidt

12. Beautiful World Where Are You? - Sally Rooney