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Preston Pysh Recommended Books
Preston Pysh has recommended 10 books. Browse the complete reading list with quotes and sources below.
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The Fiat Standard
The Debt Slavery Alternative to Human Civilization
by Saifedean Ammous
"Does an amazing job illustrating the existing financial system in Bitcoin terms." - Preston Pysh (Source)
Mastering Ethereum
Building Smart Contracts and DApps
by Andreas M. Antonopoulos
Preston Pysh recommended this book on Twitter. (Source)
Thinking, Fast and Slow
by Daniel Kahneman
"An incredible book!" - Preston Pysh (Source)
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Ray Dalio recommended this bookRay Dalio
Ray Dalio mentioned this book in his book, "Principles."
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Scott Adams recommended this bookScott Adams
One of the books on Scott Adams' "Persuasion Reading List."
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Naval Ravikant recommended this bookNaval Ravikant
"Fine book but it didn’t need to be an entire book. A blog post would have gotten the point across." - Naval Ravikant
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Ev Williams recommended this bookEv Williams
"I love surprising scientific findings, as well as information about how our brains work. [This book] is a treasure trove of both." - Ev Williams
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Marc Andreessen recommended this bookMarc Andreessen
"Captivating dive into human decision making, marred by inclusion of several/many? psychology studies that fail to replicate. Will stand as a cautionary tale?" - Marc Andreessen
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- Stewart Brand
Stewart Brand recommended this book on his "Selected Books for the Manual for Civilization" blog post.
- Bryan Johnson
"I started reading [this book] and I became increasingly convinced of my own fickleness and inability to actually act rationally in life." - Bryan Johnson
- Derek Sivers
"If you liked 'Predictably Irrational' or 'Stumbling on Happiness' or any of those pop-psychology books, well, this is the Godfather of all of their work." - Derek Sivers
- Sam Altman
One of Sam Altman's answers to "What are some of the best books you recommend for a young startup founder?"
- Ron Conway
"Covers all three phases of [the author's] career: his early days working oncognitive bias, his work on prospect theory, and his later work on happiness." - Ron Conway
- Jason Fried
"I enjoyed [this book]. Fascinating." - Jason Fried
- Nassim Taleb
"A landmark book in social thought, in the same league as The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith and The Interpretation of Dreams by Sigmund Freud." - Nassim Taleb
- Sahil Lavingia
Sahil Lavingia recommended this book on Notion.
- Mark Manson
Mark Manson recommended this book on his website.
- Jay Shetty
"[One] of my favourite books." - Jay Shetty
- Michiko Kakutani
"Has become essential reading in many baseball front offices and among coaching staffs." - Michiko Kakutani
- Ben Greenfield
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- Stewart Brand
Superforecasting
The Art and Science of Prediction
by Philip E. Tetlock
"It's a really good book!" - Preston Pysh (Source)
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Julia Galef recommended this bookJulia Galef
"[Has] some good advice on how to improve your ability to make accurate predictions." - Julia Galef
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Alexis Ohanian recommended this bookAlexis Ohanian
"Such a great book. Building software right now that's informed by this." - Alexis Ohanian
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Anthony Pompliano recommended this bookAnthony Pompliano
"[One of the] best books I read in 2017." - Anthony Pompliano
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Michael Mauboussin recommended this bookMichael Mauboussin
"Most important book since Thinking, Fast & Slow." - Michael Mauboussin
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Sam Hinkie recommended this bookSam Hinkie
"Remarkable." - Sam Hinkie
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Shane Parrish recommended this bookShane Parrish
Shane Parrish recommended this book in his blog.
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Deep Nutrition
Why Your Genes Need Traditional Food
by Catherine Shanahan
"A great starting point." - Preston Pysh (Source)
Fossil Future
Why Global Human Flourishing Requires More Oil, Coal, and Natural Gas--Not Less
by Alex Epstein
"If you live in the US or Europe, you should give this book a read." - Preston Pysh (Source)
The Seat of the Soul
by Gary Zukav
"One of my favorite books of all time!" - Preston Pysh (Source)
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Noah Centineo recommended this book on Twitter.
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Jay-Z recommended this bookJay-Z
"There are two books that I absolutely live my life by. This is one of them." - Jay-Z
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The End of the World Is Just the Beginning
Mapping the Collapse of Globalization
by Peter Zeihan
"If you want a good counter-opinion to Ray Dalio's opinions on China." - Preston Pysh (Source)
My Philosophy For Successful Living
by Jim Rohn
"A great book people can read if they want to burn that idea into their DNA." - Preston Pysh (Source)
Sold Out
How Broken Supply Chains, Surging Inflation, and Political Instability Will Sink the Global Economy
by James Rickards
"I thought it was a really good book." - Preston Pysh (Source)
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