Books Recommended by Stewart Butterfield
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The Rise and Fall of American Growth
The U.S. Standard of Living since the Civil War
Robert J. Gordon
Source: "I'm reading this book and I can already tell I am going to be so annoying about it afterwards. Sorry in advance." - Stewart Butterfield
The Making of a Manager
What to Do When Everyone Looks to You
Julie Zhuo
Source: "An excellent, approachable and comprehensive guide for those making the transition into management." - Stewart Butterfield
Devil's Harbor
Alex Gilly
Source: "One of my oldest & best friend's first novel was just released. Perfect vacation thriller." - Stewart Butterfield
1 recommender
The Dream Machine
M. Mitchell Waldrop
Source: "I recommended it to [Patrick Collison] as 'something I thought he'd be really interested in.'" - Stewart Butterfield
3 recommenders
Leadership and Self-Deception
Getting Out of the Box
The Arbinger Institute
Source: "Most useful [book] I've ever read on either leadership or management [principles]." - Stewart Butterfield
3 recommenders
Crucial Conversations
Tools for Talking When Stakes Are High
Kerry Patterson
Source: "Most useful [book] I've ever read on either leadership or management [technique]." - Stewart Butterfield
3 recommenders
Play Anything
The Pleasure of Limits, the Uses of Boredom, and the Secret of Games
Ian Bogost
Source: "Shows how play serves as a fundamental tool for examining the world around us." - Stewart Butterfield
1 recommender
Death Rattle
Alex Gilly
Source: "I got drawn deep into [this book], the latest novel by one of my oldest friends." - Stewart Butterfield
1 recommender
Charged
The New Movement to Transform American Prosecution and End Mass Incarceration
Emily Bazelon
Source: "Well-written, persuasive & thoughtful, but illustrating a profoundly disheartening story." - Stewart Butterfield
1 recommender
How to Change Your Mind
What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence
Michael Pollan
Source: "A great overview of research into the therapeutic uses of psychedelics." - Stewart Butterfield
Team of Rivals
The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Source: "Among the best historical books I've ever read (take that, Herodotus)." - Stewart Butterfield
The Courage to Be Disliked
The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness
Ichiro Kishimi
Source: "Will cause keen self-reflection!" - Stewart Butterfield
Hillbilly Elegy
A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
J. D. Vance
Source: "Human, perceptive, loving, well-told." - Stewart Butterfield
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