Books Recommended by Vinod Khosla
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What You Do Is Who You Are
How to Create Your Business Culture
Ben Horowitz
Source: "Shows the value of having principles an organization and its leaders believe in and can stick with when it gets hard to do so and real tradeoffs are involved." - Vinod Khosla
Winners Take All
The Elite Charade of Changing the World
Anand Giridharadas
Source: "While today’s rich and powerful are fighting for equality and justice, [this book] argues that it is being done in a way that will preserve their position at the top of society." - Vinod Khosla
21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Yuval Noah Harari
Source: "An important examination into today’s most pressing political, technological, social, and existential issues as we move into the unchartered territory of the future." - Vinod Khosla
5 recommenders
The Future of Capitalism
Facing the New Anxieties
Paul Collier
Source: "Outlines ethical ways of healing the deep new rifts that are tearing apart the fabric of the United States and other Western societies." - Vinod Khosla
2 recommenders
The Third Pillar
How Markets and the State Leave the Community Behind
Raghuram Rajan
Source: "Provides a solid framework as to why things begin to deteriorate, and how society can successfully find their way back to a secure and stable plane." - Vinod Khosla
1 recommender
The $12 Million Stuffed Shark
The Curious Economics of Contemporary Art
Donald N. Thompson
Source: "A look at the economics and the marketing strategies that enable the modern art market to generate such astronomical prices." - Vinod Khosla
3 recommenders
The Case Against Sugar
Gary Taubes
Source: "Not surprising but explicit description of the American psych on sugar and fat by the sugar industry. I would not have believed this much influence is possible." - Vinod Khosla
2 recommenders
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism
The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power
Shoshana Zuboff
Source: "Dives into the largest act of capitalist colonisation ever attempted - the colonisation of our minds, our behaviour, our free will, our very selves." - Vinod Khosla
2 recommenders
Range
Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
David J. Epstein
Source: "Discovers that in most fields , generalists, not specialists, are primed to excel. [...] Every high school and college student should read it." - Vinod Khosla
Skin in the Game
Incerto, Book 5
Nassim Taleb
Source: "I like his ideas a lot, especially in Antifragile and the first half of this book. I've always complained about pundits relative to doers." - Vinod Khosla
Friday Black
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Source: "Reveals the violence, injustice, and painful absurdities that black men and women contend with every day in this country." - Vinod Khosla
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Negotiating the Impossible
How to Break Deadlocks and Resolve Ugly Conflicts (without Money or Muscle)
Deepak Malhotra
Source: "I recommend to every entrepreneur, investor, & CEO - and anyone else who deals with difficult negotiations." - Vinod Khosla
3 recommenders
The Peacemaker's Code
Deepak Malhotra
Source: "Based on [the author's] class at HBS, War & Peace & lessons on leadership, negotiation, strategy & the human condition." - Vinod Khosla
1 recommender
Lifespan
Why We Age—and Why We Don't Have To
David Sinclair
Source: "Reveals incredible scientific breakthroughs about aging and ways we can slow down, or even reverse, the process." - Vinod Khosla
The Inflamed Mind
A Radical New Approach to Depression
Edward Bullmore
Source: "Reveals the new breakthrough on the link between depression and inflammation of the body and brain." - Vinod Khosla
1 recommender
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Richard Bach
Source: "One of my favorite books when I was a teenager! I still keep it around the house and periodically look at it." - Vinod Khosla
The Brand Flip
Why customers now run companies and how to profit from it
Marty Neumeier
Source: "A very well done book on branding and new brand values. It will be the death of many incumbents." - Vinod Khosla
1 recommender
The Formula
The Universal Laws of Success
Albert-László Barabási
Source: "This book transforms how our success-obsessed society approaches their professional careers and long-term goals." - Vinod Khosla
2 recommenders
Antifragile
Incerto, Book 3
Nassim Taleb
Source: "I recommend everybody read [this book] if they're setting off on a career as a personal philosophy." - Vinod Khosla
Lying
Sam Harris
Source: "One of my favorite one hour reads about intellectual honesty. I wish more people were this honest!" - Vinod Khosla
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