Personal Library

Books I Love

A curated collection of foundational books on risk, intelligence, and humanity that have fundamentally shaped my perspective on the world.

History / Future

Homo Deus

Yuval Noah Harari

An exploration of the future of humanity, examining how data, AI, and biotechnology might redefine our species and its values.

AI Future Sociology
AI Safety

Superintelligence

Nick Bostrom

The foundational text on the existential risks posed by AGI, detailing the strategic necessity of solving the control problem.

Alignment X-Risk Strategy
Risk & Strategy

The Black Swan

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

The core "don't die" logic: understanding the massive impact of highly improbable events and the failure of Gaussian models.

Risk Probability Survival
Philosophy

Antifragile

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Moving beyond resilience: how to build systems and portfolios that actually thrive on volatility, stressors, and disorder.

Complexity Resilience Systems
Geopolitics / tech

Chip War

Chris Miller

The epic battle for the world's most critical technology. Essential context for understanding the physical bottlenecks of computation.

Hardware Geopolitics Strategy
Decision Science

Thinking in Bets

Annie Duke

Making smarter decisions when you don't have all the facts. A masterclass in separating outcome quality from decision quality.

Rationality Poker Decision Making
Hard Sci-Fi

Permutation City

Greg Egan

A mind-bending exploration of digital existence, cellular automata, and the nature of consciousness in simulated universes.

Simulation Digital Philosophy