Books Recommended by Bryan Johnson
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Principles
Life and Work
Ray Dalio
Source: "[The author] open sourced Bridgewater’s methods in [this book] and the results were good evidence that collectives can operate at higher levels when they are open and honest about and can see past their cognitive flaws." - Bryan Johnson
Why We Sleep
Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams
Matthew Walker
Source: "Not only did I become convinced that getting high-quality sleep is the best protector and enhancer of health and cognition, but it is also the most underappreciated." - Bryan Johnson
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman
Source: "I started reading [this book] and I became increasingly convinced of my own fickleness and inability to actually act rationally in life." - Bryan Johnson
A Good Man
Rediscovering My Father, Sargent Shriver
Mark Shriver
Source: "An exceptional father, a good friend, loyal, and he is a mental model of the kind of person I want to be in life." - Bryan Johnson
Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor E. Frankl
Source: "His basic point is no matter the conditions we surround ourselves in, we can author our life." - Bryan Johnson
The Coddling of the American Mind
How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure
Greg Lukianoff
Source: "Excited to read this new book by my friends." - Bryan Johnson
A Mind at Play
How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age
Jimmy Soni
Source: Bryan Johnson recommended this book on Twitter.
When Einstein Walked with Gödel
Excursions to the Edge of Thought
Jim Holt
Source: Bryan Johnson recommended this book on Twitter.
But What If We're Wrong?
Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past
Chuck Klosterman
Source: Bryan Johnson recommended this book on Twitter.
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
An Inquiry Into Values
Robert M. Pirsig
Source: Bryan Johnson recommended this book on Twitter.
The End Of Science
Facing The Limits Of Knowledge In The Twilight Of The Scientific Age
John Horgan
Source: Bryan Johnson recommended this book on Twitter.
The Annotated Flatland
A Romance of Many Dimensions
Ian Stewart
Source: Bryan Johnson recommended this book on Twitter.
Bend the Curve
Accelerating Your Startup's Success
Andrew Razeghi
Source: "A great read." - Bryan Johnson
Zero to One
Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
Peter Thiel
Source: "A must read." - Bryan Johnson
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