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As of July 28, 2023

Stalingrad by Vasily Grossman
Money Changes Everything: How Finance Made Civilization Possible by William Goetzmann
Selected Stories of Philip K. Dick by Philip K. Dick (“Beyond Lies the Wub” is a four-page masterpiece)

July 2023
- Jul 28, 2023 What is Technology Jul 28, 2023
April 2023
- Apr 29, 2023 Reversals Apr 29, 2023
- Apr 9, 2023 Our Complex Origins Apr 9, 2023
January 2023
- Jan 3, 2023 The (mis)Behavior of Markets Jan 3, 2023
December 2022
- Dec 17, 2022 Know what game you're playing Dec 17, 2022
April 2022
- Apr 17, 2022 Russell conjugation Apr 17, 2022
April 2021
- Apr 21, 2021 Ideas as Aesthetics Apr 21, 2021
November 2020
- Nov 24, 2020 Noticing Nov 24, 2020
September 2020
- Sep 7, 2020 Truth Sep 7, 2020
August 2020
- Aug 20, 2020 Tail Hedging Aug 20, 2020
June 2020
- Jun 10, 2020 The Dao of Capital Jun 10, 2020
May 2020
- May 26, 2020 War and Peace May 26, 2020
- May 25, 2020 The Flood May 25, 2020
- May 25, 2020 Hokusai May 25, 2020
- May 16, 2020 Books to Reread May 16, 2020
April 2020
- Apr 15, 2020 Mr. Electrico Apr 15, 2020
March 2020
- Mar 23, 2020 Collective Action Mar 23, 2020
December 2019
- Dec 20, 2019 Problems Dec 20, 2019
November 2019
- Nov 17, 2019 Invent the Future Nov 17, 2019
- Nov 16, 2019 Heartwork + Headwork Nov 16, 2019
August 2019
- Aug 31, 2019 Impute Aug 31, 2019
- Aug 19, 2019 Wisdom Aug 19, 2019
- Aug 4, 2019 True Dialogue Aug 4, 2019
July 2019
- Jul 14, 2019 Mentorship Formula Jul 14, 2019
December 2018
- Dec 25, 2018 Public Perception Dec 25, 2018
September 2018
- Sep 5, 2018 Approaches to Data and Machine learning Sep 5, 2018
August 2018
- Aug 19, 2018 Second-order effects: What can exist? Aug 19, 2018
- Aug 18, 2018 Linger among master-thinkers Aug 18, 2018
- Aug 16, 2018 Collective Unconscious Aug 16, 2018
- Aug 14, 2018 Antilibrary Aug 14, 2018
April 2018
- Apr 15, 2018 Ursula Le Guin Apr 15, 2018
August 2016
- Aug 27, 2016 Software Programs the World Aug 27, 2016
December 2014
- Dec 29, 2014 Tagore Dec 29, 2014
- Dec 1, 2014 Amazon Dec 1, 2014
November 2014
- Nov 7, 2014 Innovators Nov 7, 2014
September 2014
- Sep 21, 2014 JMW Turner Sep 21, 2014
August 2014
- Aug 13, 2014 Intuition and Conviction Aug 13, 2014
- Aug 12, 2014 Invent the future Aug 12, 2014
- Aug 8, 2014 Be Guided by Beauty Aug 8, 2014
June 2014
- Jun 28, 2014 Judging people Jun 28, 2014
- Jun 11, 2014 Remember the Obvious Jun 11, 2014
May 2014
- May 26, 2014 Business Education May 26, 2014
April 2014
- Apr 17, 2014 Arguments Apr 17, 2014
March 2014
- Mar 23, 2014 Full stack startups Mar 23, 2014
September 2013
- Sep 17, 2013 Veeva is Different Sep 17, 2013
- Sep 13, 2013 Polymaths Sep 13, 2013
- Sep 3, 2013 Ronald Coase Sep 3, 2013
August 2013
- Aug 27, 2013 Lessons from IBM Aug 27, 2013
- Aug 13, 2013 Culture Aug 13, 2013
- Aug 1, 2013 Payments on Twitter Aug 1, 2013
July 2013
- Jul 25, 2013 Tinkering = Optionality Jul 25, 2013
June 2013
- Jun 21, 2013 Voice Jun 21, 2013
- Jun 18, 2013 Discontent Jun 18, 2013
- Jun 18, 2013 Daft Punk Jun 18, 2013
- Jun 16, 2013 A Tech Subculture Jun 16, 2013
- Jun 13, 2013 Annual Letters Jun 13, 2013
- Jun 12, 2013 Mobile Jun 12, 2013
- Jun 10, 2013 SaaS Valuations: Part 1 Jun 10, 2013
- Jun 10, 2013 SaaS Valuations: Intro Jun 10, 2013
- Jun 5, 2013 Performance Jun 5, 2013
- Jun 5, 2013 No silver bullets Jun 5, 2013
- Jun 3, 2013 Basketball Jun 3, 2013
May 2013
- May 29, 2013 Prophecy May 29, 2013
- May 28, 2013 Decision notebook May 28, 2013
- May 24, 2013 The persistence of insight May 24, 2013
- May 21, 2013 AVC on Diligence May 21, 2013
- May 9, 2013 Diligence and Green Lumber May 9, 2013
- May 7, 2013 Being wrong May 7, 2013
April 2013
- Apr 19, 2013 Change the game Apr 19, 2013
March 2013
- Mar 19, 2013 Conviction Mar 19, 2013
- Mar 5, 2013 Craftsmanship Mar 5, 2013
February 2013
- Feb 25, 2013 Think better Feb 25, 2013
August 2012
- Aug 14, 2012 Christensen TEDxBoston Aug 14, 2012
- Aug 3, 2012 Questions Aug 3, 2012
- Aug 1, 2012 Vision Aug 1, 2012
July 2012
- Jul 31, 2012 Theories Jul 31, 2012
- Jul 24, 2012 Stagnation Jul 24, 2012
- Jul 18, 2012 Generosity of strangers Jul 18, 2012
- Jul 17, 2012 The disruptors' playbook Jul 17, 2012
- Jul 16, 2012 Thinking about thinking Jul 16, 2012
- Jul 12, 2012 Learning Curve Jul 12, 2012
- Jul 11, 2012 Groupthink Jul 11, 2012
- Jul 9, 2012 In An Uncertain World Jul 9, 2012
June 2012
- Jun 18, 2012 The Hedgehog and the Fox Jun 18, 2012