Anthony Pompliano
Entrepreneur, investor, and lifelong learner. I write a daily letter to 235,000+ investors at https://t.co/E6GoKjvdJH
30+ Book Recommendations by Anthony Pompliano
Empire State of Mind
Zack O'Malley Greenburg
@shawnemerriman @zogblog Yeah looks like it is available here: https://t.co/fuFS0cjGRt
Being Mortal
Atul Gawande
Here are my notes on @Atul_Gawande's book Being Mortal. https://t.co/itmfv7BKz9
Funky
Ben Askren
If you're interested in buying @Benaskren's book, you can get it here https://t.co/cPtwjcQGIi
Discipline Is Destiny
Ryan Holiday
Worth reading. https://t.co/poiBkRyOX2
The Rise and Fall of American Growth
Robert J. Gordon
[NEW POST] The Rise and Fall of American Growth I am reading this 700+ page book that challenges the widely held belief that economic growth is inevitable. I'll be sharing summaries and my thoughts all week. Let me know what you think :) READ: https://t.co/qaMoaiIO9f https://t.co/XBASn3jiJn
Algorithms to Live By
Brian Christian
A fascinating exploration of how computer algorithms can be applied to our everyday lives, helping to solve common decision-making problems and illuminate the workings of the human mind All our lives are constrained by limited space and time, limits that give rise to a particular set of problems. What should we do, or leave undone, in a day or a lifetime? How much messiness should we accept? What balance of new activities and familiar favourites is the most fulfilling? These may seem like uniquely human quandaries, but they are not: computers, too, face the same constraints, so computer scientists have been grappling with their version of such problems for decades. And the solutions they've found have much to teach us. In a dazzlingly interdisciplinary work, acclaimed author Brian Christian (who holds degrees in computer science, philosophy, and poetry, and works at the intersection of all three) and Tom Griffiths (a UC Berkeley professor of cognitive science and psychology) show how the simple, precise algorithms used by computers can also untangle very human questions. They explain how to have better hunches and when to leave things to chance, how to deal with overwhelming choices and how best to connect with others. From finding a spouse to finding a parking spot, from organizing one's inbox to understanding the workings of human memory, Algorithms to Live By transforms the wisdom of computer science into strategies for human living."@AdamSarwar Super forecasters and Algorithms to Live By were the books I mentioned. Not necessarily my favorites but they were solid reads
Fossil Future
Alex Epstein
@PeterDiamandis Tonight's reading from @AlexEpstein https://t.co/mdyZ9PYeS6
CryptoDad
J. Christopher Giancarlo
The future of the global economy lies in the ongoing dynamics of the intersection of markets, technology, and public policy. The interplay of these vectors determines the cost and availability of the food we eat, heat for our homes, electricity for our smart phones, financing for our homes and ultimately the money we use to pay for them. Chris Giancarlo spent a thirty-year career in that intersection as a Wall Street lawyer and finance executive before emerging as leader of one of the world's most important market regulators, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, known as the CFTC. It was there that he began to glimpse what is perhaps its most profound change: the Internet of Value and the rise of Bitcoin and other crypto currencies. This change is fundamentally more transformative than the first wave of the Internet that started in the late 20th Century -- the Internet of Information. The next digital wave will do to material things what the Internet of Information did to immaterial things: make them accessible, distributable, and movable instantly across the globe. Think of the ability to send money or property as easily as sending a text message to somebody on the other side of the world or into the future to your unborn grandchildren. This book is also about digital change and how it will affect the lives of everyone in the global economy. It is also the story of how a Margaret Thatcher-admiring, free market Republican, who witnessed the carnage of Wall Street on 9/11 and then helped build one of the world's leading trading platforms for over-the-counter derivatives found himself in the epicenter of the 2008 financial crisis. That experience led him to become a supporter of financial market reforms in the Dodd-Frank Act, the last major "patch" of the old analog, accounts-based financial system. It also led to a rare feat: nomination by President Barack Obama to the CFTC and a subsequent appointment as Chairman by President Donald Trump with unanimous Senate confirmation. In the face of both domestic and international criticism, he then led the agency to recognize the digitization of markets and foster the development of cryptocurrencies, for which the online cryptocurrency community dubbed him "CryptoDad." This book is his story. This book is about how America's existing financial market infrastructure, just like its bridges and tunnels, has been allowed to age and decay, unprepared for the coming Internet of Value. The book tells the story of "CryptoDad's advocacy amongst world financial market leaders to redirect their gaze from the last financial crisis to a forward-looking regulatory response to the rapid pace of technological innovation. The book includes his call to update aging financial infrastructure, especially the infrastructure of money itself through his not-for-profit creation, the Digital Dollar Project. This book is also a call for renewed faith and confidence in free market innovation. With the proper balance of entrepreneurship, sound policy, regulatory oversight, and a little bit of courage, new digital technologies can unleash a future of untethered aspiration, a future where creativity and economic expression is a social good in its own right, a source of human growth and advancement.You can purchase @giancarloMKTS new book here. https://t.co/n5Mshei4NF
The Network State
Balaji Srinivasan
The Network State, a new book by @balajis, is coming out this summer. Recommend you consider buying a copy if you’re looking for a peak into the future. https://t.co/u77ftsRztn
The Better Angels of Our Nature
Steven Pinker
Presents a controversial history of violence which argues that today's world is the most peaceful time in human existence, drawing on psychological insights into intrinsic values that are causing people to condemn violence as an acceptable measure.Few things you can read to better understand this: 1. https://t.co/OQxTqtawL7 2. https://t.co/kWcXkOvzFv 3. Book: https://t.co/dDTNGOLi7g
Amp It Up
Frank Slootman
The secret to leading growth is your mindset Snowflake CEO Frank Slootman is one of the tech world's most accomplished executives in enterprise growth, having led Snowflake to the largest software IPO ever after leading ServiceNow and Data Domain to exponential growth and the public market before that. In Amp It Up: Leading for Hypergrowth by Raising Expectations, Increasing Urgency, and Elevating Intensity, he shares his leadership approach for the first time. Amp It Up delivers an authoritative look at what it takes to transform an organization for maximum growth and scale. Slootman shows that most leaders have significant room to improve their organization's performance without making expensive changes to their talent, structure, or fundamental business model—and they don’t need to bring in an army of consultants to do it. What they do need is to align people around what matters and execute with urgency and intensity every day. Leading for unprecedented growth means declaring war on mediocrity, breaking the status quo, and making conflicted choices daily, all with a relentless focus on the mission. Amp It Up provides the first principles to guide that change, and the tactical advice for organizing a company around them. Perfect for executives, entrepreneurs, founders, managers, and leaders of all kinds, Amp It Up is a must-read resource for anyone who seeks to unleash the growth potential of a company and scale it to heights they never thought possible.@jrichlive Such a good book
High Output Management
Andrew S. Grove
The president of Silicon Valley's Intel Corporation sets forth the three basic ideas of his management philosophy and details numerous specific techniques to increase productivity in the manager's work and that of his colleagues and subordinatesThe Bible of Management. https://t.co/cbCJIcl1a6
The Wires of War
Jacob Helberg
From the former News Policy lead at Google, an urgent and groundbreaking account of the high-stakes global cyberwar brewing between Western democracies and the autocracies of China and Russia—that could potentially crush democracy. From 2016 to 2020, Jacob Helberg led Google’s internal global product policy efforts to combat disinformation and foreign interference. During this time, he found himself in the midst of what can only be described as a quickly escalating Cold War between democracy and autocracy. Since the conflict takes place in the murky gray zone over trade routes and fiber optic lines, Helberg calls this developing tech-fueled battle a Gray War. On the front-end, we’re fighting to control the software—applications, news information, social media platforms, and more—of what we see on the screens of our computers, tablets and phones, a clash which started out primarily with Russia, but now increasingly includes China and Iran. Even more ominously, we’re also engaged in a hidden back-end battle—largely with China—to control the Internet’s hardware, which includes devices like cellular phones, satellites, fiber-optic cables, and 5G networks. This Gray War will shape the world’s balance of power for the coming century as autocracies exploit 21st century methods to re-divide the world into 20th century-style spheres of influence. Helberg cautions that the spoils of this war are power over every meaningful aspect of our society, including our economy, our infrastructure, the screens we constantly consult for information and entertainment—and what news we deem as truth. Without a firm partnership with the government, Silicon Valley is unable to protect democracy from the autocrats looking to sabotage it from places like Beijing, Moscow, and Tehran. The stakes of the ongoing cyberwar are no less than our nation’s sovereignty and institutional agency, the freedom of our democratic allies, and even the ability of each of us to control our own fates, Helberg says. And time is running out.You can buy the book here. Promise you'll learn something. https://t.co/byNvbfOndi
Richer, Wiser, Happier
William Green
Billionaire investors. If we think of them, it's with a mixture of awe and suspicion. Clearly, they possess a kind of genius - the proverbial Midas Touch. But are the skills they possess transferable? And would we really want to be them? Do they have anything to teach us besides making money? In Richer, Wiser, Happier, award-winning journalist William Green has spent nearly twenty-five years interviewing these investing wizards and discovered that their talents expand well beyond the financial realm and into practical philosophy. Green ushers us into the lives of more than forty of the world's super-investors, visiting them in their offices, vacation homes, and even their places of worship - all to share what they have to teach us. Green brings together the thinking of some of the best investors, from Warren Buffet to Howard Marks to John Templeton, and provides gems of insight that will enrich you not only financially but also professionally and personally.I knew I had to speak with @williamgreen72 after reading his book RICHER, WISER, HAPPIER. He spent thousands of hours interviewing the world’s greatest investors and lays out his learning in such an entertaining way. https://t.co/kePy2w08ut
The Wisdom of Crowds
James Surowiecki
If you're interested in these ideas, I recommend checking out The Wisdom of Crowds. https://t.co/zkI5yHow1X
Richer, Wiser, Happier
William Green
From a renowned financial journalist who has written for Time, Fortune, Forbes, and The New Yorker, a fresh and unexpectedly profound book that draws on hundreds of hours of exclusive interviews with many of the world’s super-investors to demonstrate that the keys for building wealth hold other life lessons as well. Billionaire investors. If we think of them, it’s with a mixture of awe and suspicion. Clearly, they possess a kind of genius—the proverbial Midas Touch. But are the skills they possess transferable? And do they have anything to teach us besides making money? In Richer, Wiser, Happier, William Green draws on interviews that he’s conducted over twenty-five years with many of the world’s greatest investors. As he discovered, their talents extend well beyond the financial realm. The most successful investors are mavericks and iconoclasts who question conventional wisdom and profit vastly from their ability to think more rationally, rigorously, and objectively. They are master game players who consciously maximize their odds of long-term success in markets and life, while also minimizing any risk of catastrophe. They draw powerful insights from many different fields, are remarkably intuitive about trends, practice fanatical discipline, and have developed a high tolerance for pain. As Green explains, the best investors can teach us not only how to become rich, but how to improve the way we think, reach decisions, assess risk, avoid costly errors, build resilience, and turn uncertainty to our advantage. Green ushers us into the lives of more than forty super-investors, visiting them in their offices, homes, and even their places of worship—all to share what they have to teach us. Richer, Wiser, Happier brings together the thinking of many of the greatest investment minds, from Sir John Templeton to Charlie Munger, Jack Bogle to Ed Thorp, Will Danoff to Mohnish Pabrai, Bill Miller to Laura Geritz, Joel Greenblatt to Howard Marks. In explaining how they think and why they win, this landmark book provides gems of insight that will enrich you not only financially but also professionally and personally.I recently finished “Richer, Wiser, Happier” by @williamgreen72. Highly recommend if you’re looking for a book on investing, psychology, emotional control, and the ultimate pursuit of happiness. https://t.co/GcxUoyWucm
Layered Money
Nik Bhatia
You can buy his new book, Layered Money, by going to this link. Nik nailed this one. Highly recommend: https://t.co/4avG6i0Rq6
Bitcoin & Black America
Isaiah Jackson
I just witnessed @bitcoinzay orange pill @MeekMill and an entire room of people on Bitcoin. Go read his book and follow him. Easily one of the most underrated people in our industry.
Bitcoin
Jason A. Williams
My guy @GoingParabolic wrote a book about Bitcoin. Read it. Use it as a paper weight. Gift it to someone. Or use it as a door stopper. Whatever you do, buy it: https://t.co/JIX4FJUdRd https://t.co/MOXweFfNps
The Dao of Capital
Mark Spitznagel
Combing ancient Daoist philosophy with old school Austrian economics, this timely resource presents a singular approach to investing that illuminates the market's natural homeostatic processes.@patrick_oshag This book is the Bible of investing to me. Re-read it constantly. Biggest takeaways weren’t actionable. Instead mental shift to asymmetric payoffs w/ drastically reduced time preference. Austrian investing runs counter to traditional finance & track record speaks for itself IMO
Out of the Ether
Matthew Leising
Discover how $55 million in cryptocurrency vanished in one of the most bizarre thefts in history Out of the Ether: The Amazing Story of Ethereum and the $55 Million Heist that Almost Destroyed It All tells the astonishing tale of the disappearance of $55 million worth of the cryptocurrency ether in June 2016. It also chronicles the creation of the Ethereum blockchain from the mind of inventor Vitalik Buterin to the ragtag group of people he assembled around him to build the second-largest crypto universe after Bitcoin. Celebrated journalist and author Matthew Leising tells the full story of one of the most incredible chapters in cryptocurrency history. He covers the aftermath of the heist as well, explaining the extreme lengths the victims of the theft and the creators of Ethereum went to in order to try and limit the damage. The book covers: The creation of Ethereum An explanation of the nature of blockchain and cryptocurrency The activities of a colorful cast of hackers, coders, investors, and thieves Perfect for anyone with even a passing interest in the world of modern fintech or daring electronic heists, Out of the Ether is a story of genius and greed that’s so incredible you may just choose not to believe it.You can purchase Matt's book here. Great writing and crazy story. https://t.co/872k1FYHPA
Die with Zero
Bill Perkins
A Common-Sense Guide to Living Rich....Instead of Dying Rich Imagine if by the time you died, you did everything you were told to. You worked hard, saved your money, and looked forward to financial freedom when you retired. The only thing you wasted along the way was...your life. Die with Zero presents a startling new and provocative philosophy as well as practical guide on how to get the most out of your money--and out of your life. It's intended for those who place lifelong memorable experiences far ahead of simply making and accumulating money for one's so-called Golden Years. In short, Bill Perkins wants to rescue you from over-saving and under-living. Regardless of your age, Die with Zero will teach you Perkins' plan for optimizing your life, stage by stage, so you're fully engaged and enjoying what you've worked and saved for. You'll discover how to maximize your lifetime memorable moments with "experience bucketing," how to convert your earnings into priceless memories by following your "net worth curve," and find out how to navigate whether to invest in, or delay, a meaningful adventure based on your "spend curve" and "personal interest rate." Using his own life experiences as well as the inspiring stories and cautionary tales of others--and drawing on eye-opening insights about time, money, and happiness from psychological science and behavioral finance --Perkins makes a timely, convincing, and contrarian case for living large.My friend @bp22 wrote a fantastic book with a simple message: Live life to the fullest and die with zero. Highly recommend this one. https://t.co/ZRC6WrKttm
The Psychology of Money
Morgan Housel
Doing well with money isn’t necessarily about what you know. It’s about how you behave. And behavior is hard to teach, even to really smart people. Money—investing, personal finance, and business decisions—is typically taught as a math-based field, where data and formulas tell us exactly what to do. But in the real world people don’t make financial decisions on a spreadsheet. They make them at the dinner table, or in a meeting room, where personal history, your own unique view of the world, ego, pride, marketing, and odd incentives are scrambled together. In The Psychology of Money, award-winning author Morgan Housel shares 19 short stories exploring the strange ways people think about money and teaches you how to make better sense of one of life’s most important topics.Everyone knows @morganhousel is one of the best writers on the internet. His new book is now available on Amazon. Go buy it and get educated on the psychology of money! https://t.co/gNCs6Bwclv
The Hot Hand
Ben Cohen
"For fans of Charles Duhigg, Philip Tetlock and Nate Silver, a brilliant and buoyant investigation into the existence (or not) of streaks, from a rising star at the Wall Street Journal"--If you're interested in buying @bzcohen's new book, you can do so here. I've really enjoyed it and highly recommend! https://t.co/b27rhi71Yh
The Dao of Capital
Mark Spitznagel
Combing ancient Daoist philosophy with old school Austrian economics, this timely resource presents a singular approach to investing that illuminates the market's natural homeostatic processes.Educate yourself. Always a great read from the best performing hedge fund manager in 2020. https://t.co/mHUwIj6Mk2
The Richest Man In Babylon - Original Edition
George S Clason
The Richest Man in Babylon, based on "Babylonian parables", has been hailed as the greatest of all inspirational works on the subject of thrift, financial planning, and personal wealth. In simple language, these fascinating and informative stories set you on a sure path to prosperity and its accompanying joys. A celebrated bestseller, it offers an understanding and a solution to your personal financial problem. Revealed inside are the secrets to acquiring money, keeping money, and making money earn more money. Gold Edition includes bonus material: The Magic Story by Frederick Van Dey. The Magic Story: My task is done. I have written the recipe for "success." If followed, it cannot fail. Wherein I may not be entirely comprehended, the plus-entity of whosoever reads will supply the deficiency; and upon that Better Self of mine, I place the burden of imparting to generations that are to come, the secret of this all-pervading good, - the secret of being what you have it within you to be. It is claimed that many who read or hear this story almost immediately begin to have good fortune - so it is worth a few minutes of your time to find out if it works for you?@UncleRich55 Definitely one of the most formative books I've ever read. I talk a lot about that one, Richest Man in Babylon, and Think and Grow Rich.
Think and Grow Rich
Napoleon Hill
An updated edition of the best-selling guide features anecdotes about such modern figures as Bill Gates, Dave Thomas, and Sir John Templeton, explaining how their examples can enable modern readers to pursue wealth and overcome personal stumbling blocks. Original. 30,000 first printing.@UncleRich55 Definitely one of the most formative books I've ever read. I talk a lot about that one, Richest Man in Babylon, and Think and Grow Rich.
Feeding the Dragon
Chris Fenton
A deeply revealing memoir of big wins and hard lessons from a seasoned executive caught smack in the middle of the trillion-dollar soft power struggle pitting China against Hollywood, the NBA, and American business. “Paced like a thriller, with comparable doses of international intrigue and conflict, Chris Fenton’s bracingly candid business memoir Feeding the Dragon takes readers deep behind the scenes of Hollywood’s shaky foothold in China. Dealing at the highest levels with Chinese government officials and major American brands like Disney, Marvel, and the NBA, the former Olive Garden waiter-turned-entertainment-industry-power-broker disarmed and defied authorities on both sides of the superpower divide to make billions—and history. Thanks to a brisk, page-turning storytelling style and an evenhanded, insider-level perspective decades in the making, Feeding the Dragon manages to be both timeless and timely. Captivating details on Robert Downey Jr., LeBron James, Kurt Cobain, Michael Phelps, and Marvel Universe creative mastermind Kevin Feige (among others) will enthrall average fans and aspiring moguls alike. But the beating narrative heart remains Fenton’s down-to-earth recounting of a headline-making journey. Ultimately, the intrepid exec builds a compelling case for the power of “cultural diplomacy”: mutually-beneficial, soft power-sharing exchanges as a better way forward than the hardliner battle lines being drawn across Beijing, Washington, and Los Angeles. Teeming with urgent insights about unlikely alliances and dangerous misperceptions, Feeding the Dragon is a must-read for anyone interested in the future of the US-China relationship and the bottom-line realities of show business and professional sports today. Even better, it’s a supremely entertaining ride for anyone who simply loves a great story…. Chris often told me about projects and plans off-the-record that I wouldn’t have reported on anyway, because they all seemed wildly improbable. Every single one came true. And now they’re all down on the page.” —Jamie Bryan, Fast Company contributorFor those asking for the link to @TheDragonFeeder's new book, here it is. Have to say that it is entertaining, informative, and eye-opening. Highly recommend! https://t.co/irKWUIFu3b
The Psychology of Money
Morgan Housel
Doing well with money isn’t necessarily about what you know. It’s about how you behave. And behavior is hard to teach, even to really smart people. Money—investing, personal finance, and business decisions—is typically taught as a math-based field, where data and formulas tell us exactly what to do. But in the real world people don’t make financial decisions on a spreadsheet. They make them at the dinner table, or in a meeting room, where personal history, your own unique view of the world, ego, pride, marketing, and odd incentives are scrambled together. In The Psychology of Money, award-winning author Morgan Housel shares 19 short stories exploring the strange ways people think about money and teaches you how to make better sense of one of life’s most important topics.Want to read a great book? Go grab @morganhousel’s new one. Started reading this morning and it doesn’t disappoint! https://t.co/X3fJXv3A1u https://t.co/Y1TIosTwh7
The Better Angels of Our Nature
Steven Pinker
Presents a controversial history of violence which argues that today's world is the most peaceful time in human existence, drawing on psychological insights into intrinsic values that are causing people to condemn violence as an acceptable measure.@cryptonero Great book
Bitcoin & Black America
Isaiah Jackson
My guy @bitcoinzay has his “Bitcoin & Black America” book sitting at #2 on Amazon’s best seller list. Let’s see if we can get him to #1 tonight. Buy a copy here: https://t.co/aJL8YFlhCU https://t.co/FCARAkG9ja
How Innovation Works
Matt Ridley
"Originally published as How Innovation works: serendipity, energy and saving of time in Great Britain in 2020 by 4th Estate, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers."--Title page verso.For those asking, here is the link to Matt's new book too: https://t.co/ibdA1eKN3G
Kings of Crypto
Jeff John Roberts
Brian Armstrong stepped onto the stage with quiet confidence. He turned to the audience and shared his idea with the simple slogan: "Coinbase, the easiest way to get started with Bitcoin." For a moment late in 2018, one Bitcoin, which physically amounts to a few electrons blipping on a tiny bit of silicon, was worth $20,000—the same as a pound of gold. Libertarian technologists who believed Bitcoin would be the foundation of a new world order saw the moment as an apotheosis. Everyone else saw a bubble. Everyone else was right, and the bubble burst. But Bitcoin survived, and the battle for its soul rages on. True believers view it as the foundation for a future economy freed from the vicissitudes of Wall Street and government control of currency. Pragmatists believe that bringing Bitcoin into the mainstream will, as the Silicon Valley cliche goes, make the world a better place. But they need buy-in from traditional institutional systems that can prevent the crypto world from devolving into the lawless criminal bazaar it was becoming during the bubble. Journalist Jeff John Roberts drops us into the unfolding drama as he follows the rise, fall, and rebirth of cryptocurrency through the experiences of major players across the globe. We follow Silicon Valley entrepreneur Brian Armstrong and his company, Coinbase, as it tries to make Bitcoin easy to use and available to all while fighting off hackers, thieves, and zealots. Roberts keenly observes the importance of leadership and strategy in the developing field of virtual currencies and what happens when these guardrails are missing. His ability to explain crypto technology clearly and lay out the ramifications of its infiltration into the global financial system makes this book a must-read for leaders in every industry. The amazing story—full of startup hijinks, shady investors, billionaire bros and their Lambos, closed-door meetings with Jamie Dimon, hacking (so much hacking!), Libertarian free-state utopias in New Hampshire, and the Winklevoss twins—make this a page turner that readers will love.Publishing a new episode with @jeffjohnroberts of Fortune tomorrow on the Coinbase origination story and his new book Kings of Crypto