This list is curated from 39 mentions and sorted by most mentioned, then by date of most recent mention. The more a book is mentioned, the more likely it's recommended and a favorite... or they just like talking about it a lot!
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This list is curated from 39 mentions and sorted by most mentioned, then by date of most recent mention. The more a book is mentioned, the more likely it's recommended and a favorite... or they just like talking about it a lot!
Last updated: .
Endurance
by Alfred Lansing
Let’s have a great week together. Powered by a quiet mind allowing for high quality sleep. Daily before bed, read Endurance for 30 min. No screens. No ruminations. Imagine yourself a member of Shackleton’s crew. pic.twitter.com/OuLB0wRrbk
— Bryan Johnson
A Good Man
by Mark Shriver
Book rec: A Good Man by @Mark_Shriver Helped me rebuild my parent identity and my parent-child relationships when transitioning through a divorce. A short clip on what I found useful.https://youtu.be/KlBaHlZR16Q?t=1755
— Bryan Johnson
Outlive
by Peter Attia
Congratulations to @PeterAttiaMD on his new book Outlive. A great read and clearly a labor of love. pic.twitter.com/HfJatHcKSb
— Bryan Johnson
Zero
by Charles Seife
Here's the list 0) Number: The Language of Science 1) When Einstein Walked with Gödel: Excursions to the Edge of Thought 2) Zero: Biography of a Dangerous Idea 3) A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age 4) Annotated Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions https://twitter.com/bryan_johnson/status/1080502548446949378
— Bryan Johnson
The Alignment Problem
by Brian Christian
I'm a third of the way through this book. It's hard to understand why we're not obsessed with alignment and on the other hand it's entirely expected we humans wouldn't be.
— Bryan Johnson
The Dark Forest
by Liu Cixin
loved this book. when I want to get my mind in a forward looking state, I'll listen to one of the final chapter and then do some work.
— Bryan Johnson
Lord of the Rings (3 books)
by J. R. R. Tolkien
I'd love to listen in to Tolkien's mind, to observe what he thought about that didn't end up in his books
— Bryan Johnson
The Hobbit
by J.R.R. Tolkien
I'd love to listen in to Tolkien's mind, to observe what he thought about that didn't end up in his books
— Bryan Johnson
How The War Was Won
by Phillips Payson O'Brien
Really value books/people who can reframe a popular narrative into an original thesis
— Bryan Johnson
Main Street Millionaire
by Codie Sanchez
Codie congratulations on the book launch, pre-ordered
— Bryan Johnson
Number
by Tobias Dantzig
Here's the list 0) Number: The Language of Science 1) When Einstein Walked with Gödel: Excursions to the Edge of Thought 2) Zero: Biography of a Dangerous Idea 3) A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age 4) Annotated Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions https://twitter.com/bryan_johnson/status/1080502548446949378
— Bryan Johnson
A Mind at Play
by Jimmy Soni
Here's the list 0) Number: The Language of Science 1) When Einstein Walked with Gödel: Excursions to the Edge of Thought 2) Zero: Biography of a Dangerous Idea 3) A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age 4) Annotated Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions https://twitter.com/bryan_johnson/status/1080502548446949378
— Bryan Johnson
When Einstein Walked with Gödel
by Jim Holt
Here's the list 0) Number: The Language of Science 1) When Einstein Walked with Gödel: Excursions to the Edge of Thought 2) Zero: Biography of a Dangerous Idea 3) A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age 4) Annotated Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions https://twitter.com/bryan_johnson/status/1080502548446949378
— Bryan Johnson
The Annotated Flatland
by Ian Stewart
Here's the list 0) Number: The Language of Science 1) When Einstein Walked with Gödel: Excursions to the Edge of Thought 2) Zero: Biography of a Dangerous Idea 3) A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age 4) Annotated Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions https://twitter.com/bryan_johnson/status/1080502548446949378
— Bryan Johnson
Behave
by Robert M. Sapolsky
5) The End Of Science: Facing The Limits Of Knowledge In The Twilight Of The Scientific Age 6) Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance 7) But What If We’re Wrong? 8) Behave
— Bryan Johnson
But What If We're Wrong?
by Chuck Klosterman
5) The End Of Science: Facing The Limits Of Knowledge In The Twilight Of The Scientific Age 6) Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance 7) But What If We’re Wrong? 8) Behave
— Bryan Johnson
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
by Robert M. Pirsig
5) The End Of Science: Facing The Limits Of Knowledge In The Twilight Of The Scientific Age 6) Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance 7) But What If We’re Wrong? 8) Behave
— Bryan Johnson
The End Of Science
by John Horgan
5) The End Of Science: Facing The Limits Of Knowledge In The Twilight Of The Scientific Age 6) Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance 7) But What If We’re Wrong? 8) Behave
— Bryan Johnson
Deviate
by Beau Lotto
Yes, have read both [Replying to: Hope the "Deviate" by @rbeaulotto and "How to change your mind" by @michaelpollan are on your list.]
— Bryan Johnson
How to Change Your Mind
by Michael Pollan
Yes, have read both [Replying to: Hope the "Deviate" by @rbeaulotto and "How to change your mind" by @michaelpollan are on your list.]
— Bryan Johnson
Why We Sleep
by Matthew Walker
A month ago I finished reading Why We Sleep. 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
Architects of Intelligence
by Martin Ford
We'd be wise to embrace #AI as a tool for self-improvement, rather than regard it as a menacing threat. I spoke about this with @MFordFuture for his new book, #ArchitectsOfIntelligence. http://book.mfordfuture.com
— Bryan Johnson
The Coddling of the American Mind
by Greg Lukianoff
Excited to read this new book by my friends @glukianoff and @JonHaidt https://www.amazon.com/Coddling-American-Mind-Intentions-Generation/dp/0735224897/
— Bryan Johnson
WTF?
by Tim O'Reilly
Thank you @timoreilly. Means a lot coming from you. I loved your book https://www.amazon.com/WTF-Whats-Future-Why-Its/dp/0062565710/ especially your sections on algorithms and focusing on improving human ability for the future of jobs https://twitter.com/timoreilly/status/998015212304281602
— Bryan Johnson
Principles
by Ray Dalio
On the other side of our cognitive biases is elite-level success. Ray Dalio’s financial firm, Bridgewater, has methodically and systematically worked to remove their cognitive shortcomings and their performance speaks for itself. Ray open sourced Bridgewater’s methods in Principles 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
Thinking, Fast and Slow
by Daniel Kahneman
So, I started reading all these books and I became increasingly convinced of my own fickleness and inability to actually act rationally in life.
— Bryan Johnson
Man's Search for Meaning
by Viktor E. Frankl
I have gifted A Good Man to quite a few people and Shackleton and Victor Frankl’s book. A Good Man I gift because if we contemplate how – like I wonder what would my son or daughter say about me? What kind of biography would they write? And that is a model for me I would want. Shackleton, that is how I want to behave in life and Frankl, that is how I – his basic point is no matter the conditions we surround ourselves in, we can author our life. We can author however we respond. I guess I will also throw in there Siddhartha. Have you read that?
— Bryan Johnson
Siddhartha
by Hermann Hesse
I have gifted A Good Man to quite a few people and Shackleton and Victor Frankl’s book. A Good Man I gift because if we contemplate how – like I wonder what would my son or daughter say about me? What kind of biography would they write? And that is a model for me I would want. Shackleton, that is how I want to behave in life and Frankl, that is how I – his basic point is no matter the conditions we surround ourselves in, we can author our life. We can author however we respond. I guess I will also throw in there Siddhartha. Have you read that?
— Bryan Johnson
The Hard Thing About Hard Things
by Ben Horowitz
I think there is just – it is hard to do hard things, I guess as Ben Horowitz would say and having the ability to be vulnerable and be honest and transparent and raw with other people is immensely helpful for me.
— Bryan Johnson
Bend the Curve
by Andrew Razeghi
Congrats to my friend @andrewrazeghi on his new book Bend the Curve, a great read http://www.bendthecurve.co @techstars
— Bryan Johnson
