I write because I read. This is a list of 50 books that have most influenced my thinking.
Naturally, I don’t agree with everything written in these books. In some cases, I don’t even agree with the core argument. But they all at least provide an interesting frame.
A few are tough to read, but overall, it’s a good map of the big topics. I hope it helps.
Philosophy
The Gay Science by Friedrich Nietzsche
Process and Reality by Alfred Whitehead
Philosophical Investigations by Ludwig Wittgenstein
The Ethics of Ambiguity by Simone de Beauvoir
The Human Condition by Hannah Arendt
Literature
Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
A Visit From the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Culture & Technology
The Denial of Death by Ernest Becker
The History of Sexuality by Michel Foucault
Liquid Modernity by Zygmunt Bauman
Understanding Media by Marshall McLuhan
Breaking Smart by Venkatesh Rao
Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital by Carlota Perez
Why Information Grows by Cesar Hidalgo
Notes of the Synthesis of Form by Christopher Alexander
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