Eric Jorgenson

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If you enjoyed The Anthology of Balaji, you will probably like The Almanack of Naval Ravikant, Naval’s favourite reading, Naval’s Formulas or Naval’s Quotes

Balaji’s Recommended Reading

  • The Sovereign Individual by James Dale Davidson and Lord William Rees-Mogg. If you want to find startup ideas, here’s the book You can take one page and turn it into a PhD thesis.
  • The Gray Lady Winked by Ashley Rindsberg. I give this a 10/10 recommendation. Everybody in crypto should read it. I put this up there with The Sovereign Individual.
  • In terms of execution heuristics, perhaps the best is Peter Thiel’s One Thing.
  • Catching Fire by Richard Wrangham. Fire arguably made us human. This book talks about how the invention of fire allowed humans as species to outsource our metabolism to the fire and allocate more of our scarce calories to the brain. 
  • The Internet of Money Volume 1 by Andreas Antonopolous With Mastering Bitcoin, Andreas Antonopoulos wrote one of the best technical books on digital currency. With The Internet of Money, he’s matched that feat by compiling his talks into one of the best books on Bitcoin for a broad audience. Highly recommended! (also check out Level 2 and Level 3)
  • From Third World to First by Lee Kuan Yew. The story of Singapore’s incredible transition, told by their leader Lee Kuan Yew. Singapore is an example of a well-run state, one we can all learn from.
  • The Changing World Order. Dalio describes how today’s America resembles the Dutch and British empires of the past in terms of its monetary overextension. 
  • War and Peace and War: The Rise and Fall of Empires by Peter Turchin This discusses how quantitative methods can identify recurrent cycles.