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Bill Gates: "Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the
American City"
Amazon
As Desmond puts it: "Eviction's fallout is severe. Losing a home sends families to shelters, abandoned houses, and the street. It invites depression and illness, compels families to move into degrading housing in dangerous neighborhoods, uproots communities, and harms children. Eviction reveals people's vulnerability and desperation, as well as their ingenuity and guts."
Melinda and I have been working for some time to learn
more about how
more about how
complex question, and it made me want to learn more
about the systemic
about the systemic
problems that make housing unaffordable, as well as the
various
various
government
programs designed to help.
Source: gatesnotes
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Warren Buffett: "The Intelligent Investor"
Amazon
By far, the best book on investing ever written. To invest successfully over a lifetime does not require a stratospheric IQ, unusual business insights, or inside information, What's needed is a sound intellectual framework for making decisions and the ability to keep emotions from corroding that framework. This book precisely and clearly prescribes the proper framework. You must
provide the emotional discipline.
provide the emotional discipline.
Source: Business Insider
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Jeff Bezos: "The Remains of the Day"
Amazon
If you read "The Remains of the Day," which is one of my favorite books, you can't help but come away and think, I just spent 10 hours living an alternate life and I learned something about life and about regret.
Source: Newsweek
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Bill Gates: "A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety"
Amazon
Even though the former President has already written more than two dozen books, he somehow managed to save some great anecdotes for this quick, condensed tour of his fascinating life. I loved reading about Carter's improbable rise to the world's highest office. The book will help you understand how growing up in rural Georgia in a house without running water, electricity, or insulation
shaped — for better and for worse — his time in the
White House. Although most of the stories com
e from previous decades, "A Full Life" feels timely
shaped — for better and for worse — his time in the
White House. Although most of the stories com
e from previous decades, "A Full Life" feels timely
in an era when the public's confidence in national political figures
and institutions is low.
Source: gatesnotes
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Mark Zuckerberg: "Portfolios of the Poor"
Amazon
It's mind-blowing that almost half the world — almost 3 billion people — live on $2.50 a day or less. More than one billion people live on $1 a day or less. I hope reading this provides some insight into ways we can all work to support them better as well.
Source: Business Insider
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Steve Jobs: "The Innovator's Dilemma:
The Revolutionary Book That Will Change
the Way You Do Business"
Amazon
Jobs used this book as an explanation for one reason Apple needed to embrace cloud computing, saying: "It's important that we make this transformation, because of what Clayton Christensen calls 'the innovator's dilemma,' where people who invent something are usually the last ones to see past it, and we certainly don't want to be left behind."
Source: "Steve Jobs" by Walter Isaacson
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Bill Gates, Warren Buffett: "Business Adventures"
Amazon
Not long after I first met Warren Buffett back in 1991, I asked him to recommend his favorite book about business. He didn't miss a beat: "It's "Business Adventures", by John Brooks," he said. "I'll send you my copy." I was intrigued: I had never heard of "Business Adventures" or John Brooks.
Today, more than two decades after Warren lent it to me—and
more than four decades after it was first published —
"Business Adventures" remains the best
business book I've ever read. John Brooks is still my favorite
business writer.
more than four decades after it was first published —
"Business Adventures" remains the best
business book I've ever read. John Brooks is still my favorite
business writer.
Source: gatesnotes
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Bill Gates, Elon Musk: "Superintelligence: Paths,
Dangers, Strategies"
Amazon
Worth reading "Superintelligence" by Bostrom. We need to be super careful with AI. Potentially more dangerous than nukes.
Source: Twitter, The New Yorker
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Stephen Schwarzman: "World Order"
Amazon
At a time when the world has little or no order, Henry Kissinger's "World Order" is indispensable reading. Informed by a long view of centuries of history, the author demonstrates why our diplomacy must be rooted in a genuine engagement between cultures, rigorous pragmatism and, yes, realpolitik. Henry makes clear the dangers of ambivalence in the face of the apparent landscape
of disorder before us, and reminds us of the only path forward:
If we are to defend our principles, we must set out to prove them.
of disorder before us, and reminds us of the only path forward:
If we are to defend our principles, we must set out to prove them.
Source: FA Mag
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James Gorman: "The Boys in the Boat"
Amazon
The story of the 1936 U.S. Olympic rowing team competing in the Berlin Olympics. One should never underestimate what the determined amateur can do when armed with a professional attitude.
Source: FA Mag
Abby Joseph Cohen: "Being Wrong: Adventures
in the Margin of Error"
Amazon
"Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error" by Kathryn Schulz is a deceptively easy read which tackles one of the most critical issues for decision makers: understanding how we form opinions. Importantly, she discusses how to revise those opinions when new information becomes available, rather than clinging to earlier views.
Source: FA Mag
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Tim Cook: "Competing Against Time"
AmazonBill Gates: "Sapiens: A Brief History of
Humankind"
Amazon
...I would recommend this book to anyone interested in a fun, engaging look at early human history. Like Big History, it left me with an overarching historical structure which I can build on as I learn more. At the same time, Harari tells our history in such an approachable way that you'll have a hard time putting it down. He uses vivid language, photos, and diagrams to illustrate his points.
He's also an agile writer, deftly weaving in entertaining historical
stories, like the importance of sauerkraut in sea exploration and
why the earliest known written words
He's also an agile writer, deftly weaving in entertaining historical
stories, like the importance of sauerkraut in sea exploration and
why the earliest known written words
from 5,000 years ago are a bit underwhelming.
Source: g atesnotes
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