Thread by @AlexAndBooks_, 10 Book recommendations from the technoking of Tesla @elonmusk 1/ Zero To [...]

10 Book recommendations from the technoking of Tesla @elonmusk

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Zero To One by @peterthiel

"Peter Thiel has built multiple breakthrough companies, and Zero To One shows how." - Elon Musk https://www.amazon.com/Zero-One-Notes-Startups-Future/dp/0804139296

Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

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Life 3.0 by @tegmark

"A compelling guide to the challenges and choices in our quest for a great future of life, intelligence and consciousness—on Earth and beyond." - Elon Musk https://www.amazon.com/Life-3-0-Being-Artificial-Intelligence/dp/1101946598

Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

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Screw Business As Usual by @richardbranson

"This approach should be taken to heart by all, as it really is the smart move." - Elon Musk https://www.amazon.com/Screw-Business-As-Usual-Capitalism/dp/0143130544

Screw Business As Usual: Turning Capitalism into a Force for Good

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Superintelligence by Nick Bostrom

"Worth reading. We need to be super careful with AI. Potentially more dangerous than nukes." - Elon Musk https://www.amazon.com/Superintelligence-Dangers-Strategies-Nick-Bostrom/dp/1501227742

Superintelligence

Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar

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Merchants of Doubt by @NaomiOreskes

"Worth reading. Same who tried to deny smoking deaths are denying climate change." - Elon Musk https://www.amazon.com/Merchants-Doubt-Handful-Scientists-Obscured/dp/1608193942

Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Climate Change

Benjamin Franklin: An American Life

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The Fault in Our Stars by @johngreen

"Must admit to liking The Fault in Our Stars. Sad, romantic and beautifully named." - Elon Musk https://www.amazon.com/Fault-Our-Stars-John-Green/dp/014242417X

The Fault in Our Stars

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If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens ... Where is Everybody? by @StephenWebb

"Great book. Read it when it came out." - Elon Musk https://www.amazon.com/Universe-Teeming-Aliens-WHERE-EVERYBODY/dp/0387955011

If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens ... WHERE IS EVERYBODY?: Fifty Solutions to the Fermi Paradox and the Problem of Extraterrestrial Life

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Lying by @SamHarrisOrg

"Excellent cover art and lots of good reasons not to lie!" - Elon Musk https://www.amazon.com/Lying-Sam-Harris/dp/1940051002

Lying

That's it for now.

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Here's a reading tip I learned from Elon... https://twitter.com/AlexAndBooks_/status/1346594090167791621

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