Sam Altman: Recommends the power of reading books. This is his list for 2024. Viktor E. Frankl Man’s Search for Meaning… highly recommend, it is a book that sits on my desk to remind me that there are good people, true survivors.

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46 books recommended by Sam Altman

Sam Altman is an American entrepreneur, programmer, investor and blogger. He is the CEO of OpenAI and the former president of Y Combinator.

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Man's Search for Meaning

Man’s Search for MeaningViktor E. Frankl

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Thinking, Fast and Slow

Thinking, Fast and SlowDaniel Kahneman

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Zero to One

Zero to OnePeter Thiel

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Meditations

MeditationsMarcus Aurelius

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Brave New World

Brave New WorldAldous Huxley

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Anna Karenina

Anna KareninaLeo Tolstoy

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The Score Takes Care of Itself

The Score Takes Care of ItselfBill Walsh

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The Beginning of Infinity

The Beginning of InfinityDavid Deutsch

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Einstein

EinsteinWalter Isaacson

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Blitzscaling

BlitzscalingReid Hoffman

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Foundation

FoundationIsaac Asimov

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Superintelligence

SuperintelligenceNick Bostrom

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A Pattern Language

A Pattern LanguageChristopher Alexander et al.

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The Republic

The RepublicPlato

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The Origin of Consciousness

The Origin of ConsciousnessJulian Jaynes

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The Death and Life of Great American Cities

The Death and Life of Great American CitiesJane Jacobs

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The Old Way

The Old WayElizabeth Marshall Thomas

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Dealers of Lightning

Dealers of LightningMichael A. Hiltzik

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The Principia

The PrincipiaIsaac Newton

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Call Me by Your Name

Call Me by Your NameAndré Aciman

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Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage

Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, MarriageAlice Munro

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The Picture of Dorian Gray

The Picture of Dorian GrayOscar Wilde

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Hacking Sales

Hacking SalesMax Altschuler

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Molecular Biology of the Cell

Molecular Biology of the CellBruce Alberts

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Winning

WinningJack Welch

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The Art of War in the Middle Ages

The Art of War in the Middle Ages Charles Oman

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A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering GeniusDave Eggers

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Plentiful Energy

Plentiful EnergyYoon Il Chang

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The Supermen

The Supermen Charles J. Murray

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Solution Selling

Solution SellingMichael T. Bosworth

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Hunger of Memory

Hunger of MemoryRichard Rodríguez

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Skunk Works

Skunk WorksBen R. Rich, Leo Janos & Leo Janos

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How I Raised Myself from Failure to Success in Selling

How I Raised Myself from Failure to Success in SellingFrank Bettger

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Powering the Future

Powering the FutureRobert B. Laughlin

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Pandaemonium

PandaemoniumHumphrey Jennings

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The Beak of the Finch

The Beak of the FinchJonathan Weiner

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The Transit of Venus

The Transit of VenusShirley Hazzard

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The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914

The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914Christopher Clark

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Hold'Em Poker for Advanced Players

Hold’Em Poker for Advanced PlayersDavid Sklansky

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The Endurance

The EnduranceCaroline Alexander

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The Trial of Socrates

The Trial of SocratesI.F. Stone

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The Art of War for Lovers

The Art of War for LoversConnell Cowan

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The Fall by Albert Camus

The Fall by Albert CamusAlbert Camus

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The Crime of Reason

The Crime of ReasonRobert B. Laughlin

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Fundamentals of Plasma Physics

Fundamentals of Plasma PhysicsPaul M. Bellan

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A Life Decoded

A Life DecodedJ. Craig Venter

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Life event that changes all: Horse riding accident in Zimbabwe in 1993, a fractured skull et al including bipolar anxiety, chronic fatigue …. co-morbidities (Nietzche 'He who has the reason why can deal with any how' details my health history from 1993 to date). 17th 2017 August operation for breast cancer (no indications just an appointment came from BreastCheck through the Post). Trinity College Dublin Business Economics and Social Studies (but no degree) 1997-2003; UCD 1997/1998 night classes) essays, projects, writings. Trinity Horizon Programme 1997/98 (Centre for Women Studies Trinity College Dublin/St. Patrick's Foundation (Professor McKeon) EU Horizon funded: research study of 15 women (I was one of this group and it became the cornerstone of my journey to now 2017) over 9 mth period diagnosed with depression and their reintegration into society, with special emphasis on work, arts, further education; Notes from time at Trinity Horizon Project 1997/98; Articles written for Irishhealth.com 2003/2004; St Patricks Foundation monthly lecture notes for a specific period in time; Selection of Poetry including poems written by people I know; Quotations 1998-2017; other writings mainly with theme of social justice under the heading Citizen Journalism Ireland. Letters written to friends about life in Zimbabwe; Family history including Michael Comyn KC, my grandfather, my grandmother's family, the O'Donnellan ffrench Blake-Forsters; Moral wrong: An acrimonious divorce but the real injustice was the Catholic Church granting an annulment – you can read it and make your own judgment, I have mine. Topics I have written about include annual Brain Awareness week, Mashonaland Irish Associataion in Zimbabwe, Suicide (a life sentence to those left behind); Nostalgia: Tara Hill, Co. Meath.
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