Books and published works encountered throughout the development of my thinking, creative practice, and body of work.
01.01 — Philosophy & First Principles
Meditations
Marcus Aurelius · Gregory Hays, trans. · Modern Library · 2002
The Republic
Plato · Allan Bloom, trans. · Basic Books · 1968
The Beginning of Infinity
David Deutsch · Viking · 2011
01.02 — History & Civilization
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari · Harper · 2015
The Lessons of History
Will Durant & Ariel Durant · Simon & Schuster · 1968
The Third Wave
Alvin Toffler · William Morrow · 1980
01.03 — Economics & Political Economy
The Wealth of Nations
Adam Smith · W. Strahan and T. Cadell · 1776
Capitalism and Freedom
Milton Friedman · University of Chicago Press · 1962
The Second Machine Age
Erik Brynjolfsson & Andrew McAfee · W. W. Norton & Company · 2014
01.04 — Business & Entrepreneurship
The E-Myth Revisited
Michael E. Gerber · HarperBusiness · 1995
Zero to One
Peter Thiel with Blake Masters · Crown Business · 2014
$100M Offers
Alex Hormozi · Acquisition.com · 2021
01.05 — Creativity & Art
The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin · Penguin Press · 2023
Ways of Seeing
John Berger · Penguin Books · 1972
The Story of Art
E. H. Gombrich · Phaidon Press · 1950
01.06 — Technology & Media
Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man
Marshall McLuhan · McGraw-Hill · 1964
The Medium Is the Massage
Marshall McLuhan & Quentin Fiore · Bantam Books · 1967
The Innovators
Walter Isaacson · Simon & Schuster · 2014
01.07 — Psychology & Human Behaviour
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman · Farrar, Straus and Giroux · 2011
Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion
Robert B. Cialdini · William Morrow · 1984
Man’s Search for Meaning
Viktor E. Frankl · Beacon Press · 1959
01.08 — Systems, Complexity & Cybernetics
Thinking in Systems: A Primer
Donella H. Meadows · Chelsea Green Publishing · 2008
The Fifth Discipline
Peter M. Senge · Doubleday · 1990
The Systems Bible
John Gall · General Systemantics Press · 2002
01.09 — Learning & Education
Mastery
Robert Greene · Viking · 2012
Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning
Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III & Mark A. McDaniel · Belknap Press · 2014
Ultralearning
Scott H. Young · HarperBusiness · 2019
01.10 — Leadership & Organizations
Good to Great
Jim Collins · HarperBusiness · 2001
The Hard Thing About Hard Things
Ben Horowitz · HarperBusiness · 2014
Leaders Eat Last
Simon Sinek · Portfolio · 2014
01.11 — Culture & Society
Amusing Ourselves to Death
Neil Postman · Viking · 1985
The Culture of Narcissism
Christopher Lasch · W. W. Norton & Company · 1979
Bowling Alone
Robert D. Putnam · Simon & Schuster · 2000
01.12 — Biography & Autobiography
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin · 1791
Steve Jobs
Walter Isaacson · Simon & Schuster · 2011
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcolm X & Alex Haley · Grove Press · 1965