Here are my old favorites and current reads. My comments about why I think the book is important and/or relevant are in-line below.
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Exploration of artificial intelligence. The book makes a very heady topic accessible. My issue, not with the book but with Kurzweil, is that there seems to be a belief that, if a computer passes the Turing Test, the computer is as good a…
I like Nick’s perspective. He leaves us with some chilling thoughts, though. Primarily, the race to superintelligence IS the race to world dominance. The first there wins, and there are not appropriate constraints on it to protect humans.
All of the basics and good ideas of presence, marketing and influence on the Internet in one place
Explores the implication of AI. Most is basic extrapolation of current capabilities and trends.
It’s not what you think… Good rule-of-thumb guidance for focus as well as acceptance in work and life.
This book is awesome. It characterizes the creative process, and the accompanying process of personal growth and breakthrough, in a tough, gnarly yet romanticized way. I re-read this about once a year when I am looking for grit to overco…
I am partial to this one… A must-read if you want to understand 1) Product lifecycle 2) New product development and 3) When to stop iterating your Lean sprint
Fantastic tool for cheating up on emotional intelligence when it’s time for an important conversation. It’s a roadmap for suppressing the fight/flight response when you really need to connect with some one.
The starting place for understanding the types and methods of influence. A playbook for persuasion…
The classic of all classics. This book was central in fashioning the vision of early Internet product creators.
This is where it all starts. If you want to understand marketing, products or any adoption cycle, start here. It’s a must-read strategy classic.
Classic, seminal book for understanding AI, cyberspace and virtual worlds. One of the very first.
