Sam Altman
Sam Altman is a prominent American entrepreneur, investor, and programmer, best known for his role as the CEO of OpenAI and former president of the startup accelerator Y Combinator.
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Hold 'em Poker
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David Sklansky
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The Constitutional Convention
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James Madison
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Brave New World
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Aldous Huxley
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The Fall
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Albert Camus
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The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind
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Julian Jaynes
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Superintelligence
Best thing I’ve seen on this topic. - Sam Altman
Nick Bostrom
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Man's Search for Meaning
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Viktor E. Frankl
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Powering the Future
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Robert B. Laughlin
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Meditations
Great read. - Sam Altman
Marcus Aurelius
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The Principia
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Isaac Newton
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Plan B 3.0
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Lester R. Brown
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Winning
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Jack Welch
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The Trial of Socrates
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I. F. Stone
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Plentiful Energy
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Charles E. Till
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Skunk Works
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Ben R. Rich
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Solution Selling
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Michael Bosworth
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The Score Takes Care of Itself
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Bill Walsh
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The Death and Life of Great American Cities
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Jane Jacobs
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A Life Decoded
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J. Craig Venter
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The Republic
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Plato
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Einstein
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Walter Isaacson
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The Legend of Henry Ford
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Keith Sward
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Guns, Sails, and Empires
Excellent! - Sam Altman
Carlo M. Cipolla
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Medieval Technology and Social Change
Really is great. - Sam Altman
Lynn White
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A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
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Dave Eggers
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Dealers of Lightning
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Michael A. Hiltzik
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
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Oscar Wilde
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The Kite Runner
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Khaled Hosseini
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Endurance
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Alfred Lansing
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Blitzscaling
Have been waiting for it to come out so that I can recommend it to everyone. - Sam Altman
Reid Hoffman
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The Making of a Manager
Gives new managers the tools they need to help their people and company win. - Sam Altman
Julie Zhuo
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Fundamentals of Plasma Physics
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Paul M. Bellan
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The Supermen
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Charles J. Murray
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Molecular Biology of the Cell
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Bruce Alberts
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Anna Karenina
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Leo Tolstoy
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The Beak of the Finch
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Jonathan Weiner
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Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage
Really good. - Sam Altman
Alice Munro
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A Pattern Language
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Christopher Alexander
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Hunger of Memory
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Richard Rodriguez
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Thinking, Fast and Slow
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Daniel Kahneman
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Zero to One
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Peter Thiel
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The Art of War in the Middle Ages
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Charles Oman
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Call Me by Your Name
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André Aciman
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The Old Way
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Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
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Mind of Napoleon
An incredible primary-source portrait on a brilliant (but obviously deeply flawed) individual. - Sam Altman
J. Christopher Herold
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The Transit of Venus
Incredible. - Sam Altman
Shirley Hazzard
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Secrets of Sand Hill Road
A valuable resource for any founder who wants to work with VCs. - Sam Altman
Scott Kupor
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Pandaemonium
My favorite book of [2018]. - Sam Altman
Humphrey Jennings
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