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Balaji S. Srinivasan

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Balaji S. Srinivasan is an angel investor and entrepreneur

86 books they recommend

Books they recommend 86

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Network School Curriculum — balajis.com ('Topics, reading, and speakers') 50

Not yet given a topic 15

Foundation
Foundation
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The Lessons of History
The Lessons of History
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A Short History of Nearly Everything
A Short History of Nearly Everything
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The Selfish Gene
The Selfish Gene
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Energy and Civilization
Energy and Civilization
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The Ancient City
The Ancient City
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How to Hide an Empire
How to Hide an Empire
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Tomorrow the World
Tomorrow the World
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Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of Chin
Deng Xiaoping and the Transformation of China
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The Power Broker
The Power Broker
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The Almanack of Naval Ravikant
The Almanack of Naval Ravikant
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Zero To One
Zero To One
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High Growth Handbook
High Growth Handbook
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Daemon
Daemon
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The Network State
The Network State
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Politics and Government 9

The Sovereign Individual
The Sovereign Individual
James Dale Davidson, William Rees-Mogg
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Seeing Like a State
Seeing Like a State
James C. Scott
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Reputation and Power
Reputation and Power
Daniel Carpenter · not in an entry yet
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Unqualified Reservations
Unqualified Reservations
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Invisible Countries
Invisible Countries
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The Origins of Political Order
The Origins of Political Order
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A New Idea of India
A New Idea of India
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China's Political Model
China's Political Model
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Three Felonies a Day
Three Felonies a Day
· not in an entry yet
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General History 8

The Fourth Turning
The Fourth Turning
William Strauss · not in an entry yet
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Albion's Seed
Albion's Seed
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War and Peace and War
War and Peace and War
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Stalin's War
Stalin's War
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The House of Government
The House of Government
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Collapse: The Fall of the Soviet Union
Collapse: The Fall of the Soviet Union
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Communistic Societies of the United States
Communistic Societies of the United States
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The Significance of the Frontier in American
The Significance of the Frontier in American History
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Science 4

Who We Are and How We Got Here
Who We Are and How We Got Here
David Reich
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The Knowledge: How to Rebuild Our World From
The Knowledge: How to Rebuild Our World From Scratch
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How Innovation Works: And Why It Flourishes
How Innovation Works: And Why It Flourishes in Freedom
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How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide f
How to Invent Everything: A Survival Guide for the Stranded Time Traveler
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Productivity and Habits 2

Atomic Habits
Atomic Habits
James Clear · not in an entry yet
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Tools For Titans
Tools For Titans
· not in an entry yet
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Technology and Computing 2

Where Is My Flying Car?
Where Is My Flying Car?
J. Storrs Hall · not in an entry yet
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The Truth Machine
The Truth Machine
Paul Vigna, Michael J. Casey · not in an entry yet
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Financial History 2

When Money Dies
When Money Dies
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Broken Money
Broken Money
· not in an entry yet
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Economics 2

Principles for a Changing World Order
Principles for a Changing World Order
· not in an entry yet
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The Bitcoin Standard
The Bitcoin Standard
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Artificial Intelligence 1

AI Superpowers
AI Superpowers
Kai-Fu Lee
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Biography and Memoir 1

From Third World to First
From Third World to First
Lee Kuan Yew
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Company Histories 1

The Grey Lady Winked
The Grey Lady Winked
· not in an entry yet
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Sociology and Culture 1

Imagined Communities
Imagined Communities
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Fiction 1

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
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Entrepreneurship and Startups 1

Hard Thing about Hard Things
Hard Thing about Hard Things
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Book recommendations listed on their Good Books profile 36

Medicine and Biology 5

The Great Influenza
The Great Influenza
John M. Barry · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Pandemic 1918
Pandemic 1918
Catharine Arnold · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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My Brother Ron
My Brother Ron
Clayton E. Cramer · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Pale Rider
Pale Rider
Laura Spinney · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Flu
Flu
Gina Kolata · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Science 5

How Innovation Works
How Innovation Works
Matt Ridley aggregator only
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The Knowledge
The Knowledge
Lewis Dartnell · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Physics from Finance
Physics from Finance
Jakob Schwichtenberg · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Biopunk
Biopunk
Marcus Wohlsen · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Exploring Personal Genomics
Exploring Personal Genomics
Joel T. Dudley, Konrad J. Karczewski · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Technology and Computing 4

Working in Public
Working in Public
Nadia Eghbal aggregator only
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The Internet of Elsewhere
The Internet of Elsewhere
Mr. Cyrus Farivar · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Data Science from Scratch
Data Science from Scratch
Joel Grus · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Mastering Bitcoin
Mastering Bitcoin
Andreas M. Antonopoulos aggregator only
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Business and Management 2

High Output Management
High Output Management
Andrew Grove aggregator only
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Only the Paranoid Survive
Only the Paranoid Survive
Andrew Grove aggregator only
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Writing and Communication 2

Bird by Bird
Bird by Bird
Anne Lamott · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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The Journalist And The Murderer
The Journalist And The Murderer
Janet Malcolm · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Financial History 2

The Changing World Order
The Changing World Order
Ray Dalio aggregator only
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The Forgotten Man
The Forgotten Man
Amity Shlaes · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Politics and Government 2

Rules for Radicals
Rules for Radicals
Saul D. Alinsky · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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The Future Is Asian
The Future Is Asian
Parag Khanna · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Economics 2

The Great Wave
The Great Wave
David Hackett Fischer aggregator only
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End The Fed
End The Fed
Ron Paul · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Sociology and Culture 2

UFO Hunters
UFO Hunters
William J. Birnes · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Merchants of Truth
Merchants of Truth
Jill Abramson · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Fiction 2

Russell Wiley Is Out to Lunch
Russell Wiley Is Out to Lunch
Richard Hine · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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The Frisco Kid
The Frisco Kid
Jerry Kamstra · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Productivity and Habits 1

Indistractable
Indistractable
Nir Eyal · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Leadership 1

The Great CEO Within
The Great CEO Within
Matt Mochary · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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General History 1

The Gulag Archipelago
The Gulag Archipelago
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Finance and Markets 1

The Little Bitcoin Book
The Little Bitcoin Book
Bitcoin Collective · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Company Histories 1

Netflixed
Netflixed
Gina Keating aggregator only
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Art and Design 1

The Rap Year Book
The Rap Year Book
Shea Serrano · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Biography and Memoir 1

The Man Who Invented Fidel
The Man Who Invented Fidel
Anthony DePalma · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Entrepreneurship and Startups 1

Start-up Nation
Start-up Nation
Dan Senor, Saul Singer aggregator only
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Where they publish 2