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Emmett Shear

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Entrepreneur, Technology, Venture capitalist

15 books they recommend

Books they recommend 15

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Psychology and Behaviour 3

The Elephant in the Brain
The Elephant in the Brain
Kevin Simler, Robin Hanson · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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How Emotions Are Made
How Emotions Are Made
Lisa Feldman Barrett · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Rationality
Rationality
Eliezer Yudkowsky · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Fiction 3

Shōgun
Shōgun
James Clavell · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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The City & The City
The City & The City
China Miéville · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Silver
Silver
Linda Nagata · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Sociology and Culture 2

Evicted
Evicted
Matthew Desmond · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Poor People
Poor People
Vollman · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Politics and Government 2

Violence and Social Orders
Violence and Social Orders
Douglass C. North · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Legal Systems Very Different From Ours
Legal Systems Very Different From Ours
David Friedman · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Negotiation and Persuasion 1

Nonviolent Communication
Nonviolent Communication
Marshall B. Rosenberg · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Environment and Energy 1

The Prize
The Prize
Daniel Yergin aggregator only
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Technology and Computing 1

Quantum Computing Since Democritus
Quantum Computing Since Democritus
Scott Aaronson · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Economics 1

Order Without Design
Order Without Design
Alain Bertaud aggregator only
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Financial History 1

Money
Money
Felix Martin · not in an entry yet aggregator only
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Where they publish 1