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Jack Dorsey
Jack Dorsey is an American computer programmer and Internet entrepreneur who is the co-founder and former CEO of Twitter, and the founder and CEO of Square, a mobile payments company
25 books they recommend
Books they recommend 25
Dorsey's recommendations are heavily documented through his own tweets — usually short, dated "finished reading / incredible book" posts — making them among the most directly sourced of any founder here. He gravitates to Taoist and Stoic-adjacent texts (Tao Te Ching, The Four Agreements), Bill Walsh's leadership memoir, and Stewart Brand's Whole Earth ethos, alongside a notable health/paleo streak.
Book recommendations listed on their Good Books profile 15
Philosophy 2
Fiction 2
Health and Fitness 2
Business and Management 1
Psychology and Behaviour 1
Medicine and Biology 1
Leadership 1
Sociology and Culture 1
Biography and Memoir 1
Productivity and Habits 1
Art and Design 1
General History 1
Superbook reading list 10
Sociology and Culture 2
Christopher Ryan · not in an entry yet
“Tweeted "Incredible book... And timely" (2020), praising Ryan's critique of "progress."”
Ta-Nehisi Coates · not in an entry yet
“Names it among his most influential books on race and America.”
Environment and Energy 1
Stewart Brand
“Tweeted "Incredible book by @stewartbrand. Best I've read this year" (2020); Brand's pragmatic environmentalism deeply influences him.”
Business and Management 1
Ray Dalio
“Endorsed for "showing people how to operate by clearly articulated and shared principles"; tweeted he's "focused on radical truth and radical transparency."”
Philosophy 1
Don Miguel Ruiz · not in an entry yet
“A recurring pick among his most influential reads on personal conduct and freedom from self-imposed limits.”
Fiction 1
Ernest Hemingway · not in an entry yet
“Cited among his core favorites; the spare, persevering parable fits his minimalist sensibility.”
Medicine and Biology 1
Atul Gawande
“Among his recommended reads on reducing error through simple, disciplined systems.”
Not yet given a topic 1
Lawrence Weschler · not in an entry yet
“Tweeted it's "a really stunning book about Robert Irwin. Couldn't put it down" — reflecting his deep interest in art and perception.”
General History 1
Colin Woodard · not in an entry yet
“Tweeted "Finished reading" (2019); a regional-history lens on the US he found worth flagging.”
Religion and Spirituality 1
trans. Sri Swami Satchidananda · not in an entry yet
“Part of his Eastern-philosophy canon, consistent with his well-known meditation and Vipassana practice.”