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Josh Wolfe

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10 books they recommend

Books they recommend 10

Wolfe discusses books across podcasts (North Star, Ritholtz's MiB), Lux's Medium writing, and Twitter, and explicitly credits E.O. Wilson and Charlie Munger as intellectual lodestars. His picks favor physics and biology of life/death, science memoirs, investing/decision frameworks, and literary fiction. Recommendations surface mostly in long interviews and his curated lists.

Superbook reading list 10

Not yet given a topic 4

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!
Richard P. Feynman · not in an entry yet
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“A favorite science memoir he references for its playful, first-principles curiosity.”
Transformer
Transformer
Nick Lane · not in an entry yet
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“He recommends Lane's book on the deep chemistry of life and death, fitting Lux's science thesis.”
The Mind's I
The Mind's I
Douglas Hofstadter, Daniel Dennett · not in an entry yet
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“He names this collection on self and soul among his influential reads.”
The Order of Time
The Order of Time
Carlo Rovelli · not in an entry yet
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“He recommends Rovelli's meditation on physics and the nature of time.”

Investing 1

Poor Charlie's Almanack
Poor Charlie's Almanack
Charlie Munger
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“He cites Charlie Munger's "worldly wisdom" and mental-models approach as central to how he invests.”

Entrepreneurship and Startups 1

The Power Law
The Power Law
Sebastian Mallaby
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“He recommends Mallaby's history of venture capital and its outlier-driven returns.”

Financial History 1

More Money Than God
More Money Than God
Sebastian Mallaby
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“He recommends Mallaby's history of hedge funds and the rise of a new financial elite.”

Decision Making 1

The Success Equation
The Success Equation
Michael Mauboussin
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“A recommended read on untangling luck and skill, aligned with his decision-making frame.”

Fiction 1

Snow Crash
Snow Crash
Neal Stephenson · not in an entry yet
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“He cites Stephenson's sci-fi among the books that shaped his thinking about the future.”

Psychology and Behaviour 1

How the Mind Works
How the Mind Works
Steven Pinker · not in an entry yet
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“He references Pinker's cognitive-science synthesis as an influential read.”

Where they publish 3