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Vinod Khosla
Vinod Khosla is an Indian American billionaire businessman and venture capitalist
72 books they recommend
Books they recommend 72
Khosla publishes book recommendations with one-line takes (widely aggregated and traceable to his lists and tweets), favoring hard science, biology of the brain and aging, probabilistic thinking, and big-picture economics. He often flags what a book taught him about uncertainty or human behavior, reflecting his bet-driven investing style. Picks lean unusually toward science over standard business fare.
Book recommendations listed on their Good Books profile 39
Sociology and Culture 6
Medicine and Biology 5
Psychology and Behaviour 3
Entrepreneurship and Startups 3
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Science 3
Philosophy 2
Technology and Computing 2
Art and Design 2
Economics 2
Sales and Marketing 2
Productivity and Habits 1
General History 1
Leadership 1
Environment and Energy 1
Fiction 1
Politics and Government 1
Artificial Intelligence 1
Financial History 1
Health and Fitness 1
2017 Book Recommendations — Vinod Khosla on Medium (@vkhosla) 18
Science 3
General History 2
Philosophy 2
Artificial Intelligence 2
Sales and Marketing 2
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Psychology and Behaviour 2
Fiction 1
Religion and Spirituality 1
Health and Fitness 1
Sociology and Culture 1
Financial History 1
Superbook reading list 15
Not yet given a topic 4
David Epstein · not in an entry yet
“He highlights its thesis that "generalists, not specialists, are primed to excel in most fields."”
David A. Sinclair · not in an entry yet
“He recommends it for revealing "incredible scientific breakthroughs about aging processes."”
Reid Hoffman, Chris Yeh · not in an entry yet
“"An insightful book on how to scale at a very fast pace and more importantly WHEN."”
Nassim Nicholas Taleb · not in an entry yet
“He says he likes Taleb's ideas "a lot, especially in Antifragile and the first half" of Skin in the Game.”
Philosophy 3
Nassim Nicholas Taleb · not in an entry yet
“He says he likes Taleb's ideas "a lot, especially in Antifragile and the first half" of Skin in the Game.”
Daniel C. Dennett · not in an entry yet
“"Long but worth every page," on the evolution of minds.”
Psychology and Behaviour 1
Robert M. Sapolsky · not in an entry yet
“He calls it "among the best insights into our brain and behavior" and rates it top of the charts.”
Science 1
Entrepreneurship and Startups 1
Medicine and Biology 1
Matt Richtel · not in an entry yet
“He praises how it "explains for the lay reader the intricate biology of our immune system."”
Fiction 1
Graham Moore · not in an entry yet
“He notes "almost historical fiction is fun especially for Silicon Valley types."”
Leadership 1
Ben Horowitz
“He recommends it for showing "the value of having principles organizations believe in."”
General History 1
Yuval Noah Harari · not in an entry yet
“He lists it as "a previous favorite" on the sweep of human history.”
Decision Making 1
Philip Tetlock
“He praises its rigorous finding that pundit "experts have the accuracy of dart-throwing monkeys."”