Updates

  1. Person pages list letters, writing, profiles and links as sortable tables with filters, and show each person's companies as links; Fund letters show each letter's description in its own column.
  2. Experts show a checked job title and a short description of each person; 30 more people have photographs.
  3. Every company, fund, university and publication the experts work for has a page listing the people there.
  4. Fund letters show each letter's thesis and filter by it; 225 person pages list the essays, columns and newsletter issues the person wrote.
  5. Person pages list every essay and newsletter issue a person wrote, and their own books as a table in List view.
  6. Recommends shows the five largest kinds of book and the rest under More; browse pictures load sooner.
  7. Podcasts and talks link the original episode, filter by Audio and video or Press, and list each publisher once.
  8. Pages are wider, Recommends has List and Grid, and a filter clicked again turns off.
  9. Book cards sit in a ruled grid with Open Library and Goodreads links and each book's one-line note.
  10. Funds is now Investors; each investor's styles are buttons that filter the table.
  11. Podcasts and talks on a person's page filter by year and publisher and show as a list or a grid of pictures.
  12. Quotes show only people's own words: 472 summaries written by list sites are gone.
  13. Country pages open from Browse again, and every link on the shelf lands on a page.
  14. Subject and person pages show their sections as tabs, and each book appears once on a person's page.
  15. Book cards show the quote, who said it and the source; grids show five cards to a row.
  16. On a phone, a menu holds the sections, search, Updates, Feedback and dark mode.
  17. Feedback takes a screenshot of the page with no browser prompt, opens a screenshot full size when you click it, and clears itself once sent.
  18. Book cards are centred, search names the topic each book sits in, and any text cut short shows whole on hover.
  19. Search groups its results by kind: people, companies, geographies, subjects, topics, books, funds, fund letters and papers.
  20. The Books table lists who recommended each book by name, and the browser tab names the section you are in.
  21. Feedback can take a screenshot of the page, or one you paste or choose, and opens in the corner beside Updates.
  22. Each rail button reopens its section where you left it, and Browse, Table and People show on every book and subject page.
  23. Filters grey out choices that hold nothing instead of hiding them, and Books › People filters by authors or recommenders.
  24. Feedback takes a subject line and up to three screenshots.
  25. Biographies are grouped by the person they are about: 41 new pages, from Abraham Lincoln to Lee Kuan Yew.
  26. Sport splits into 23 sports, and Religion into one topic per faith.
  27. Book lists show as cards: the cover, one recommendation quote and every recommender by name.
  28. Seventeen subjects that had two or three pages under different names now have one page each.
  29. Every page lists its Experts as authors and recommenders, with a link to them on the Experts tab.
  30. Economics, Financial history, Financial panics and Accounting are subjects of their own, with one page per financial crisis.
  31. Book, person and subject pages open inside the app, so the tabs stay in view.
  32. 996 more book covers, and photographs or logos for 227 more people and companies.
  33. Books › Browse shows every subject as cards, and the rail holds Fund letters, Papers, Experts, Books and Funds.
  34. Every topic over 150 books splits into narrower topics, each with a page of its own.

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Religion, myth and faith

Philosophy

Holds Christian and Jewish writing on faith, Jung and Joseph Campbell on myth and archetype, and books that argue for or against belief in God.

Books 36Experts 1Recommenders 36

Start here

  1. OrthodoxyG. K. Chesterton, 1908
  2. The Hero with a Thousand FacesJoseph Campbell, 1949
  3. The Power of MythJoseph Campbell, Bill Moyers, 1988
  4. The Reasonableness of ChristianityJohn Locke, 1740
  5. The ProphetKahlil Gibran, 1900
OrthodoxyOrthodoxy
T1 Orthodoxy
G. K. Chesterton · 1908
Open LibraryGoodreads

How a search for a philosophy of his own led him to Christian theology.

The Hero with a Thousand FacesThe Hero with a Thousand Faces
T2 The Hero with a Thousand Faces
Joseph Campbell · 1949
Open LibraryGoodreads

The one pattern of the hero's journey that runs through myths across cultures.

Recommended by: Nat Eliason, Patrick O'Shaughnessy and 2 others

The Power of MythThe Power of Myth
T3 The Power of Myth
Joseph Campbell, Bill Moyers · 1988
Open LibraryGoodreads

Campbell on the recurring stories cultures tell themselves

Recommended by: Jim Collins, Nat Eliason, David Perell and 3 others

The Reasonableness of ChristianityThe Reasonableness of Christianity
T4 The Reasonableness of Christianity
John Locke · 1740
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Peter Thiel

The ProphetThe Prophet
T4 The Prophet
Kahlil Gibran · 1900
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Naval Ravikant, Peter Mallouk

The Varieties of Religious ExperienceThe Varieties of Religious Experience
T4 The Varieties of Religious Experience
William James · 1902
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Mark Zuckerberg

Modern Man in Search of a SoulModern Man in Search of a Soul
T4 Modern Man in Search of a Soul
Carl Gustav Jung · 1933
Open LibraryGoodreads

A psychologist's study of modern people's spiritual search.

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

The Archetypes and The Collective UnconsciouThe Archetypes and The Collective Unconscious
T4 The Archetypes and The Collective Unconscious
Carl Jung · 1959
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Ricardo Semler

MarkingsMarkings
T4 Markings
Dag Hammarskjold · 1964
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Kara Swisher

The Symbolic QuestThe Symbolic Quest
T4 The Symbolic Quest
Edward C. Whitmont · 1969
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Guy Spier

The Crack in the Cosmic EggThe Crack in the Cosmic Egg
T4 The Crack in the Cosmic Egg
Joseph Chilton Pearce · 1971
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Adam Robinson

Making Sense of It AllMaking Sense of It All
T4 Making Sense of It All
Thomas V. Morris · 1992
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

Breakfast at the VictoryBreakfast at the Victory
T4 Breakfast at the Victory
James Carse · 1994
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Graham Duncan

Can Man Live Without GodCan Man Live Without God
T4 Can Man Live Without God
Ravi Zacharias · 1994
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

Halftime: Changing Your Life Plan From SucceHalftime: Changing Your Life Plan From Success to Significance
T4 Halftime: Changing Your Life Plan From Success to Significance
Bob Buford · 1994
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai, Alfred Lin

The Fisher King and the Handless MaidenThe Fisher King and the Handless Maiden
T4 The Fisher King and the Handless Maiden
Robert A. Johnson · 1995
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Guy Spier

Toward a Meaningful Life: The Wisdom of the Toward a Meaningful Life: The Wisdom of the Rebbe
T4 Toward a Meaningful Life: The Wisdom of the Rebbe
Menahem Mendel Schneersohn · 1995
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

The Purpose-driven Life: What on Earth Am I The Purpose-driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For?
T4 The Purpose-driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For?
Rick Warren · 1997
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

Let Your Life SpeakLet Your Life Speak
T4 Let Your Life Speak
Parker J. Palmer · 1999
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Tim Ferriss, Jerry Colonna and 1 other

The King and the CorpseThe King and the Corpse
T4 The King and the Corpse
Heinrich Zimmer · 1999
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Stewart Brand

The Book of AwakeningThe Book of Awakening
T4 The Book of Awakening
Mark Nepo · 2000
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Melinda Gates

Stuck in Halftime: Reinvesting Your One and Stuck in Halftime: Reinvesting Your One and Only Life
T4 Stuck in Halftime: Reinvesting Your One and Only Life
Bob Buford · 2001
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

God's DebrisGod's Debris
T4 God's Debris
Scott Adams · 2004
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Naval Ravikant

The God DelusionThe God Delusion
T4 The God Delusion
Richard Dawkins · 2006
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Brian Armstrong, Mohnish Pabrai and 1 other

Cosmic ConsciousnessCosmic Consciousness
T4 Cosmic Consciousness
Richard M. Bucke · 2007
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Steve Jobs

St. Augustine ConfessionsSt. Augustine Confessions
T4 St. Augustine Confessions
Augustine of Hippo · 2009
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Patrick Collison

The One Year Uncommon Life Daily ChallengeThe One Year Uncommon Life Daily Challenge
T4 The One Year Uncommon Life Daily Challenge
Tony Dungy · 2011
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Doug McMillon

The Essential Worldwide Laws of LifeThe Essential Worldwide Laws of Life
T4 The Essential Worldwide Laws of Life
John Templeton · 2012
Open LibraryGoodreads

“we will be giving you a book by Sir John Templeton: this year, ''The Essential Worldwide Laws of Life''” — Prem Watsa

Source: Fairfax Financial 2016 Shareholders' Letter, p. 26

Recommended by: Prem Watsa

SynchronicitySynchronicity
T4 Synchronicity
Carl Jung · 2013
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Ricardo Semler

Becoming WiseBecoming Wise
T4 Becoming Wise
Krista Tippett · 2016
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Shane Parrish, Matt Mullenweg

Living Life BackwardLiving Life Backward
T4 Living Life Backward
David Gibson · 2017
Open LibraryGoodreads

Recommended by: Brent Beshore, Chris Powers

A Calendar of WisdomA Calendar of Wisdom
T4 A Calendar of Wisdom
Leo Tolstoy
Goodreads

Recommended by: Alex and Books

A Grief ObservedA Grief Observed
T4 A Grief Observed
C. S. Lewis
Goodreads

Recommended by: Maria Popova

Game PlanGame Plan
T4 Game Plan
Bob Buford
Goodreads

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

Pensees (Penguin Classics)Pensees (Penguin Classics)
T4 Pensees (Penguin Classics)
Blaise Pascal, A.J. Krailsheimer
Goodreads

Philosophical fragments of an unfinished defence of the Christian religion.

Recommended by: Mohnish Pabrai

The Government of the Tongue
T4 The Government of the Tongue
Richard Allestree
Goodreads

Recommended by: Paul Graham

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