Vinod Khosla: "A dive into how the notion of "Safetyism" undermines the freedom of inquiry and speech that is indispensable to universities.

Too much political correctness?"

Max Levchin: "The Coddling of the American Mind highlights the need to continue to have such discussions about sensitive topics instead of ignoring them for the sake of comfort."

Michael Mauboussin: "[The Coddling of the American Mind] helped me think better in 2018."

Paul Graham: "The one book we encourage startup founders to read is Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence People.

It's critically important for anyone in business."

One of Sahil Lavingia's most recommended books.

Paul Graham: "This is one of the great classics of computer science.

I bought my first copy 15 years ago, and I still don't feel I have learned everything the book has to teach."

Max Levchin: "Easier to read [than 'The Art of Computer Programming'] end-to-end quickly."

Shane Parrish: "If you believe that you’re not getting everything out of your reading that you should, this book is awesome.

When is the last time someone intelligent showed you how to read, skim, and evaluate what you’re reading?"

Kevin Systrom: "Go buy the book"

Tim Ferriss: "This is one of the best books about non-fiction writing that I’ve ever read."

Daniel Ek: "Amazing book, amazing cause. Check it out!"

Bill Gates: "This book is a useful introduction to a complex problem."

Bill Gates: "Educated is even better than you’ve heard"

Bill Gates: "An amazing guidebook for raising and educating our kids"

Shane Parrish: "This book distills a lifetime of business lessons by one of Canada’s most prominent (and wealthy) business leaders."

Shane Parrish: "This book examines the enormous impact of engineering on our world (including constraints and trade-offs) and introduces to us the toolkit of modular systems thinking."

Shane Parrish: "Originally published in 1950, the book endeavors to understand the methods by which discoveries have been made and form some general observations."

Included on Jamie Dimon's list of favorite books he sent to JP Morgan summer interns in 2010.

Tim Ferriss: "This is a how-to book. An excellent how-to book"

Shane Parrish: "My undergrad was computer science not engineering. I’ve always wanted to learn more about the discipline though, so when I saw this book I had to pick it up.

It’s a great short introduction to some important engineering concepts."

Kara Swisher: "I reread it every year. It’s a great book."

Shane Parrish: "Like Charlie Munger or Nassim Taleb, you need to read the source material over and over in order to soak up the available wisdom."

Ann Miura-Ko: "Reading [What School Could Be] has not only given me hope, but also a desire to see real change in the public school education system.

That’s one book that I would really push onto other people."

Brian Armstrong: "I’m reading this is as part of getting my private pilot’s license."

Tim Ferriss: "There are principles in this that you can take away, even if you have no interest in training a dog, having a dog, or dogs in general."

Tim Ferriss: "Practicing writing (thinking frozen in time) is the best way to refine thinking and upgrade your present awareness.

Great advice and a great book."

Tim Ferriss: "Adults can learn languages much faster than children when constant 9–5 work is removed."

Tim Ferriss: "Fantastic book."

Tim Ferriss: "I have read this book more than a dozen times, more often for thinking than for writing.

It is a hysterical read and a great example of what it teaches: how to cut all clutter and keep your communication and thinking crystal clear.

If you think you think and write well, read this book at least once. It’s like going from a tricycle to a ten-speed."

Tim Ferriss: "If you ever wonder what you can do to really change the world, [...] this is a book you need to read. Leaving Microsoft to Change the World."

Nassim Taleb: "Very comprehensive, sufficiently technical to get most of the plumbing behind machine learning."

Nassim Taleb: "The best statistics book I've seen"

Nassim Taleb: "The best intuition builder in both statistics and econometrics. I have been reading the various editions throught my career."

Nassim Taleb: "Most excellent, except for very few and small mistakes."