Reading
I spend a lot of time reading. Below are some of my favorite articles/blogs and books I've read.
Articles/Blogs of Note
Principles - Nabeel Quereshi
A great list! I probably think about a few of these everyday.
On Agency - Henrik Karlsson
Reframing possibilities in the context of constraints.
How to Do Great Work - Paul Graham
Self explanatory enough, came along to these very late, but they've had an outsized
Progress Unmoored - Michael Hopkins/WIP
Excellent writing from WIP in general, continually finds unexpected areas for growth.
The Fight Over Penn Station and Madison Square Garden - William Finnegan
Dramaticizes one of New York's great issues and how it evolved downstream.
College as an Incubator of Girardian Terror - Dan Wang
Insert straussian analysis here, thought this was excellent along with Dan Wang's yearly review.
Books
Vineland – Thomas Pynchon
Not as much pulp fiction as inherent vice, much more readable.
Down and Out in Paris and London – George Orwell
Incredibly detailed, but also full of despair. Can't get the image of Monsignor X out of my head or the brasserie constantly short on pans.
Against Everything – Mark Greif
Manias, Panics and Crashes – Charles Kindleberger
Classic analysis of financial bubbles throughout history
Liar's Poker – Michael Lewis
A great example of a life to be avoided, written by someone who was able to do so.
Irrational Exuberance – Robert Shiller
A great example of a life to be avoided, written by someone who was able to do so.
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind – Shunryu Suzuki
The Ascent of Money – Niall Ferguson
The Essential Keynes – Keynes/Skidelsky
Go back to this a lot, Keynes is often quite funny.
Thinking, Fast and Slow – Daniel Kahneman
Read this towards the end of college, can really throw your priors upside down.
The Power Broker – Robert Caro
An incredible study into how someone was able to get an immense amount done.
Stubborn Attachments – Tyler Cowen
Walden and Other Writings – Henry David Thoreau
Poor Charlie's Almanack – Charlie Munger
Full of good conventional wisdom. Ex. invert, always invert (think about the worst case and how it can be avoided).
An Economist Gets Lunch – Tyler Cowen
Gave me some weird skills in diving business models of restaurants.
Misbehaving – Richard Thaler
Am I Being Too Subtle? – Sam Zell
Incredibly readable biography, the fact that much of what Zell did seems conventional today proves how much he was pushing.
Barbarians at the Gate – Bryan Burrough and John Helyar
Every bankers favorite bedtime story
Boomerang – Michael Lewis
Remember some bizarre sections being in this book about, incredibly entertaining.
Going Infinite – Michael Lewis
Same above, still interested in the idea that he was not insolvent at time of arrest, interesting political dynamics to arest.
Keynes Hayek – Nicholas Wapshott
Burmese Days – George Orwell
Working – Robert Caro
Words Without Music – Phillip Glass
Benjamin Franklin – Walter Isaacson
Steve Jobs – Walter Isaacson
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running – Haruki Murakami
Against the Gods – Peter Bernstein
Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail – Hunter S. Thompson
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance – Robert Pirsig
A Peace to End All Peace – David Fromkin
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? – Philip K. Dick
Cherry – Nico Walker
Silence – Shusaku Endo
Homage to Catalonia – George Orwell