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Books we recommend

The Alephic bookshelf.

A reading list from the Alephic team. Ideas about intelligence, technology, organizations, and the world beyond work.

26 books11 subjects

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AIScience & EngineeringMedia & TechnologySystems & ComplexityBusiness & StartupsWritingMarketingAnalyticsBiographiesScience FictionHistory

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01

AI

  • Artificial Intelligence by Melanie Mitchell, book cover

    Artificial Intelligence

    A Guide for Thinking Humans

    Melanie Mitchell

    View book: Artificial Intelligence
  • The Most Human Human by Brian Christian, book cover

    The Most Human Human

    What Artificial Intelligence Teaches Us About Being Alive

    Brian Christian

    View book: The Most Human Human
02

Science & Engineering

  • Beyond Weird by Philip Ball, book cover

    Beyond Weird

    Why Everything You Thought You Knew about Quantum Physics Is Different

    Philip Ball

    View book: Beyond Weird
  • Einstein 1905 by John S. Rigden, book cover

    Einstein 1905

    The Standard of Greatness

    John S. Rigden

    View book: Einstein 1905
  • Linked by Albert-László Barabási, book cover

    Linked

    How Everything Is Connected to Everything Else and What It Means for Business, Science, and Everyday Life

    Albert-László Barabási

    View book: Linked
03

Media & Technology

  • The Medium Is the Massage by Marshall McLuhan & Quentin Fiore, book cover

    The Medium Is the Massage

    An Inventory of Effects

    Marshall McLuhan & Quentin Fiore

    View book: The Medium Is the Massage
  • The Nature of Technology by W. Brian Arthur, book cover

    The Nature of Technology

    What It Is and How It Evolves

    W. Brian Arthur

    View book: The Nature of Technology
04

Systems & Complexity

  • Complexity by Melanie Mitchell, book cover

    Complexity

    A Guided Tour

    Melanie Mitchell

    View book: Complexity
  • Thinking in Systems by Donella H. Meadows, book cover

    Thinking in Systems

    A Primer

    Donella H. Meadows

    View book: Thinking in Systems
05

Business & Startups

  • Only the Paranoid Survive by Andrew S. Grove, book cover

    Only the Paranoid Survive

    How to Exploit the Crisis Points That Challenge Every Company

    Andrew S. Grove

    View book: Only the Paranoid Survive
  • High Output Management by Andrew S. Grove, book cover

    High Output Management

    Andrew S. Grove

    View book: High Output Management
  • Zero to One by Peter Thiel & Blake Masters, book cover

    Zero to One

    Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future

    Peter Thiel & Blake Masters

    View book: Zero to One
  • The Phoenix Project by Gene Kim, Kevin Behr & George Spafford, book cover

    The Phoenix Project

    A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win

    Gene Kim, Kevin Behr & George Spafford

    View book: The Phoenix Project
  • The Goal by Eliyahu M. Goldratt; adapted by Dwight Jon Zimmerman & Dean Motter, book cover

    The Goal

    A Business Graphic Novel

    Eliyahu M. Goldratt; adapted by Dwight Jon Zimmerman & Dean Motter

    View book: The Goal
  • How Big Things Get Done by Bent Flyvbjerg & Dan Gardner, book cover

    How Big Things Get Done

    The Surprising Factors That Determine the Fate of Every Project, from Home Renovations to Space Exploration and Everything In Between

    Bent Flyvbjerg & Dan Gardner

    View book: How Big Things Get Done
06

Writing

  • The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. & E. B. White, book cover

    The Elements of Style

    William Strunk Jr. & E. B. White

    View book: The Elements of Style
  • Draft No. 4 by John McPhee, book cover

    Draft No. 4

    On the Writing Process

    John McPhee

    View book: Draft No. 4
  • Working by Robert A. Caro, book cover

    Working

    Robert A. Caro

    View book: Working
07

Marketing

  • How Brands Grow by Byron Sharp, book cover

    How Brands Grow

    What Marketers Don’t Know

    Byron Sharp

    View book: How Brands Grow
  • The Anatomy of Humbug by Paul Feldwick, book cover

    The Anatomy of Humbug

    How to Think Differently About Advertising

    Paul Feldwick

    View book: The Anatomy of Humbug
08

Analytics

  • Weapons of Math Destruction by Cathy O’Neil, book cover

    Weapons of Math Destruction

    Cathy O’Neil

    View book: Weapons of Math Destruction
09

Biographies

  • Boyd by Robert Coram, book cover

    Boyd

    The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War

    Robert Coram

    View book: Boyd
  • The Man Who Solved the Market by Gregory Zuckerman, book cover

    The Man Who Solved the Market

    How Jim Simons Launched the Quant Revolution

    Gregory Zuckerman

    View book: The Man Who Solved the Market
10

Science Fiction

  • Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson, book cover

    Snow Crash

    Neal Stephenson

    View book: Snow Crash
  • Pattern Recognition by William Gibson, book cover

    Pattern Recognition

    William Gibson

    View book: Pattern Recognition
11

History

  • Simple Sabotage Field Manual by Office of Strategic Services, book cover

    Simple Sabotage Field Manual

    Office of Strategic Services

    Explore the Alephic edition: Simple Sabotage Field Manual
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