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Book
shelf.

The books on my office shelf. Works I return to, think about, and often reference in my writing, organized by subject for anyone looking for something worth reading.

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84 entries  /  9 subjects  /  An evolving collection

01 / Written by Jamin Thompson

Smoov Brain:
Principles & Practices.

My first book explores a practical framework for strengthening everyday problem-solving and decision-making, and for recognizing common errors in reasoning.

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02 / The collection

An index
of ideas.

Economics, philosophy, mental models, business, science, and fiction. Browse the books I have on my office shelf and the works that surface regularly in my essays.

Economics

06 / Books
01Basic EconomicsThomas Sowell02Human ActionLudwig von Mises03Principles of EconomicsCarl Menger04The Origins of MoneyCarl Menger05The Theory of Money and CreditLudwig von Mises06The Bitcoin StandardSaifedean Ammous

Mental Models

12 / Books
01Poor Charlie’s AlmanacCharles Munger02The Most Important ThingHoward Marks03The Personal MBAJosh Kaufmann04The Fifth DisciplinePeter Senge05Thinking in BetsAnnie Duke06Against the GodsPeter Bernstein07The Great Mental ModelsShane Parrish08PrinciplesRay Dalio09Seeking WisdomPeter Bevelin10Algorithms to Live ByBrian Christian11SuperforecastingPhilip Tetlock12The Model ThinkerScott Page

Business & Entrepreneurship

05 / Books
01Zero to OnePeter Thiel02The Wealth of NationsAdam Smith03BuildTony Fadell04Capitalism and FreedomMilton Friedman05Small Business ManagementLongenecker/Moore

History and Philosophy

14 / Books
01Great Dialogues of PlatoPlato02Plato: Complete WorksPlato03Letters from a StoicSeneca04Principles of PhilosophyRene Descartes05SapiensYuval Harari06Book of Five RingsMiyamoto Musashi07The Art Of WarSun Tzu08Beyond Good and EvilFriedrich Nietzsche09The Thinker’s Guide to Socratic QuestioningRichard Paul10The Socratic Method of PsychotherapyJames Overholser11The Gulag Archipelago (Vol 1-3)Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn12Life 3.0Max Tegmark13The Decline of the WestOswald Spengler14What We Owe The FutureWilliam MacAskil

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

02 / Books
01SuperintelligenceNick Bostrom02Math for Machine LearningRichard Han

Investing & Finance

21 / Books
01How to Make Money in StocksWilliam O'Neil02Principles of Finance with ExcelSimon Benninga03The OutsidersWilliam N. Thorndike Jr.04Bull!Maggie Mahar05Adaptive MarketsAndrew W. Lo06Security AnalysisBenjamin Graham07The Intelligent InvestorBenjamin Graham08Common Stocks and Uncommon ProfitsPhilip A. Fisher09Margin of SafetySeth A. Klarman10The Little Book of Common Sense InvestingJohn C. Bogle11When Genius FailedRoger Lowenstein12Value InvestingBruce C. Greenwald13What Is Value Investing?Lawrence A. Cunningham14Getting Started in Value InvestingCharles S. Mizrahi15Stress TestTimothy F. Geithner16Analysis of Financial StatementsLeopold Bernstein17Limping on WaterPhilip Beuth18Money Masters of Our TimeJohn Train19The Clash of the CulturesJohn C. Bogle20The Complete InvestorTren Griffin21The Warren Buffett WayRobert G. Hagstrom

Psychology

16 / Books
01OutliersMalcolm Gladwell02InfluenceRobert Cialdini03Tao of Charlie MungerDavid Clark04How to Win Friends and Influence PeopleDale Carnegie05NoiseDaniel Kahneman06Getting to Yes - Negotiating Agreement Without Giving InRoger Fisher07How to DecideAnnie Duke08Judgment in Managerial Decision MakingMax H. Bazerman09Man's Search For MeaningViktor E. Frankl10Fooled by RandomnessNassim Taleb11Essays In Persuasion (1932)John Maynard Keynes12SuperforecastingPhilip E. Tetlock13Atomic HabitsJames Clear14Think AgainAdam Grant15The Art of Thinking ClearlyRolf Dobelli16Thinking, Fast and SlowDaniel Kahneman

Space

05 / Books
01The Conquest of SpaceDavid Lasser—
02The Hitchhikers Guide to the GalaxyDouglas Adams03Space is Open for BusinessRobert Jacobson
04America's New Destiny in SpaceGlenn Reynolds—
05Not Necessarily Rocket ScienceKellie Gerardi

Fiction

03 / Books
01Foundation (pt 1-3)Isaac Asimov02Station ElevenEmily St. John Mandel031984George Orwell
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