Books (and long articles):
2023
- Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity by Peter Attia
- The Minimalist Entrepreneur: How Great Founders Do More with Less by Sahil Lavingia
- Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky
- The AI Revolution in Medicine: GPT-4 and Beyond by Peter Lee et al
- Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
- Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
- The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century’s Greatest Dilemma by Mustafa Suleyman
- The Billion Dollar Molecule by Barry Werth
- The Bobiverse series by Dennis E. Taylor
- Deep Work by Cal Newport
- The Expanse Books 7-9 by James S.A. Corey
2022
- The Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter
- Come as You Are by Emily Nagoski
- Secrets of Sand Hill Road by Scott Kupor
- Creativity, Inc. by Ed Catmull
- The Way Out: A Revolutionary, Scientifically Proven Approach to Healing Chronic Pain by Alan Gordon + Alon Ziv
- Foundation by Isaac Asimov
- Foundation and Empire by Isaac Asimov
- Expecting Better by Emily Oster
- 21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari
2021
- Atomic Habits by James Clear
- A Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
- Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel, Blake Masters
- The Divide: American Injustice in the Age of the Wealth Gap by Matt Taibbi
- Indigenous Writes: A Guide to First Nations, Metis, and Inuit Issues in Canada by Chelsea Vowel
- The Wise Man’s Fear by Patrick Rothfuss
- Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trever Noah
- Yearbook by Seth Rogen
- Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
- How to Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence by Michael Pollan
- Death’s End by Cixin Liu
2020
- Factfulness: Ten Reasons We’re Wrong About the World–and Why Things Are Better Than You Think by Hans Rosling
- The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
- In Plain Sight Summary Report: Addressing Indigenous-specific Racism and Discrimination in B.C. Health Care
- Dune by Frank Herbert
- The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu
- The Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu
- White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo
- Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love, Second Edition by Marty Kagan
- The Future is Faster Than You Think by Peter Diamandis
- Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
2019
- Deep Medicine: How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Healthcare Human Again by Eric Topol
- Freedom by Jonathan Franzen
- Better Now by Danielle Martin
- Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela
2018
- Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
- In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts by Gabor Mate
- Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike by Phil Knight
- Being Mortal by Atul Gawande - worth a second read
- The Patient Will See you Now by Eric Topol
- The Master Algorithm by Pedro Domingos
- Weapons of Math Destruction by Cathy O’Neil
- Principles by Ray Dalio
2017
- Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
- WaitButWhy’s Neuralink Article by Tim Urban
- Moonwalking with Einstein by Joshua Foer
- Being Mortal by Atul Gawande
- The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande
- When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi