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Elon Musk's Book Recommendations

Elon Musk's Book Recommendations

Favorites from the technology entrepreneur

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Ever since he was a kid, Elon Musk—the CEO of Tesla and now the second-richest person in the world—has been an avid reader. Want to benefit from the insights of some of his favorites? Check out his recommendations in this collection!

Elon Musk's Book Recommendations

Favorites from the technology entrepreneur

Elon Musk
Elon Musk
Ashlee Vance
Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future
23 min4.3
Life 3.0
Life 3.0
Max Tegmark
Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
19 min4.3
The Big Picture
The Big Picture
Sean Carroll
On the Origins of Life, Meaning and the Universe Itself
18 min4.0
Lying
Lying
Sam Harris
Why we need to stop lying and start telling the truth
9 min3.7
Superintelligence
Superintelligence
Nick Bostrom
Paths, Dangers, Strategies
18 min4.1
The Wealth of Nations
The Wealth of Nations
Adam Smith
The most influential economic book of all time
11 min4.3
Merchants of Doubt
Merchants of Doubt
Naomi Oreskes & Erik M. Conway
How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues From Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming
18 min3.8
Human Compatible
Human Compatible
Stuart Russell
Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control
22 min4.4
Liftoff
Liftoff
Eric Berger
Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX
21 min4.5
The Art of War (new version)
The Art of War (new version)
Sun Tzu
Classic military strategy for politics, business, and everyday life
11 min4.0
The Selfish Gene
The Selfish Gene
Richard Dawkins
A landmark work in the field of biology and evolution
22 min4.4

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