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Bill Gates portrait in 2018 Bill Gates Co-founder, Microsoft; philanthropist 1 authored · 5 recs Elon Musk at the Royal Society Elon Musk CEO, SpaceX and Tesla 1 about · 5 recs Demis Hassabis speaking at the Royal Society Demis Hassabis Co-founder & CEO, Google DeepMind 2 recs Charlie Munger portrait Charlie Munger Investor, Berkshire Hathaway 1 authored · 1 recs Warren Buffett at the 2015 SelectUSA Investment Summit Warren Buffett Chairman, Berkshire Hathaway 1 recs Ray Dalio speaking at Web Summit Ray Dalio Founder, Bridgewater Associates 2 authored · 1 about · 0 recs Andrew Grove at Intel Andrew Grove Engineer and CEO, Intel 2 authored · 0 recs Ben Horowitz at TechCrunch Disrupt 2018 Ben Horowitz Co-founder, Andreessen Horowitz 2 authored · 0 recs

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Cover of Benjamin Franklin by Walter Isaacson
BiographyInnovationHistory

Benjamin Franklin

by Walter Isaacson · 2003

1 recommendation Recommended by Elon Musk
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Walter Isaacson · Biographer

Cover of Business Adventures
BusinessHistoryDecision Making

Business Adventures

by John Brooks · 1969

1 recommendation Recommended by Bill Gates
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John Brooks · Business journalist

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Global HealthDataProgress

Factfulness

by Hans Rosling, Anna Rosling Ronnlund & Ola Rosling · 2018

1 recommendation Recommended by Bill Gates
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Hans Rosling · Global health statistician

Anna Rosling Ronnlund · Gapminder co-founder

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ChessAIStrategy

Game Changer

by Matthew Sadler & Natasha Regan · 2019

1 recommendation Recommended by Demis Hassabis
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Matthew Sadler · Chess grandmaster

Natasha Regan · Chess author

Cover of Godel, Escher, Bach
AIConsciousnessMathematics

Godel, Escher, Bach

by Douglas R. Hofstadter · 1979

1 recommendation Recommended by Demis Hassabis
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Douglas R. Hofstadter · Pulitzer-winning cognitive scientist

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PsychologyDecision Making

Influence

by Robert B. Cialdini · 1984

1 recommendation Recommended by Charlie Munger
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Robert B. Cialdini · Persuasion researcher

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Book reference citation The Intelligent Investor

Warren Buffett · Wikipedia · reference page

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Elon Musk · The Economic Times · 2026-06-18

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Elon Musk · The Economic Times · 2026-06-18

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Reading-list citation Benjamin Franklin

Elon Musk · The Economic Times · 2026-06-18

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