The Beginning of Infinity

Collison's official bookshelf says the page is a physical-books catalog, not an overall list, but explains that books shown in green are titles he thought were particularly great.

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Patrick Collison · mid 2026 note on page; original list kept for posterity · accessed 2026-06-21

Personal website · Personal bookshelf rating

The page says Collison flagged a few books he thought were particularly great in green. This row imports only green-marked titles and does not treat the full bookshelf as a recommendation list.

Personal reading preference; no validation of its arguments asserted. Source date is transcript publication, not recording. Catalog summary, no excerpt copied.

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The Tim Ferriss Show · 2023-08-10 · accessed 2026-10-01

Interview · Own reading preference

Own positive reading answer, not only the host or linked show notes.

Altman discussed AGI and scientific explanation at an Axel Springer event where Deutsch was brought into the conversation after the favorite-book question.

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Business Insider · 2025-09-24 · accessed 2026-06-21

Article · Reported event citation

Business Insider reports that Döpfner asked Altman about his favorite book and identifies the book as Deutsch's The Beginning of Infinity.

The book-club reference page documents Zuckerberg's 2015 A Year of Books selections and lists The Beginning of Infinity as the final selection of the year.

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Wikipedia · reference page · accessed 2026-06-20

Reference · Book club reference citation

The reference page describes A Year of Books as Zuckerberg's book club and lists The Beginning of Infinity by David Deutsch as selection 23 on December 28, 2015.