OVERLAP · 6 SHARED BOOKs
Books both Mark Zuckerberg and Naval Ravikant recommend
Mark Zuckerberg and Naval Ravikant both positively recommend these books.
Shared positive books
6 BOOKs-
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Sapiens
Popular Science
Mark Zuckerberg“Following the Muqaddimah, which was a history from the perspective of an intellectual in the 1300s, Sapiens is a contemporary exploration of many similar questions. I'm looking forward to reading these different perspectives.”
Twelfth A Year of Books pick, announced June 15, 2015. Zuckerberg later hosted Harari for a public conversation as part of his 2019 personal challenge.
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The Beginning of Infinity
Popular Science
Mark ZuckerbergFinal A Year of Books pick, announced December 28, 2015 — closing the year on epistemology and the unbounded growth of knowledge.
Naval Ravikantnavalmanack.com · navals recommended reading
“Not the easiest read, but it made me smarter.”
Naval recommends it as the deepest available account of why good explanations—not data—are the engine of all human progress.
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The Rational Optimist
Business
Mark ZuckerbergNineteenth A Year of Books pick, announced September 28, 2015 — Zuckerberg's second Ridley pick of the year.
Naval Ravikant“The most brilliant and enlightening book I've read in years.”
The page cites a Naval tweet praising the book.
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The Three-Body Problem
Sci-Fi
Mark ZuckerbergTwentieth A Year of Books pick, announced October 21, 2015.
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Genome
Popular Science
Mark ZuckerbergFifteenth A Year of Books pick, announced July 28, 2015.
Naval Ravikant“Everything by Matt Ridley is worth reading.”
The page cites a Naval tweet recommending all of Matt Ridley's work.
