OVERLAP · 8 SHARED BOOKs
Books both Naval Ravikant and Network School Reading List recommend
Naval Ravikant and Network School Reading List both positively recommend these books.
Shared positive books
8 BOOKs-
[001]
The Selfish Gene
Popular Science
Network School Reading ListBalaji's Network School Curriculum
Macrohistory selection grounding social and cultural evolution in selection at the level of genes and memes.
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[002]
Foundation
Sci-Fi
Network School Reading ListBalaji's Network School Curriculum
Macrohistory reading: Asimov's psychohistory dramatizes the curriculum's core question — predicting and steering the rise and fall of civilizations.
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[003]
The Sovereign Individual
James Dale Davidson, William Rees-Mogg
Politics
Naval Ravikantnavalmanack.com · navals recommended reading
“The best book I've read since Sapiens.”
Naval singles it out by name as among his highest endorsements, citing its prescience on cryptography and the decline of the nation-state.
Network School Reading ListBalaji's Network School Curriculum
Crypto reading: the 1997 forecast of how digital money would let individuals escape the nation-state.
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[004]
How Innovation Works
History
Naval Ravikant“Everything by Matt Ridley is worth reading.”
The page cites a Naval tweet recommending all of Matt Ridley's work.
Network School Reading ListBalaji's Network School Curriculum
Rebuilding reading on why innovation flourishes under freedom and incremental trial, not central direction.
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[005]
The Network State
Politics
Naval Ravikant“The future convergence of networks and governments, from one of the most brilliant thinkers alive.”
The page links via a geni.us affiliate redirect to the Amazon page; quote shown is Naval's blurb.
Network School Reading ListBalaji's Network School Curriculum
Startup Societies reading: Balaji's own blueprint for founding new countries online first, the capstone of the curriculum.
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[006]
The Lessons of History
History
Naval Ravikantnavalmanack.com · navals recommended reading
“This is a great book I really liked which summarizes larger themes of history.”
Naval values it as a masterclass in compression—taking fifty years of historical scholarship and reducing it to durable patterns, the same operation he applies to knowledge generally.
Network School Reading ListBalaji's Network School Curriculum
Macrohistory reading distilling patterns of growth, decay, and renewal across civilizations into a short synthesis.
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[007]
Who We Are and How We Got Here
Popular Science
Network School Reading ListBalaji's Network School Curriculum
Macrohistory reading using ancient DNA to rewrite the deep story of human migration and population mixing.
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[008]
The Almanack of Naval Ravikant
Philosophy
Network School Reading ListBalaji's Network School Curriculum
Self-improvement reading on building wealth and judgment through leverage and clear thinking.