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Books recommended by Vinod Khosla from medium.com
This source supports 13 books recommended by Vinod Khosla, including An Elegant Defense: The Extraordinary New Science of the Immune System, Life on the Edge: The Coming of Age of Quantum Biology, The Coddling of the American Mind, and 10 more.
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An Elegant Defense: The Extraordinary New Science of the Immune System
“Really an engineering 'how it works' story.”
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Life on the Edge: The Coming of Age of Quantum Biology
Johnjoe McFadden, Jim Al-Khalili
“Each chapter illustrates one of life's puzzles and makes you think differently about the world.”
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The Coddling of the American Mind
Greg Lukianoff, Jonathan Haidt
Khosla highlights the book's critique of 'Safetyism' as a threat to free inquiry and speech on campus.
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The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming
“It scares, and it's time to be be very very scared. The message is more important than the details.”
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Blitzscaling
“An insightful book on how to scale at a very fast pace and more importantly WHEN. Also explains why inefficient use of money can be important.”
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Lifespan
Khosla rated this 10/10 on his 2019 list, framing aging as a problem worth attacking directly rather than disease by disease.
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The Third Pillar
Recommended for its argument about strengthening community alongside state and markets.
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The Jungle Grows Back
The Jungle Grows Back
Recommended for its argument that the liberal world order requires active maintenance.
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The Inflamed Mind
Recommended for linking inflammation to depression and mental illness.
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The Line Becomes a River
Recommended as a memoir on the human realities of the U.S.-Mexico border.
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