September 2020

The monthly newsletter covers the books I've read over the course of the month, any essays I wrote or challenges I undertook, and some other interesting articles, interviews, etc.   

Books

• The Almanack of Naval Ravikant by Naval Ravikant, Eric Jorgenson
• Genome by Matt Ridley
• How Innovation Works by Matt Ridley
• The Mythical Man Month by Frederick Brooks
• Quality Investing by Laurence Cunningham
• The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce
• The Grand Design by Stephen Hawking
• Make Time for Creativity by Brandon Stosuy

Full list of books read in 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014

Any book, which is at all important, should be immediately re-read

Essays

• None

Teacher's Reference Guides

• None

Monthly Challenges

• None

Other

• Had a blast recording two podcasts this past month - one with Sean Delaney and What Got You There and the other with Sean Murray and The Good Life. Check them out if you're interested in getting some additional context on The Rabbit Hole, The Latticework, and on my reading / learning / writing process!
• Bessemer Ventures' memos on past investments. Informative and fun to see how they thought about these fledgling companies before they became what they are today.
• Wise Charlie - mental models "playing cards." I've really enjoyed these and they do a great job of keeping these important ideas top of mind
• Hummingbirds able to cool themselves substantially to survive frigid nights
• The Reliants Project - a fantastic collection of network-based concepts and how they can be applied to your life
• Complex Contagion - a beautiful "aha" moment hit me as I read about simple vs. complex contagion
• The Mike Speiser Incubation Playbook by Kevin Kwok
• Giftedness and Genius by Arthur Jensen
• Jason Calacanis with Dan Rose

Amor Fati Amor.

Blas

"Educe - a marvelous word seldom used or practiced, meaning, "to bring or draw forth something already present in a latent, or undeveloped form." It can be contrasted with induce, too often used and practiced, meaning, "to prevail upon; move by persuasion or influence - to impel, incite, or urge." - Dee Hock, One From Many

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