Marc Andreessen

Ben's book choice #1 by @JoHenrich, which I also highly recommend:

On morality and politics, and on the two kinds of fairness, I can't recommend this book by @JonHaidt too highly:

by @stewartbrand on why even environmentalists should be pro building, pro cities, pro nuclear, and pro genetic engineering.

on how modern technological economies can build more outputs with less inputs, and why we need all economies to be modern and technological.

on how technology-driven productivity growth improves human welfare and creates more jobs and higher wages.

on how economic systems that encourage aggressive entrepreneurship build the most for the benefit of the most.

on how four great builders of the 19th century built the world we live in today.

on perhaps the greatest American builder of all, the builder who brought electricity to us all, Thomas Edison.

on the central role cities play in our world and why it's so important for us to build them -- more, bigger, better.

on why we can't build in great American cities like San Francisco today and what we need to do about it.

“An Apology For The Builder” by Nicholas Barbon, written in 1685. HT @tylercowen. Some things never change!

Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win by @jockowillink -- I hand out more copies of this book than any other. How to take responsibility for yourself and for those around you. Modern Stoicism, as applied in the military, business, and life.

The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves by @mattwridley -- Sparkling explanation of how the economy evolves, producing the glorious cornucopia of goods and services available all around us. How to feel good about the future even in dark times.

A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal by @BenMacintyre1 -- True, chilling saga of straight up, profoundly deep treason and betrayal. Sociopaths in high positions of power and influence. Hair curling.

How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer by @Sarah_Bakewell -- "How to get along with people, how to deal with violence, how to adjust to losing someone you love—All versions of a bigger question: How do you live?"

Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 by @MarcusLuttrell -- The film was fine but the book is unreal; incredibly vivid story of superlative American heroes.

A Very Expensive Poison: The Assassination of Alexander Litvinenko by @lukeharding1968 -- The astonishing story of the Litvinenko and Perepilichnyy assassinations in the UK; reads like a Lee Child thriller; plenty topical now.

The Myth of the Rational Voter by @bryan_caplan -- "The median American is a moderate national socialist – statist to the core on both economic and social policy. Given public opinion, the policies of First World democracies are surprisingly libertarian."