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Intro: From PayPal Mafia to Philosophy Bro
Peter Thiel is not your typical Silicon Valley billionaire. He co-founded PayPal, made an early bet on Facebook, and then wrote Zero to One — a book that’s equal parts startup playbook, philosophy essay, and contrarian rant.
The central thesis is simple but…
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Intro: The Book That Makes You Feel Both Special and Insignificant
Some books make you want to start a business. Some books make you want to eat better. Yuval Noah Harari’s Sapiens makes you want to sit quietly in a corner and whisper, “We’re just storytelling monkeys with nukes.”
Harari takes 70,000 years of human…
The Book That Makes You Realize You’re Not as Smart as You Thought
Some books make you feel inspired. Some make you feel seen. Daniel Kahneman’s Thinking, Fast and Slow makes you feel… slightly dumb. But in a liberating way — like discovering that everyone else is also terrible at making decisions, not just you.…
The Self-Help Book That’s Somehow Not Annoying
Most self-help books are like that friend who swears they’ve “cracked the code to life” because they bought a $50 water bottle with motivational quotes printed on it. James Clear’s Atomic Habits is not that book. It doesn’t ask you to wake up at 4:30 AM, run ten…