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Seven Brief Lessons on Physics by Carlo Rovelli
I’ve read this one at least twice.
For game theory, in addition to playing strategy games, you 
may want to try The Compleat Strategyst: Being a Primer on the 
Theory of Games of Strategy by J.D. Williams and The Evolution 
of Cooperation by Robert Axelrod. [11]
PHILOSOPHY AND SPIRITUALITY
Everything by Jed McKenna
Jed spits raw truth. His style may be off-putting, but the ded-
ication to truth is unparalleled. [79]
Theory of Everything (The Enlightened Perspective) - Dream-
state Trilogy
Jed McKenna’s Notebook
Jed Talks #1 and #2
Everything by Kapil Gupta, MD
Kapil recently became a personal advisor and coach to me, and 
this comes from a person who doesn’t believe in coaches. [79]
A Master’s Secret Whispers: For those who abhor noise and seek 
The Truth…about life and living

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Direct Truth: Uncompromising, non-prescriptive Truths to the 
enduring questions of life
Atmamun: The Path to achieving the bliss of the Himalayan 
Swamis. And the freedom of a living God.
The Book of Life by Jiddu Krishnamurti
Krishnamurti is a lesser-known guy, 
an Indian philosopher who lived at the 
turn of the last century and is extremely 
infl uential to me. He’s an uncompromis-
ing, very direct person who basically tells you to look at your 
own mind at all times. I have been hugely infl uenced by him. 
Probably the best book is The Book of Life, which is excerpts 
from his various speeches and books stitched together. [6]
I’ll give my kids a copy of The Book of Life. I’ll tell them to save 
it until they’re older because it won’t make much sense while 
they’re younger. [8]