Here are the audiobooks I listened to in 2018. I enjoyed all of them and recommend them. If I find time, I will write blog posts summarizing some of them.
Linked: How Everything Is Connected to Everything Else and What It Means for Business, Science, and Everyday Life, by Albert-László Barabási.
Discusses the structure of various interesting networks such as the internet, the social network of people, and others. I wrote a post summarizing this book.
The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future, by Joseph Stiglitz.
Nobel prize-winning economist discusses how the political system in the US enables wealth inequality, and the problems inequality causes in society.
Thinking, Fast and Slow, by Daniel Kahneman.
Cognitive psychologist explains the two modes of operation in the human brain: the fast, instinctive one, and the slow, deliberate one. He shows that even though we like to think that our decisions are rational, we very often make choices due to irrational factors without realizing it.
The Formula: The Universal Laws of Success, by Albert-László Barabási.
This is Barabasi's latest book. Studies success in various domains of human endeavor.
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup, by John Carreyrou.
Tells the story of Theranos and how its executives were lying about the capabilities of the company's technology.
Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It, by Chris Voss.
Former FBI hostage negotiator explains his negotiation techniques, and how they also apply to everyday life.
I'm Feeling Lucky: The Confessions of Google Employee Number 59, by Douglas Edwards.
Fun stories about the early days of Google.
Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture, by David Kushner.
The story of John Carmack and John Romero, who created Wolfenstein, Doom, Quake, and other very influential computer games.
How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed, by Ray Kurzweil.
Discussions about how the brain works, artificial intelligence, the singularity, and related topics.
Linked: How Everything Is Connected to Everything Else and What It Means for Business, Science, and Everyday Life, by Albert-László Barabási.
Discusses the structure of various interesting networks such as the internet, the social network of people, and others. I wrote a post summarizing this book.
The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future, by Joseph Stiglitz.
Nobel prize-winning economist discusses how the political system in the US enables wealth inequality, and the problems inequality causes in society.
Thinking, Fast and Slow, by Daniel Kahneman.
Cognitive psychologist explains the two modes of operation in the human brain: the fast, instinctive one, and the slow, deliberate one. He shows that even though we like to think that our decisions are rational, we very often make choices due to irrational factors without realizing it.
The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect, by Judea Pearl.
Talks about the mathematical tools required to go beyond correlation in statistics, and reach causal conclusions. The author is a computer scientist who has won the Turing award.
Talks about the mathematical tools required to go beyond correlation in statistics, and reach causal conclusions. The author is a computer scientist who has won the Turing award.
How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk, by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish.
Wonderful book with lots of practical advice on how to communicate with your children, especially in emotional situations.
Wonderful book with lots of practical advice on how to communicate with your children, especially in emotional situations.
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!: Adventures of a Curious Character, by Richard Feynman.
Sort of a biography of Feynman. Very entertaining book; I've read it many times over the years. I prefer it as a physical book than as an audiobook.
Sync: The Emerging Science of Spontaneous Order, by Steven Strogatz.
Discusses various physical phenomena where some simple autonomous agents synchronize with each other. Covers topics such as complex systems, phase transitions, and network science.
Sort of a biography of Feynman. Very entertaining book; I've read it many times over the years. I prefer it as a physical book than as an audiobook.
Sync: The Emerging Science of Spontaneous Order, by Steven Strogatz.
Discusses various physical phenomena where some simple autonomous agents synchronize with each other. Covers topics such as complex systems, phase transitions, and network science.
This is Barabasi's latest book. Studies success in various domains of human endeavor.
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup, by John Carreyrou.
Tells the story of Theranos and how its executives were lying about the capabilities of the company's technology.
Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It, by Chris Voss.
Former FBI hostage negotiator explains his negotiation techniques, and how they also apply to everyday life.
I'm Feeling Lucky: The Confessions of Google Employee Number 59, by Douglas Edwards.
Fun stories about the early days of Google.
Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture, by David Kushner.
The story of John Carmack and John Romero, who created Wolfenstein, Doom, Quake, and other very influential computer games.
How to Create a Mind: The Secret of Human Thought Revealed, by Ray Kurzweil.
Discussions about how the brain works, artificial intelligence, the singularity, and related topics.
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