My Bookshelf

These are the books that inspired me in the last few years. Not updated anymore. If you're cracked, go read PMPP and DDIA.

Coders at Work” by Peter Seibel (4
)

Read in 2022

The Precipice” by Toby Ord (4
)

Read in 2022

Rationality: From AI to Zombies” by Eliezer Yudkowsky (4
)

Read in 2022

The Fabric of Reality” by David Deutsch (4
)

Read in 2022

The Great Stagnation:” by Tyler Cowen (5
)

Read in 2022

Permutation City” by Greg Egan (4
)

Read in 2022

Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination” by Neal Gabler (4
)

Read in 2022

Replacing Aging” by Jean Hébert (5
)

This introduced a new path for radical life extension for me. Regenerative Medicine. Also, it challenged my views on current popular approaches in the longevity research field. Can highly recommend!
Read in 2021

Deep Learning with Python, Second Edition” by Francois Chollet (5
)

Best book to refresh your knowledge about deep learning. Would love to see a similar book for PyTorch!
Read in 2021

Physics and Beyond” by Werner Heisenberg (5
)

Read in 2021

The Selfish Gene” by Richard Dawkins (4
)

Read in 2021

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance” by Robert M. Pirsig (4
)

Read in 2021

The Idealist: Aaron Swartz and the Rise of Free Culture on the Internet” by Justin Peters (4
)

Read in 2021

Antifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder” by Nassim Taleb (4
)

Read in 2021

The Dream Machine” by M. Mitchell Waldrop (4
)

Read in 2021

2001: A Space Odyssey” by Arthur C. Clarke (4
)

Read in 2021

Deep Learning for Life Sciences” by Bharath Ramsundar, Peter Eastman, Patrick Walters, Vijay Pande (4
)

If you’re a developer/ML Engineer interested into longevity and aren’t sure on how you can have an impact in that space, I can highly recommend to read the book. It doesn’t go into too much detail on all topics, but gives a great intro to different ML use-cases in Life Sciences.
Read in 2021

The Beginning of Infinity” by David Deutsch (5
)

One of the most influential books I've ever read!
Read in 2021

On the Shortness of Life” by Seneca (3
)

Read in 2021

Meditations” by Marcus Aurelius (3
)

Read in 2021

The Alchemist” by Paulo Coelho (4
)

Read in 2021

The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect” by Roger Williams (5
)

Read in 2021

Man's Search For Meaning” by Viktor E Frankl (5
)

Read in 2021

Can't Hurt Me” by David Goggins (3
)

Read in 2021

Siddartha” by Hermann Hesse (5
)

Read in 2021

Animal Farm” by George Orwell (5
)

Read in 2021

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” by Philip K. Dick (5
)

Read in 2020

The Fish That Ate the Whale” by Rich Cohen (3
)

Read in 2020

The Almanack of Naval Ravikant” by Eric Jorgenson (5
)

Read in 2020

The Denial of Death” by Ernest Becker (5
)

Awesome book, but no easy life after reading it...
Read in 2020

Red Notice: A True Story of Corruption, Murder and One Man’s Fight for Justice” by Bill Browder (5
)

Very interesting life story, especially the first part.
Read in 2020

Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration” by Ed Catmull (4
)

Read in 2020

The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company” by Robert Iger (5
)

Awesome book! Especially the Pixar acquistion part and his conversations with Steve Jobs.
Read in 2020

ColdFusion Presents: New Thinking: From Einstein to Artificial Intelligence, the Science and Technology That Transformed Our World” by Dagogo Altraide (3
)

Read in 2020

Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It” by Chris Voss, Tahl Raz (4
)

Read in 2020

How Not To Die: Discover the foods scientifically proven to prevent and reverse disease” by Michael Greger (5
)

Awesome book, even though you don't have to read the 500 pages to understand why a plant based diet is good for your health.
Read in 2020

Lifespan: Why We Age ― and Why We Don't Have To” by David A. Sinclair PhD (5
)

Best book on the current state of life extension technologies but also a lot of pracitcal advice at the end of the book on how you can expand your lifespan with the science we know today!
Read in 2019

The Great Nowitzki:” by Thomas Pletzinger (4
)

Made me wanna play Basketball again!
Read in 2019

Permanent Record” by Edward Snowden (4
)

Read in 2019

Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products” by Nir Eyal, Ryan Hoover (4
)

Read in 2019

Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams” by Matthew Walker (4
)

Read in 2019

Trillion Dollar Coach: The Leadership Playbook of Silicon Valley's Bill Campbell” by Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg, Alan Eagle (3
)

Read in 2019

Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship” by Robert C. Martin (4
)

Read in 2019

Blitzscaling: The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies” by Reid Hoffman, Chris Yeh, Bill Gates - foreword (2
)

Read in 2019

The Gene: An Intimate History” by Siddhartha Mukherjee (4
)

Read in 2019

AI Superpowers: China, Silicon Valley, and the New World Order” by Kai-Fu Lee (2
)

Read in 2019

Hackers & Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age” by Paul Graham (4
)

Read in 2019

1984” by George Orwell (5
)

Read in 2019

Ein Jahr im schlimmsten Startup der Welt” by Max Meer (4
)

Read in 2019

Mastering Ethereum: Building Smart Contracts and DApps” by Andreas M. Antonopoulos (4
)

Read in 2018

We Are the Nerds: The Birth and Tumultuous Life of Reddit, the Internet’s Culture Laboratory” by Christine Lagorio-Chafkin (4
)

Read in 2018

Atomic Habits” by James Clear (4
)

Read in 2018

Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind” by Yuval Noah Harari (4
)

Read in 2018

Frank Thelen - Die Autobiografie: Startup-DNA. Hinfallen, Aufstehen, die Welt verändern” by (3
)

Read in 2018

Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup” by John Carreyrou (5
)

Read in 2018

TED Talks: The official TED guide to public speaking” by (4
)

Read in 2018

Ghost in the Wires: My Adventures as the World's Most Wanted Hacker” by Kevin Mitnick (5
)

Read in 2018

Sam Walton: Made In America” by John Huey, Sam Walton (5
)

Read in 2018

Crushing It!: How Great Entrepreneurs Build Their Business and Influence-and How You Can, Too” by Gary Vaynerchuk (4
)

Read in 2018

The Art of Invisibility” by Kevin Mitnick (2
)

Read in 2018

No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State” by Glenn Greenwald (5
)

This one is even better than the one from Edward Swnowden himself.
Read in 2018

The Hard Thing About Hard Things” by Ben Horowitz (3
)

Read in 2018

Wait But Why Year One” by Tim Urban (5
)

Read in 2018

Ending Aging: The Rejuvenation Breakthroughs That Could Reverse Human Aging in Our Lifetime” by Aubrey de Grey, Michael Rae (4
)

Started my passion for live extension technologies. Though very challenging to read
Read in 2018

The Airbnb Story: How Three Ordinary Guys Disrupted an Industry, Made Billions…and Created Plenty of Controversy” by Leigh Gallagher (3
)

Read in 2018

Mastering Bitcoin: Programming the Open Blockchain” by Andreas M. Antonopoulos (4
)

Read in 2018

How to Turn Down a Billion Dollars: The Snapchat Story” by Billy Gallagher (3
)

Read in 2018

The Internet of Money” by Andreas M. Antonopoulos (4
)

Read in 2018

Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificialn” by Max Tegmark (3
)

Read in 2017

Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies” by Nick Bostrom (5
)

Started my passion for AI tech. Awesome book!
Read in 2017

The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon” by Brad Stone (4
)

Read in 2017

American Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike” by Phil Knight (5
)

Read in 2017

Der Facebook-Effekt: Hinter den Kulissen des Internet-Giganten” by David Kirkpatrick (3
)

Read in 2017

A Brief History of Time” by Stephen Hawking (4
)

Read in 2017

Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal” by Nick Bilton (5
)

Read in 2017

The Innovator’s Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail (Management of Innovation and Change)” by Clayton M. Christensen (5
)

Read in 2017

Was Google wirklich will” by Thomas Schulz (4
)

Read in 2017

The Upstarts: How Uber, Airbnb, and the Killer Companies of the New Silicon Valley Are Changing the World” by Brad Stone (3
)

Read in 2017

Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future” by Ashlee Vance (4
)

Read in 2017

American Kingpin” by Nick Bilton (5
)

My favorite book so far!
Read in 2017

Hacking Growth: How Today's Fastest-Growing Companies Drive Breakout Success” by Sean Ellis (3
)

Read in 2017

Machen!: Das Startup-Buch der mymuesli-Gründer” by Hubertus Bessau, Philipp Kraiss, Max Wittrock (3
)

Read in 2017

Die Silicon-Valley-Mentalität” by Mario Herger (3
)

Read in 2017

Silicon Valley” by Christoph Keese (5
)

Read in 2017

Humans Need Not Apply: A Guide to Wealth and Work in the Age of Artificial Intelligence” by Jerry Kaplan (2
)

Read in 2017

Silicon Germany” by Christoph Keese (4
)

Read in 2017

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy” by This was already my father's favorite book. So he gifted me this book and since then I'm not leaving the house for interstellar space travel without a towel. (5
)

Read in 2016