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Favorite Books of 2019

These were the books that changed my thinking most in 2019.

Top picks

The Beginning of Infinity

David Deutsch

Deutsch’s argument about knowledge and progress changed how I think.

The Incerto

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Taleb’s five-book series on uncertainty, randomness, risk, and decision-making.

The Innovator's Dilemma

Clayton Christensen

Christensen’s explanation of why successful companies miss disruptive technologies.

The Structure of Scientific Revolutions

Thomas S. Kuhn

Kuhn’s account of scientific paradigms and how they change.

Thinking, Fast and Slow

Daniel Kahneman

Kahneman on the two systems behind judgment and decision-making.

Still useful

I still return to several of these books when I think about knowledge, uncertainty, business, and decision-making.