Thanks for this list and linking to all the Audible books Michael!
I’m from the Philippines and some of these Audible links said these titles weren’t available in my region, but I found a way to bypass this through the instructions in this link. (I hope it’s okay for me to share that information here and do this bypassing).
Anyway, are you planning on listing the reasons for why you find these books valuable? I think that would help make this list more useful for other people. 1-3 sentences per book should be enough.
I’m particularly interested about why the books How to Measure Anything, Steve Jobs, Destined for War, The Dictator’s Handbook, Expert Political Judgment, and Algorithms to Live By were useful to you.
I’m 50% done listening to the How to Measure Anything audiobook, and it’s been helpful, but I’m lacking some motivation to finish the audiobook. It’s also quite dense to listen to as an audiobook, so I’m not sure if I should be consuming it that way. Did you listen to that as an audiobook?
The Steve Jobs book is one that seems most not EA-related in the list, so I’m also curious to hear why you found that useful. (I get that he was the driving force behind the most valuable company in the world, so maybe understanding him is relevant to EA too?)
Yeah, a friend of mine who looks and sounds a lot like me and also read these 48 audiobooks (definitely not me, though) is based in Australia, and just has both an Australian and an American audible account (I think using that method you linked to), and gets the books available in Australia on the Australian account and the others on the American account.
Anyway, are you planning on listing the reasons for why you find these books valuable? I think that would help make this list more useful for other people. 1-3 sentences per book should be enough.
Yeah, I agree that that’d make this post more useful, and that 1-3 sentences should be enough. Unfortunately, until recently, I took no notes and made no Anki cards, so I don’t actually remember off the top of my head why I found these books useful! (As I mention in the post, I now suggest making Anki cards, making notes of key updates [probably something like 3-15 dot points per book—nothing too extensive], and sharing them to the Forum, but I only started this recently.)
With some thought, I could remember some good guesses for what use I got out of these books, but it’d take a little time and not necessarily be accurate. But now that I’ve changed this from shortform to a top-level post and the post got somewhat more attention than expected, I guess it’s probably worthwhile for me to do that, so I’ll probably do it this week. (I’ll then reply to you again so you get a notification.)
Did you listen to [How to Measure Anything] that as an audiobook?
Yeah, I did, while also looking at the accompanying PDF here and there.
I also found many of the books listed here somewhat dense or not that motivating to get through. (The worst offenders have been Age of Em and After Tamerlane, which is why they haven’t made it from my list of downloaded books to my list of completed books yet...) I often have to jump back because I lost focus. But I also listen on ~1.8 speed, which both reduces boredom and gets me through the book faster despite frequently skipping back.
Thanks for this list and linking to all the Audible books Michael!
I’m from the Philippines and some of these Audible links said these titles weren’t available in my region, but I found a way to bypass this through the instructions in this link. (I hope it’s okay for me to share that information here and do this bypassing).
Anyway, are you planning on listing the reasons for why you find these books valuable? I think that would help make this list more useful for other people. 1-3 sentences per book should be enough.
I’m particularly interested about why the books How to Measure Anything, Steve Jobs, Destined for War, The Dictator’s Handbook, Expert Political Judgment, and Algorithms to Live By were useful to you.
I’m 50% done listening to the How to Measure Anything audiobook, and it’s been helpful, but I’m lacking some motivation to finish the audiobook. It’s also quite dense to listen to as an audiobook, so I’m not sure if I should be consuming it that way. Did you listen to that as an audiobook?
The Steve Jobs book is one that seems most not EA-related in the list, so I’m also curious to hear why you found that useful. (I get that he was the driving force behind the most valuable company in the world, so maybe understanding him is relevant to EA too?)
Yeah, a friend of mine who looks and sounds a lot like me and also read these 48 audiobooks (definitely not me, though) is based in Australia, and just has both an Australian and an American audible account (I think using that method you linked to), and gets the books available in Australia on the Australian account and the others on the American account.
lol good for your friend!
Yeah, I agree that that’d make this post more useful, and that 1-3 sentences should be enough. Unfortunately, until recently, I took no notes and made no Anki cards, so I don’t actually remember off the top of my head why I found these books useful! (As I mention in the post, I now suggest making Anki cards, making notes of key updates [probably something like 3-15 dot points per book—nothing too extensive], and sharing them to the Forum, but I only started this recently.)
With some thought, I could remember some good guesses for what use I got out of these books, but it’d take a little time and not necessarily be accurate. But now that I’ve changed this from shortform to a top-level post and the post got somewhat more attention than expected, I guess it’s probably worthwhile for me to do that, so I’ll probably do it this week. (I’ll then reply to you again so you get a notification.)
Yeah, I did, while also looking at the accompanying PDF here and there.
I also found many of the books listed here somewhat dense or not that motivating to get through. (The worst offenders have been Age of Em and After Tamerlane, which is why they haven’t made it from my list of downloaded books to my list of completed books yet...) I often have to jump back because I lost focus. But I also listen on ~1.8 speed, which both reduces boredom and gets me through the book faster despite frequently skipping back.