Tristan Harris is a technology ethicist and co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology. Best known for his work exposing how technology companies engineer products to be addictive, he advocates for designing technology that respects human autonomy and attention rather than exploiting psychological vulnerabilities.
15 Books Recommended by Tristan Harris
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The 4-Hour Workweek
27 people recommendedrecommended 2xTristan Harris mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.
Tristan Harris mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.
Also recommended by: Eric Jorgenson, Ev Williams, Marc Andreessen, Tim Draper, Aj Jacobs, Blake Mycoskie, Caterina Fake, Charles Poliquin, Brian Dean, Daniel Pink, David Heinemeier Hansson, Derek Sivers, Eric Weinstein, Gary Keller, Jason Silva, Jodie Cook, Laura R Walker, Lewis Howes, Marc Goodman, Mark Bell, Maurice Ashley, Michael Hyatt, Mike Maples Jr, Mike Shinoda, Rolf Potts, Walter Isaacson
[The author]'s dark vision.
[The author]'s dark vision.
Also recommended by: Richard Branson, Winston Churchill, Anna Akana, Brad Delong, Christopher Hitchens, Diane Rehm, Emma Watson, J Cole, Jenn Im, Jordan Peterson, Matt Mullenweg, Noam Chomsky, Sahil Lavingia
About life and how to [...] navigate in a more improvisational way.
About life and how to [...] navigate in a more improvisational way.
Also recommended by: Tobi Lutke, Daniel Gross, Graham Duncan, Jane Mcgonigal, Kevin Kelly, Patrick Oshaughnessy, Ryan Shea, Simon Sinek, Stewart Brand, Derek Sivers
Slightly older and less well known [than 1984] but equally chilling vision.
Also recommended by: Sam Altman, Winston Churchill, Christopher Hitchens, Yuval Noah Harari, Jordan Peterson, Matt Mullenweg, Pewdiepie, Sahil Lavingia, Stewart Brand
A brave wake-up call... Indispensable reading.
Also recommended by: Bill Gates, Eric Schmidt, Al Gore, Alain De Botton, Daniel Kahneman, Yuval Noah Harari, Stephen Fry
Written in 1982. It literally predicts everything that's going on now.
Also recommended by: Patrick Collison, Keith Rabois, Matt Mullenweg, Michael Batnick, Patrick Oshaughnessy
We keep looking for these win-win solutions but sometimes we have to lose a little bit so that everybody wins. And thatβs not a good message for capitalists because thatβs not how we like to roll.
We keep looking for these win-win solutions but sometimes we have to lose a little bit so that everybody wins. And thatβs not a good message for capitalists because thatβs not how we like to roll.
Also recommended by: Vinod Khosla, Alexis Ohanian, Jason Calacanis, Kat Cole
Was a profound book for me.
Was a profound book for me.
Also recommended by: Brian Armstrong, Chase Jarvis, Tim Ferriss
Metaphors We Live By
3 people recommendedrecommended 3xTalked about the power of grounding metaphor.
Talked about the power of grounding metaphor.
Talked about the power of grounding metaphor.
Also recommended by: Nick Szabo, Patrick Oshaughnessy
The Attention Merchants
3 people recommendedrecommended 2xMust read.
Must read.
Also recommended by: Brianne Kimmel, Trung Phan
Words That Work
2 people recommendedrecommended 2xTristan Harris mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.
Tristan Harris mentioned this book on "The Tim Ferriss Show" podcast.
Also recommended by: Matt Mullenweg
Wherever You Go, There You Are
2 people recommendedThe point is that you will repeat our same mental habits everywhere we go.
Also recommended by: Rick Rubin
Don’t Shoot the Dog!
2 people recommendedrecommended 2xAmazing book.
Amazing book.
Also recommended by: Tim Ferriss
Bury the Chains
2 people recommendedA great book [...] about the British abolition of slavery.
Also recommended by: Jack Kornfield