Bryan Johnson is a tech entrepreneur and biohacker best known for founding Braintree, a payment processing platform acquired by PayPal for $800 million. He has since dedicated himself to longevity research and human optimization, documenting his experimental health protocols publicly and investing heavily in aging reversal science.
23 Books Recommended by Bryan Johnson
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His basic point is no matter the conditions we surround ourselves in, we can author our life.
Also recommended by: Dustin Moskovitz, Ev Williams, Sam Altman, Aniela Gregorek, Chelsea Handler, Chip Conley, Alastair Humphreys, Daniel Pink, Dave Elitch, David Blaine, Patrick Bet David, Emma Watson, Esther Perel, Fedor Holz, Jim Kwik, Jimmy Fallon, Jocko Willink, Jordan Peterson, Lex Fridman, Maria Popova, Mark Manson, Michael Gervais, Michael Hyatt, Pewdiepie, Phil Jackson, Robin Black, Ryan Holiday, Shane Parrish, Simon Sinek, Steve Kerr, Terry Crews, Tom Bilyeu, Tony Robbins, Turia Pitt, Derek Sivers
Principles
27 people recommended[The author] open sourced Bridgewaterβs methods in [this book] and the results were good evidence that collectives can operate at higher levels when they are open and honest about and can see past their cognitive flaws.
Also recommended by: Gary Vaynerchuk, Naval Ravikant, Eric Jorgenson, Mark Cuban, Bill Gates, Drew Houston, Dustin Moskovitz, Howard Marks, Jack Dorsey, Kevin Systrom, Marc Benioff, Michael Bloomberg, Reed Hastings, Arianna Huffington, Ben Greenfield, Austen Allred, Diddy, Doug Mcmillon, James Clear, Lex Fridman, Marty Cagan, Patrick Oshaughnessy, Tim Ferriss, Tom Bilyeu, Tony Robbins, Derek Sivers
Zero to One
24 people recommendedA must read.
Also recommended by: Elon Musk, Eric Jorgenson, Mark Zuckerberg, Dustin Moskovitz, Kishore Biyani, Marc Andreessen, Rupert Murdoch, Sam Altman, Andrew Ng, Ben Horowitz, Brian Dean, Chris Dixon, Eric Weinstein, Keith Rabois, Lee Stranahan, Luis Von Ahn, Matt Mullenweg, Max Levchin, Nassim Taleb, Patrick Oshaughnessy, Ryan Petersen, Tom Bilyeu, Derek Sivers
Thinking, Fast and Slow
20 people recommendedI started reading [this book] and I became increasingly convinced of my own fickleness and inability to actually act rationally in life.
Also recommended by: Ankur Warikoo, Naval Ravikant, Bill Gates, Ev Williams, Marc Andreessen, Ray Dalio, Ron Conway, Sam Altman, Ben Greenfield, Derek Sivers, Jason Fried, Jay Shetty, Mark Manson, Michiko Kakutani, Nassim Taleb, Preston Pysh, Sahil Lavingia, Scott Adams, Stewart Brand
Siddhartha
17 people recommendedLove [this book].
Also recommended by: Osho, Naval Ravikant, David Blaine, Emma Watson, Fred Wilson, Harry Styles, Jack Edwards, James Clear, Justin Kan, Lex Fridman, Navdeep Chandel, Neil Strauss, Patrick Oshaughnessy, Phil Jackson, Tim Ferriss, Wim Hof
Endurance
12 people recommendedHow I want to behave in life.
Also recommended by: Sam Altman, Ray Dalio, Andrew Klavan, Barry Ritholtz, Dominic Dagostino, Fred Wilson, Jason Fried, Jordan Peterson, Max Levchin, Ryan Holiday, Scott Belsky
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
9 people recommendedBryan Johnson recommended this book on Twitter.
Also recommended by: Drew Houston, Ev Williams, Austen Allred, Fred Wilson, Jordan Peterson, Josh Waitzkin, Paul Graham, Phil Jackson
Excited to read this new book by my friends.
Also recommended by: Vinod Khosla, Derren Brown, Glenn Beck, Max Levchin, Michael Mauboussin, Richard Dawkins, Tom Bilyeu
Why We Sleep
7 people recommendedNot only did I become convinced that getting high-quality sleep is the best protector and enhancer of health and cognition, but it is also the most underappreciated.
Also recommended by: Bill Gates, Vinod Khosla, Alexis Ohanian, Jason Fried, Keith Rabois, Michael Mauboussin
Bryan Johnson recommended this book on Twitter.
Also recommended by: Marc Andreessen, Vinod Khosla, Keith Rabois, Michael Mauboussin, Sam Harris
The Gene
4 people recommendedA great book.
Also recommended by: Bill Gates, Reid Hoffman, John Legend
Bryan Johnson recommended this book on Twitter.
Also recommended by: Marc Andreessen
A Mind at Play
2 people recommendedBryan Johnson recommended this book on Twitter.
Also recommended by: Brianne Kimmel
A Good Man
An exceptional father, a good friend, loyal, and he is a mental model of the kind of person I want to be in life.
Zero
Chronicles how hard it was for humanity to come up with and hold onto the concept of zero. No zero, no math. No zero, no engineering. No zero, no modern world as we know it...
WTF?
I loved [this book]. Especially [the] sections on algorithms and focusing on improving human ability for the future of jobs.