Esther Dyson is a pioneering technologist and venture capitalist who helped define the early internet era. As founder of EDventure Holdings and a prolific angel investor, she has long championed how technology intersects with society. Her recommendations reveal her intellectual curiosity about consciousness, scarcity, and biological drives.
3 Books Recommended by Esther Dyson
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How consciousness arises, and how much it depends on a sense of past, present, and future (plus a lot of other interesting insights).
Also recommended by: Ray Dalio, Vinod Khosla
Scarcity
3 people recommendedAn explanation of scarcity for rich intellectuals, showing how poor people do stupid things for lack of money, while rich people do stupid things for lack of time.
Also recommended by: Daniel Kahneman, Daniel Pink