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Creating Shareholder Value

Alfred Rappaport

“Guy in my training program gave me a copy of Al Rapaort's book called Creating Shoulder Value which was published in 1986.”— Michael Mauboussin

The Wisdom of Crowds

James Surowiecki

“using some of the language from Jim Swiggy's great book the wisdom of crowds which came out probably in 2004 2005”— Michael Mauboussin

The Difference: How the Power of Diversity Creates Better Groups, Firms, Schools, and Societies

Scott E. Page

“Scott's written a number of great books. The difference is his big book on this.”— Michael Mauboussin

The Diversity Bonus

Scott E. Page

“And he wrote a smaller book called The Diversity Bonus, which is, you know, shorter treatment of the same topic.”— Michael Mauboussin

Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk

Peter Bernstein

“against the gods is written by Peter Bernstein who was a brilliant economist and historian and it is the history of human understanding of risk”— Michael Mauboussin

Capital Ideas

Peter Bernstein

“He also wrote a book called capital ideas which basically does the same thing for the history of finance. So Peter Bernstein that is money”— Michael Mauboussin

Bionomics: Economy as Ecosystem

Michael Rothschild

“I picked up a book called Bionomics by a guy named Michael Rothschild... this book was written I think originally in 1990”— Michael Mauboussin

More Heat Than Light: Economics as Social Physics

Philip Mirowski

“there's a wonderful book called more heat than light by a professor named Phil Morowski which documents how econ economists literally... mapped over equations from Newtonian physics”— Michael Mauboussin

Complexity: The Emerging Science at the Edge of Order and Chaos

M. Mitchell Waldrop

“The other is Complexity by Mitchell Waldrip, if I'm getting that pronunciation right.”— Tim Ferriss

Invest Like the Best (podcast)

Patrick O'Shaughnessy

“Patrick Oshanosy. So... Also, great podcaster. I recommend people check out Patrick's podcast.”— Tim Ferriss

Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst

Robert Sapolsky

“he wrote a book called Behave in 2017, which is, I would say, probably the best book I've ever read on human nature.”— Michael Mauboussin

Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers

Robert Sapolsky

“he wrote a book called Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers in the mid 1990s, which is it's a wonderful title and it's a wonderful book about the idea of stress.”— Michael Mauboussin

The Art of Learning

Josh Waitzkin

“By the way, the art of learning is fabulous. I'm a huge fan.”— Michael Mauboussin

Draft No. 4: On the Writing Process

John McPhee

“I read draft number four last year and I was just like it's so on some level it's like brilliant”— Michael Mauboussin

The Nurture Assumption: Why Children Turn Out the Way They Do

Judith Rich Harris

“the work of Judith Rich Harris... her first book is called the nurture assumption”— Michael Mauboussin

Parent Effectiveness Training

Thomas Gordon (inferred)

“I always like this book called Parent Effectiveness Training PET. I mean, what I liked about it was...”— Michael Mauboussin

Complexity: A Guided Tour

Melanie Mitchell

“There's a book by Melanie Mitchell who is now uh resident faculty at the Santa Fe Institute called Complexity a guided tour”— Michael Mauboussin

Superforecasting: The Art and Science of Prediction

Philip Tetlock and Dan Gardner

“there's a quote from Phil Tutlock's book, Phil and Dan Gardner, Super Forecasting. There's just a quote which I love and I find myself repeating it often”— Michael Mauboussin

Psychology of Intelligence Analysis

Richards J. Heuer Jr.

“there's a really interesting book called The Psychology of Intelligence Analysis... by Richard's Huer.”— Michael Mauboussin

Consilience: The Unity of Knowledge

E.O. Wilson

“I was very taken in the late 1990s by a book called Consilience by Eo Wilson”— Michael Mauboussin

The Jelly Bean Jar and Market Efficiency

Jack Treynor (inferred)

“the article was called this from the late 1980s. I think it was called the jelly bean jar and market efficiency. It's a short little article”— Michael Mauboussin

20th Year Tribute Video (Michael Mauboussin)

“when I was watching your 20th year tribute video which included many of your students and there was a jelly bean guessing exercise”— Tim Ferriss

Determined: A Science of Life Without Free Will

Robert Sapolsky

“He has a book coming out later this year, I believe, on the topic of free will.”— Michael Mauboussin

Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game

Michael Lewis

“a great cover quote from Billy Bean, the general manager of the Oaks... who was profiled and highlighted in Moneyball.”— Tim Ferriss

Performing a Project Premortem (HBR article)

Gary Klein

“it's developed by a psychologist named Gary Klein... He wrote an HBR article, Harvard Business Review article about this specifically that'll allow you to track this down.”— Michael Mauboussin

Expert Political Judgment: How Good Is It? How Can We Know?

Philip Tetlock

“Phil Tetlock's the first book I read of his was in the mid I think 2006 2007 called expert political judgment”— Michael Mauboussin

No Two Alike: Human Nature and Human Individuality

Judith Rich Harris

“then I think she wrote a second book called No to Alike.”— Michael Mauboussin

Fooled by Randomness

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

“Nasim Talab wrote a book called a fool by randomness in 2001.”— Michael Mauboussin