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Stupidity is not the lack of knowledge, but the illusion of having it.

And I have a personal wishlist.

Apr 2025
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  • LLM Engineer’s Handbook (by Paul Iusztin, Maxime Labonne)

Jul 2024
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  • Hacking API: Breaking Web Application Programming Interfaces (by Corey J.Ball)
  • Friend & Foe: When to Cooperate, When to Compete, and How to Succeed at Both (by Maurice Schweitzer, Adam Galinsky)
  • Rapid ChatGPT Developer Guide (by Ko Ko, Ian Chen, Ryan Chung)

May 2024
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  • Influence Is Your Superpower (by Zoe Chance)

Dec 2023
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  • Maths on the Back of an Envelope (by Rob Eastaway).
  • The Good Enough Job: Reclaiming Life from Work (by Simone Stolzoff)

Nov 2023
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  • Smart Brevity: The Power of Saying More with Less (by Roy Schwartz, Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen)
  • Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard (by Dan Heath, Chip Heath)
  • Nudge: The Final Edition (by Cass R. Sunstein, Richard H. Thaler)

Nov 2022
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  • The BS Dictionary (by Tim Ito, Bob Wiltfong)

Oct 2022
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  • Sensehacking: How to Use the Power of Your Senses for Happier, Healthier Living (by Charles Spence)

Nov 2021
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  • TRUTH: How the Many Sides to Every Story Shape Our Reality (by Hector MacDonald)

Sep 2021
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  • The Model Thinker:What You Need to Know to Make Data Work for You (by Scott E. Page)
  • Watching the English: The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour (by Kate Fox)

Dec 2020
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  • NBA x MBA

Year 2017
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  • Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges (by Amy Cuddy)

Year 2016
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  • Man meets Woman (by Yang Liu)
  • East meets West (by Yang Liu)
  • Wiser: Getting Beyond Groupthink to Make Groups Smarter (by Cass Sunstein,Reid Hastie)
  • Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future (by Peter Thiel,Blake Masters)
  • It’s Not About the Shark: How to Solve Unsolvable Problems (by David Niven)
  • What If?:Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions (by Randall Munroe)
  • SILO Effect (by Gillian Tett)
  • Wine Folly: The Essential Guide to Wine (by Justin Hammack, Madeline Puckette)

Year 2015
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  • Lead with a Story: A Guide to Crafting Business Narratives That Captivate, Convince, and Inspire
  • Keeping Up with the Quants:Your Guide to Understanding and Using Analytics
  • Sapiens (From Animals Into Gods):A Brief History of Humankind
  • False Prophets-The gurus who created modern management and why their ideas are bad
  • DRUNK TANK PINK: And Other Unexpected Forces That Shape How We Think, Feel and Behave
  • How To Make Smart Decisions In Business And Life

Year 2014
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  • How to be interesting:In 10 Simple Steps
  • I’m Sorry I Broke Your Company When Management Consultants Are the Problem, Not the Solution
  • Microstyle: The Art of Writing Little
  • Business Model Generation
  • The Predictioneer’s Game: Using the Logic of Brazen Self-Interest to See and Shape the Future
  • Brainfluence: 100 Ways to Persuade and Convince Consumers with neuromaketing

Year 2013
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  • Be Stupid:for successful living
  • You Say More Than You Think
  • Taking Flight!: Master the DISC Styles to Transform Your Career, Your Relationships…Your Life

Year 2010-2011
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  • Outliers
  • Presentation Zen Design
  • Stick

In the past
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  • Gray Hat Hacking (2005)
  • Shellcoder’s Handbook (2004)
  • Hacking: The art of exploitation (2003)
  • Hack Notes: Web Security (2003)
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