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Conspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue by @RyanHoliday -- Startlingly deep cultural history of conspiracies, examined through the lens of the brutally effective Gawker takedown, with full access to the main players. https://www.amazon.com/Conspiracy-Peter-Gawker-Anatomy-Intrigue/dp/0735217645/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1530831116&sr=1-1-spons&keywords=conspiracy&psc=1 …

Skin in the Game by @nntaleb -- Skin in the game as conflict of interest, or as attaching one's livelihood to one's speech? Who to listen to, and why. Ideal counterpart to @PTetlock's Expert Political Judgment https://twitter.com/pmarca/status/1014989022249115648 …. https://www.amazon.com/Skin-Game-Hidden-Asymmetries-Daily/dp/042528462X/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1530831274&sr=1-4&keywords=skin+in+the+game …

12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos by @jordanbpeterson -- A bracing disassembly and reconstruction of a theory of individual progress in the modern world. Fascinating compare and contrast with The Courage To Be Disliked https://twitter.com/pmarca/status/1014995198672187392 …. https://www.amazon.com/12-Rules-Life-Antidote-Chaos/dp/0345816021/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1530831709&sr=1-3&keywords=jordan+peterson …

Slugfest: Inside the Epic, 50-year Battle between Marvel and DC by @reed_tucker -- Spellbinding creative and business history of the incredibly imaginative comic book industry in the decades before it ate Hollywood. https://www.amazon.com/Slugfest-Inside-50-year-Battle-between/dp/0306825465/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1530831980&sr=1-1&keywords=slugfest …

Hacks: The Inside Story of the Break-ins and Breakdowns That Put Donald Trump in the White House by @donnabrazile -- Visceral, raw, you-are-there recounting of living through the hack attacks and resulting meltdown of the DNC in 2016. https://www.amazon.com/Hacks-Inside-Break-ins-Breakdowns-Donald/dp/0316478512/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1530832388&sr=1-1&keywords=hacks …

Days of Rage: America's Radical Underground, the FBI, and the Forgotten Age of Revolutionary Violence by @BryanBurrough -- How 1960s racial politics descended into 1970s terrorist bombings, thanks to privileged college students breaking very bad. https://www.amazon.com/Days-Rage-Underground-Forgotten-Revolutionary/dp/0143107976/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1530836319&sr=1-1&keywords=days+of+rage …

The Rise of Superman: Decoding the Science of Ultimate Human Performance by @steven_kotler -- Startling walk through a series of domains where peak human performance is rising at remarkable rates due to "flow state". Thought provoking and then some. https://www.amazon.com/Rise-Superman-Decoding-Ultimate-Performance-ebook/dp/B00BW54XVO/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1530846767&sr=1-1&keywords=rise+of+superman …

Devil's Bargain: Steve Bannon, Donald Trump, and the Storming of the Presidency by @JoshuaGreen -- Best (?) book so far on the Republican side of the 2016 race, and a deep dive into the intellectual origins of Bannonism and to some extent Trumpism. https://www.amazon.com/Devils-Bargain-Bannon-Storming-Presidency/dp/0735225028/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1530847296&sr=1-4&keywords=steve+bannon …

Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton's Doomed Campaign by @jonallendc & @amieparnes -- Best (?) book so far on the Democratic side of the 2016 race, most provocatively on the impact of the press coverage of the email hacks on the last stages of the race. https://www.amazon.com/Shattered-Inside-Hillary-Clintons-Campaign/dp/0553447084/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1530847508&sr=1-4&keywords=shattered …

Living with a SEAL: 31 Days Training with the Toughest Man on the Planet by @the100MileMan -- What's it like to train with a Navy SEAL in winter in New York for a whole month? Featuring the truly remarkable American hero @davidgoggins. https://www.amazon.com/Living-SEAL-Training-Toughest-Planet/dp/1455534684/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1530847679&sr=1-1&keywords=living+with+a+seal …

The Myth of the Rational Voter by @bryan_caplan -- "The median American is a moderate national socialist – statist to the core on both economic and social policy. Given public opinion, the policies of First World democracies are surprisingly libertarian." https://www.amazon.com/Myth-Rational-Voter-Democracies-Policies/dp/0691138737/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1530848409&sr=1-1&keywords=myth+of+the+rational+voter …

A Very Expensive Poison: The Assassination of Alexander Litvinenko by @lukeharding1968 -- The astonishing story of the Litvinenko and Perepilichnyy assassinations in the UK; reads like a Lee Child thriller; plenty topical now. https://www.amazon.com/Very-Expensive-Poison-Assassination-Litvinenko/dp/1101973994/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1530849150&sr=1-1&keywords=a+very+expensive+poison …

Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 by @MarcusLuttrell -- The film was fine but the book is unreal; incredibly vivid story of superlative American heroes. https://www.amazon.com/Lone-Survivor-Eyewitness-Account-Operation/dp/031632406X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1530849435&sr=1-1&keywords=lone+survivor …

How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer by @Sarah_Bakewell -- "How to get along with people, how to deal with violence, how to adjust to losing someone you love—All versions of a bigger question: How do you live?" https://www.amazon.com/How-Live-Montaigne-Question-Attempts/dp/1590514831/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1530849583&sr=1-3&keywords=how+to+live …

A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal by @BenMacintyre1 -- True, chilling saga of straight up, profoundly deep treason and betrayal. Sociopaths in high positions of power and influence. Hair curling. https://www.amazon.com/Spy-Among-Friends-Philby-Betrayal/dp/0804136653 …