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Technology executive at Spotify, where he has led product and technology.
12 things
The Mystery of the AlephBook Amir D. Aczel
The Mystery of the Aleph, an amazing book.
Lenny's Podcast, "The science of product, big bets, and how AI is impacting the future of music", lightning round, asked for the books they recommend most; the guest's own spoken answer (YouTube captions).
2023-05-21·youtube.com ↗
Gödel's ProofBook Ernest Nagel and James R. Newman
Gödel's Proof, I think is an amazing book on his uh incompleteness theorem
Lenny's Podcast, "The science of product, big bets, and how AI is impacting the future of music", lightning round, asked for the books they recommend most; the guest's own spoken answer (YouTube captions).
2023-05-21·youtube.com ↗
The Demon in the MachineBook Paul Davies
maybe one of my favorites is The Demon in the Machine by Paul Davies
Lenny's Podcast, "The science of product, big bets, and how AI is impacting the future of music", lightning round, asked for the books they recommend most; the guest's own spoken answer (YouTube captions).
2023-05-21·youtube.com ↗
SuccessionOther
So we talked about Succession and it is a recent favorite.
Lenny's Podcast, "The science of product, big bets, and how AI is impacting the future of music", lightning round, favourite recent movie or TV show; the guest's own spoken answer (YouTube captions).
2023-05-21·youtube.com ↗
Halt and Catch FireOther AMC
an absolute favorite, which is uh Halt and Catch Fire, which I think is on FX. Amazing show if you ever worked in technology.
Lenny's Podcast, "The science of product, big bets, and how AI is impacting the future of music", lightning round, favourite recent movie or TV show; the guest's own spoken answer (YouTube captions).
2023-05-21·youtube.com ↗
DuoLingoSoftware Duolingo
The other really favorite is something you've written about and talked about, which is uh Duolingo, which I think is both very impressive from a product point of view, the the execution and and uh what they've done. It is also insanely used in my family. We have a family account, and everyone is, you know, using it and competing every day. So, I'm both impressed by the product and also use the product quite a lot.
Lenny's Podcast, "The science of product, big bets, and how AI is impacting the future of music", lightning round, favourite recently discovered products; the guest's own spoken answer (YouTube captions).
2023-05-21·youtube.com ↗
7 PowersBook Hamilton Helmer
one that I would recommend for other people to read is Seven Powers by Hamilton Helmer, which um Netflix has used a lot, we use a lot. It's just if you're starting out, great to have a strategy framework.
Lenny's Podcast, "The science of product, big bets, and how AI is impacting the future of music", lightning round, asked for the books they recommend most; the guest's own spoken answer (YouTube captions). Said as "Seven Powers".
2023-05-21·youtube.com ↗
Something Deeply HiddenBook Sean Carroll
Something Deeply Hidden by Sean Carroll on the Everettian interpretation of quantum mechanics.
Lenny's Podcast, "The science of product, big bets, and how AI is impacting the future of music", lightning round, asked for the books they recommend most; the guest's own spoken answer (YouTube captions).
2023-05-21·youtube.com ↗
HelgolandBook Carlo Rovelli
Helgoland by Carlo Rovelli on the relational interpretation of quantum mechanics.
Lenny's Podcast, "The science of product, big bets, and how AI is impacting the future of music", lightning round, asked for the books they recommend most; the guest's own spoken answer (YouTube captions).
2023-05-21·youtube.com ↗
The Beginning of InfinityBook David Deutsch
The Beginning of of Infinity and Fabric of Reality by David Deutsch.
Lenny's Podcast, "The science of product, big bets, and how AI is impacting the future of music", lightning round, asked for the books they recommend most; the guest's own spoken answer (YouTube captions). The guest repeats "of" in the title.
2023-05-21·youtube.com ↗
The Fabric of RealityBook David Deutsch
The Beginning of of Infinity and Fabric of Reality by David Deutsch.
Lenny's Podcast, "The science of product, big bets, and how AI is impacting the future of music", lightning round, asked for the books they recommend most; the guest's own spoken answer (YouTube captions).
2023-05-21·youtube.com ↗
The Case Against RealityBook Donald Hoffman
The Case Against Reality by Donald Hoffman on sort of evolution versus truth and that evolution doesn't optimize for seeing the truth, just for fitness.
Lenny's Podcast, "The science of product, big bets, and how AI is impacting the future of music", lightning round, asked for the books they recommend most; the guest's own spoken answer (YouTube captions).
2023-05-21·youtube.com ↗
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