there's this book called Invisible Cities by Italo calino which is this very beautiful meditation on the nature of cities and the nature of Ven V and and I read it the first time I was in Italy right after college and it just like blew all the circuits in my brain
Lenny's Podcast, "How to be more innovative", lightning round, asked for the books they recommend most; the guest's own spoken answer (YouTube captions). Captions spell the author "Italo calino".
where good ideas come from like Stephen Johnson I really like that book
Lenny's Podcast, "How to be more innovative", lightning round, asked for the books they recommend most; the guest's own spoken answer (YouTube captions).
the other one I I recommend to people with some caution is this very intense and disturbing book called The Wasp Factory by in Banks which is um probably the creepiest and hardest book I've ever read but it's a very interesting psychological Deep dive
Lenny's Podcast, "How to be more innovative", lightning round, asked for the books they recommend most; the guest's own spoken answer (YouTube captions). Captions spell the author "in Banks".
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