Jon Hillis (🏕️,🏘️) Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Scale: The Universal Laws of Life, Growth, and Death in Organisms, Cities, and Companies
Geoffrey WestJon Hillis (🏕️,🏘️)@divine_economy "capital has exponential impact the more it's pooled" is a great mental model is there good data that supports this? thinking of Scale by Geoffrey West as one possible example
Paperback, 2018
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Analogia
George DysonJon Hillis (🏕️,🏘️)"A loose association of autonomous, semi-nomadic groups...they were the Dineh, or People... Like desert cacti that propagate by growing small limbs that break off and spawn new cacti, the Apaches were expert at spinning off small autonomous bands." Analogia, George Dyson
Paperback, 2021
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Snow Crash
Neal StephensonJon Hillis (🏕️,🏘️)@DisruptionJoe I get that, but the dark shadow is already there…that’s what the “punk” in solarpunk means! It’s a synthesis of the dystopian vision of a fractured cyberpunk world from Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash integrated with an optimistic view of how we make it through the great filter
Paperback, 2000
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The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
David GraeberJon Hillis (🏕️,🏘️)no need for alarm everyone turns out my late night crisis of post-enlightenment political theory has been thoroughly addressed by @davidwengrow and the late @davidgraeber in their recent monster of a book “The Dawn of Everything” https://twitter.com/jonathanhillis/status/1526599859461054464
Paperback, 2023
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Cities and the Wealth of Nations: Principles of Economic Life
Jane JacobsJon Hillis (🏕️,🏘️)@VitalikButerin @vgr Jane Jacobs' “Cities and the Wealth of Nations” largely centers on this question Both are true, but hinterlands are disadvantaged by high economic variability & instability as a result of changing city influences, unless they develop their own import replacement mechanisms
Paperback, 1985
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Buried Treasure: Unearthing the Riches of the Gospel of Mark
Hunter R. HillJon Hillis (🏕️,🏘️)Your periodic reminder that there’s a literal buried treasure chest full of NFTs and cryptocurrencies in the Texas Hill Country you can send things to it at buriedtreasure.eth or search for it or buy a treasure hunter NFT and I will give you an in-person clue to hunt for it https://t.co/oF4pwNmcJf
Hardcover, 2021
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Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England
William CrononJon Hillis (🏕️,🏘️)@lauren_a_hillis Once sat next to a guy who saw I was reading William Cronon’s “Changes in the Land” and told me they were college buddies. Turned out he was the Lt Governor of Alaska. We had a long chat about land conservation and then he sent me his book and offered me an internship.
Paperback, 2003
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Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion
Sam HarrisJon Hillis (🏕️,🏘️)@JuliaLipton @alexandru_bolfa +1 on Sam Harris. the opening sequence of Waking Up meditations is fantastic.
Paperback, 2015
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The Economy of Cities
Jane JacobsJon Hillis (🏕️,🏘️)@TheAnnaGat such a good book Jane Jacobs has rapidly become one of my favorite thinkers of the past century. Just finished The Economy of Cities, which is another excellent guidebook for anyone interested in city development.
Paperback, Mass Market, 1970
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The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done
Peter F. DruckerJon Hillis (🏕️,🏘️)one of the best books on leadership for DAOs was written over 50 years ago: "The Effective Executive" by Peter Drucker Drucker was one of the first people to realize that as all jobs become computer enabled knowledge work, everyone becomes their own chief executive officer https://t.co/54YhQMKidb
Paperback, 2006
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