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Paul Allen Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.

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Paul Allen is an entrepreneur. CEO https://t.co/Y2V2DDC55H AI Studio — launching https://t.co/ZPy9NyLOD9 https://t.co/3fFpKSrWlO https://t.co/UFGJd2n4n7 + more (Founded https://t.co/PSStVYMd4y 1997)

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Book Cover for: Educated: A Memoir, Tara Westover

Educated: A Memoir

Tara Westover
Paul AllenPaul Allen

I’m reading “Educated” by Tara Westover and “Educating” by her mother…at the same time. It’s fascinating to see both perspectives. Tara describes singing at church for the first time. People loved her voice. So I searched and found this clip. Wow! https://t.co/3Anf49AX2l

Paperback, 2022

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The 4 Stages of Psychological Safety: Defining the Path to Inclusion and Innovation, Timothy R. Clark

The 4 Stages of Psychological Safety: Defining the Path to Inclusion and Innovation

Timothy R. Clark
Paul AllenPaul Allen

(2/2) without your teaching and example, none of this would have happened.” Cited by Timothy R. Clark in “The 4 Stages of Psychological Safety.”

Paperback, 2020

$21.95$10.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway

The Sun Also Rises

Ernest Hemingway
Paul AllenPaul Allen

There's a passage in Ernest Hemingway's novel The Sun Also Rises in which a character named Mike is asked how he went bankrupt. “Two ways,” he answers. “Gradually, then suddenly.”

Paperback, 2022

$12.00$6.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World, Cal Newport

Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World

Cal Newport
Paul AllenPaul Allen

If you haven’t read Lost Connections by Johan Hari, or Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport, maybe you don’t realize the cost of living in a cement and steel jungle full of traffic and noise and pollution and busy-ness …

Hardcover, 2019

$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Dying for a Paycheck: How Modern Management Harms Employee Health and Company Performance--And What We Can Do about It, Jeffrey Pfeffer

Dying for a Paycheck: How Modern Management Harms Employee Health and Company Performance--And What We Can Do about It

Jeffrey Pfeffer
Paul AllenPaul Allen

In my view, all companies authorizing massive layoffs ought to read the book “Dying for a Paycheck” by Stanford professor Jeffrey Pfeffer. Why? Because statistics prove that layoffs actually cause early deaths.

Hardcover, 2018

$29.99$14.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The War on Normal People: The Truth about America's Disappearing Jobs and Why Universal Basic Income Is Our Future, Andrew Yang

The War on Normal People: The Truth about America's Disappearing Jobs and Why Universal Basic Income Is Our Future

Andrew Yang
Paul AllenPaul Allen

Reading Homo Deus by @harari_yuval. Finished Life After Google by George Gilder. Just ordered The War on Normal People by presidential candidate @AndrewYang. Soar’s mission to Uplift Humanity requires staying on top of futuristic trends.

Paperback, 2019

$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Life After Google: The Fall of Big Data and the Rise of the Blockchain Economy, George Gilder

Life After Google: The Fall of Big Data and the Rise of the Blockchain Economy

George Gilder
Paul AllenPaul Allen

Reading Homo Deus by @harari_yuval. Finished Life After Google by George Gilder. Just ordered The War on Normal People by presidential candidate @AndrewYang. Soar’s mission to Uplift Humanity requires staying on top of futuristic trends.

Paperback, 2022

$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Blind Spot: The Global Rise of Unhappiness and How Leaders Missed It, Jon Clifton

Blind Spot: The Global Rise of Unhappiness and How Leaders Missed It

Jon Clifton
Paul AllenPaul Allen

Gallup studies well-being and happiness globally. I highly recommend “Blind Spot,” the amazing new book from @Gallup CEO @JonCliftonDC Please buy it, study it, share the stories and data it contains. Discover what leaders can do to boost well-being. I really liked this page. https://t.co/8cqk02Qkxg

Hardcover, 2022

$24.99$12.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers, Andy Greenberg

Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's Most Dangerous Hackers

Andy Greenberg
Paul AllenPaul Allen

Have you read this book? It details Russia’s cyber attacks on Ukraine and beyond since 2015. We all might want to prepare a bit more diligently about cyberattacks that can cause power blackouts, transportation shut downs, and worse.

Paperback, 2020

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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