Bryan Johnson
Entrepreneur & longevity investor
Founder of Braintree (sold to PayPal for $800M) and OS Fund. Now runs Project Blueprint, a radical experiment in reversing biological aging. His reading focuses on science, AI alignment, and philosophy of mind.
@bryan_johnson35
Timeless books
5,713
Avg Lindy score
142 yrs old
Oldest book
Stood the test of time — old, widely published, and repeatedly endorsed
“Frankl's insight — that we can choose our response to any circumstance — is foundational to how I approach everything.”
“Essential for understanding the cognitive biases that prevent us from making rational decisions.”
Zero to One
Peter Thiel
14k
“Zero to One changed how I think about what makes a company worth building. The question — are you going from 0 to 1, or 1 to n — applies to everything.”
“The Lord of the Rings shaped my sense of what it means to take on a mission larger than yourself, even when the odds are overwhelming.”
Siddhartha
Hermann Hesse
8.1k
“Hesse's Siddhartha captures the essence of the spiritual search without being prescriptive. The ending reframes everything that came before it.”
“Why We Sleep completely transformed my understanding of the most important daily behavior for longevity and cognitive performance. Sleep is not optional.”
Principles
Ray Dalio
7.6k
“On the other side of our cognitive biases is elite-level success. Ray Dalio’s financial firm, Bridgewater, has methodically and systematically worked to remove their cognitive shortcomings and their performance speaks for itself. Ray open sourced Bridgewater’s methods in Principles and the results were good evidence that collectives can operate at higher levels when they are open and honest about and can see past their cognitive flaws.”
“The most honest book about the psychological reality of building companies. Horowitz describes what no one else is willing to say out loud.”
“Let’s have a great week together. Powered by a quiet mind allowing for high quality sleep. Daily before bed, read Endurance for 30 min. No screens. No ruminations. Imagine yourself a member of Shackleton’s crew. pic.twitter.com/OuLB0wRrbk”
“Liu Cixin's trilogy is the most ambitious scientific fiction ever written. The Dark Forest hypothesis alone is worth the entire series.”
“I'd love to listen in to Tolkien's mind, to observe what he thought about that didn't end up in his books”
“Yes, have read both [Replying to: Hope the "Deviate" by @rbeaulotto and "How to change your mind" by @michaelpollan are on your list.]”
“loved this book. when I want to get my mind in a forward looking state, I'll listen to one of the final chapter and then do some work.”
Outlive
Peter Attia
4.2k
“Congratulations to @PeterAttiaMD on his new book Outlive. A great read and clearly a labor of love. pic.twitter.com/HfJatHcKSb”
Also Recommends
19 books · below Lindy threshold
Behave
Robert M. Sapolsky
2.9k
“5) The End Of Science: Facing The Limits Of Knowledge In The Twilight Of The Scientific Age 6) Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance 7) But What If We’re Wrong? 8) Behave”
A Good Man
Mark Shriver
2.8k
“Book rec: A Good Man by @Mark_Shriver Helped me rebuild my parent identity and my parent-child relationships when transitioning through a divorce. A short clip on what I found useful.https://youtu.be/KlBaHlZR16Q?t=1755”
Zero
Charles Seife
2.8k
“Here's the list 0) Number: The Language of Science 1) When Einstein Walked with Gödel: Excursions to the Edge of Thought 2) Zero: Biography of a Dangerous Idea 3) A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age 4) Annotated Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions https://twitter.com/bryan_johnson/status/1080502548446949378”
The Alignment Problem
Brian Christian
2.8k
“I'm a third of the way through this book. It's hard to understand why we're not obsessed with alignment and on the other hand it's entirely expected we humans wouldn't be.”
How The War Was Won
Phillips Payson O'Brien
2.8k
“Really value books/people who can reframe a popular narrative into an original thesis”
Main Street Millionaire
Codie Sanchez
2.8k
“Codie congratulations on the book launch, pre-ordered”
Long Livers
Harcouet de Longeville
2.8k
“1722 book cover pic.twitter.com/1tS5yvrXna”
Number
Tobias Dantzig
2.8k
“Here's the list 0) Number: The Language of Science 1) When Einstein Walked with Gödel: Excursions to the Edge of Thought 2) Zero: Biography of a Dangerous Idea 3) A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age 4) Annotated Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions https://twitter.com/bryan_johnson/status/1080502548446949378”
A Mind at Play
Jimmy Soni
2.8k
“Here's the list 0) Number: The Language of Science 1) When Einstein Walked with Gödel: Excursions to the Edge of Thought 2) Zero: Biography of a Dangerous Idea 3) A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age 4) Annotated Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions https://twitter.com/bryan_johnson/status/1080502548446949378”
When Einstein Walked with Gödel
Jim Holt
2.8k
“Here's the list 0) Number: The Language of Science 1) When Einstein Walked with Gödel: Excursions to the Edge of Thought 2) Zero: Biography of a Dangerous Idea 3) A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age 4) Annotated Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions https://twitter.com/bryan_johnson/status/1080502548446949378”
The Annotated Flatland
Ian Stewart
2.8k
“Here's the list 0) Number: The Language of Science 1) When Einstein Walked with Gödel: Excursions to the Edge of Thought 2) Zero: Biography of a Dangerous Idea 3) A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age 4) Annotated Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions https://twitter.com/bryan_johnson/status/1080502548446949378”
But What If We're Wrong?
Chuck Klosterman
2.8k
“5) The End Of Science: Facing The Limits Of Knowledge In The Twilight Of The Scientific Age 6) Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance 7) But What If We’re Wrong? 8) Behave”
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Robert M. Pirsig
2.8k
“5) The End Of Science: Facing The Limits Of Knowledge In The Twilight Of The Scientific Age 6) Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance 7) But What If We’re Wrong? 8) Behave”
The End Of Science
John Horgan
2.8k
“5) The End Of Science: Facing The Limits Of Knowledge In The Twilight Of The Scientific Age 6) Zen & the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance 7) But What If We’re Wrong? 8) Behave”
Deviate
Beau Lotto
2.8k
“Yes, have read both [Replying to: Hope the "Deviate" by @rbeaulotto and "How to change your mind" by @michaelpollan are on your list.]”
Architects of Intelligence
Martin Ford
2.8k
“We'd be wise to embrace #AI as a tool for self-improvement, rather than regard it as a menacing threat. I spoke about this with @MFordFuture for his new book, #ArchitectsOfIntelligence. http://book.mfordfuture.com”
WTF?
Tim O'Reilly
2.8k
“Thank you @timoreilly. Means a lot coming from you. I loved your book https://www.amazon.com/WTF-Whats-Future-Why-Its/dp/0062565710/ especially your sections on algorithms and focusing on improving human ability for the future of jobs https://twitter.com/timoreilly/status/998015212304281602”
Bend the Curve
Andrew Razeghi
2.8k
“Congrats to my friend @andrewrazeghi on his new book Bend the Curve, a great read http://www.bendthecurve.co @techstars”
The Coddling of the American Mind
Greg Lukianoff
2.7k
“Excited to read this new book by my friends @glukianoff and @JonHaidt https://www.amazon.com/Coddling-American-Mind-Intentions-Generation/dp/0735224897/”