Venkatesh Rao
Venkatesh Rao is the founder and executive editor of eclectic philosophy and technology blog, ribbonfarm, and author of Tempo, a book about the role of narrative in decision-making. He is also the creator of the Breaking Smart technology analysis and binge-reading site and email newsletter.
Books by Venkatesh Rao
Interviews with Venkatesh Rao
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The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution
by Francis Fukuyama -
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Seeing Like a State
by James C Scott -
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The Nature and Growth of Modern Mathematics
by Edna Ernestine Kramer -
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
by Douglas Adams -
5
Finite and Infinite Games
by James Carse
The best books on How the World Works, recommended by Venkatesh Rao
The best books on How the World Works, recommended by Venkatesh Rao
Armed with one of the ‘big histories’ currently in vogue, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and a tome about how modern maths came to be, you too can get a grip on how the world works. Tech blogger Venkatesh Rao chooses some good books for those who agree with Socrates that ‘for a human being, the unexamined life is not worth living.’
