7 Books on the People Building the Future (My Current Reads)
What am I reading right now? I packed 7 books in a backpack, walked into the forest on my lunch break, and went through my actual current reading stack. No curated list — just the chaotic, honest reality of how I'm reading in 2026. The theme I didn't expect: most of these books are about the founders and ideas driving the tech revolution. 📚 Books in this video: 1. Steve Jobs in Exile — Geoffrey Cain The wilderness years between getting kicked out of Apple and the legendary comeback. 2. The Curious Mind of Elon Musk — Charles Steel Not what Musk built — how he thinks. Warning: will add 20 books to your list. 3. The Singularity Is Near — Ray Kurzweil The 2005 predictions about AI that turned out to be eerily accurate. 4. The Infinity Machine — Sebastian Mallaby DeepMind, Demis Hassabis, and the race to build superintelligence. A banger. 5. Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software — Charles Petzold How computers actually work, explained from the ground up. 6. Human Action — Ludwig von Mises A 1,000-page Austrian economics treatise. Not light reading. 7. Build a Life That Doesn't Eat You Alive — Pierce Kastleton No BS guide to habits, boundaries, and keeping your life from falling apart. 0:00 Intro — My current reading stack 0:39 Steve Jobs in Exile — Geoffrey Cain 2:05 The Curious Mind of Elon Musk — Charles Steel 3:42 The Singularity Is Near — Ray Kurzweil 4:44 The Infinity Machine — Sebastian Mallaby 5:54 Code — Charles Petzold 7:24 Human Action — Ludwig von Mises 8:39 Build a Life That Doesn't Eat You Alive — Pierce Kastleton 9:38 What are you reading? + Newsletter + Outro 📖 My full AI Founders reading list: https://booklabbybjorn.com/articles/b... 📖 Read more about The Curious Mind of Elon Musk: https://booklabbybjorn.com/highlights... 📖 Read more about Build a Life That Doesn't Eat You Alive: https://booklabbybjorn.com/highlights... 📬 Join the BookLab newsletter (free): https://booklabbybjorn.beehiiv.com/ 🔗 LINKS: 🌐 Website: https://booklabbybjorn.com?utm_source... 📚 Great Books List: https://booklabbybjorn.com/great-book... 🐦 Follow me on X: https://x.com/poorbjorn 🎧 Love audiobooks? Try Audible free for 30 days: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00NB86OYE/... #nonfiction #books #currentlyreading #booktube #techbooks #stevejobs #elonmusk #ai #reading
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