There is no secret there: I think reading is learning, learning brings knowledge, and knowledge is powerful.

“People think of education as something they can finish.” - Isaac Asimov.

So, I read a ton. I read across a whole lot of fields; I’m not gonna bore you with what isn’t relevant to you, but I gotta say, in my experience, it is way more than you’d think.

Here are my favorite books from 2024 (16 out of close to 100), you know, the ones I tend to drop in here and there on my newsletter Three Data Point Thursday:

**Co-Intelligence - Ethan Mollick**

Best book in practical AI usage (focused mostly on LLM) I have ever read. It shares my perspective that we should do more to try to get AI to work in our lives, products, and everywhere.

**Principles - Ray Dalio**

Ray Dalio is the founder and CEO of the largest hedge fund in the world. A controversial figure himself, he is focused 100% on creating systems that make better decisions. He’s built systems around humans, around management, around trading, and around life. When you’re looking to understand how to consistently learn how to improve decision-making, I think this book is as close as it gets to a holy grail. It’s also a dense read, so be prepared for that. If you must, just read Part 1.

**Working Backwards - Bryar & Carr**

This book is all about the processes at work at Amazon, and I gotta say, I want to work like that. This focus on relentlessly solving problems from first principles, uncovering the essence, getting processes in place to solve them, work with data just sounds magical. I like to believe I work like that, but on a company level, every company I know is far from that.

**Our Iceberg is Melting - John Kotter**

This book is written by the expert on change management, and it conveys, in simple language, a great process for managing company-wide change processes. I came in contact first with this book at a time when I had to help start a large-scale change process, and it has been in my library ever sin