After my recent review of The Contrarian, I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect from The Philosopher in the Valley: Alex Karp, Palantir and the Rise of the Surveillance State. I went into it wondering whether it would follow a similar vein on political leaning bias in its portrayal or present a more balanced view.

It’s not unusual for me to pick up recommended titles without digging too deeply into the synopsis. When I came across The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley’s Pursuit of Power, I assumed it would be a fairly straightforward biography of Peter Thiel.

Dave Itzkoff’s biography of Robin Williams. It’s a strange thing to read about someone you feel like you know a lot about only to realise how little you actually understood. The book revisits films I’d forgotten Williams was in, along with others I didn’t even realise were part of his catalogue.

I came across Confronting Evil by Bill O’Reilly after hearing him discuss it on a recent episode of the James Altucher Show. The conversation piqued my interest enough to pick up the audiobook.

I’ve read several of Michael Lewis’s books, but it wasn’t until I listened to a recent interview with Richard Thaler that I discovered The Undoing Project. I suspect many people may not even be aware of who Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky are.

I suspect many people will skip over this book because of their feelings about Elon Musk, be it his political leanings, outspoken nature, or public persona in recent years. That’s a shame, because Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson is an excellent read