# 10. References that sparked our inspiration

1. **The Sovereign Individual** — "How technology will change power and freedom, written 25 years ago, but the authors predicted almost everything."
   * **Authors**: James Dale Davidson and Lord William Rees-Mogg
   * **Link**:[ Simon & Schuster](https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Sovereign-Individual/James-Dale-Davidson/9780684832722)
2. **A Brief History of Intelligence** — "What is intelligence; how and why did it emerge?"
   * **Author**: Max Bennett
   * **Link**:[ Mariner Books](https://www.harpercollins.com/products/a-brief-history-of-intelligence-max-bennett?variant=41496331804706)
3. **A Thousand Brains** — "How do the brain and consciousness work?"
   * **Author**: Jeff Hawkins
   * **Link**:[ Basic Books](https://www.basicbooks.com/titles/jeff-hawkins/a-thousand-brains/9781541675810/)
4. **What’s Our Problem?** — "What’s wrong with the right, the left, (insert your sexy political fantasy here)?"
   * **Author**: Tim Urban
   * **Link**:[ Wait But Why Store](https://shop.waitbutwhy.com/products/whats-our-problem-hardcover-book)
5. **The Beginning of Infinity** — "On the infinity of knowledge, the best philosophical book describing the third millennium and beyond."
   * **Author**: David Deutsch
   * **Link**:[ Penguin Books](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/302209/the-beginning-of-infinity-by-david-deutsch/)
6. **Life 3.0** — "How will we live alongside superintelligent AI?"
   * **Author**: Max Tegmark
   * **Link**:[ Penguin Random House](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/533893/life-30-by-max-tegmark/)
7. **The Dream Machine** — "The history of the computer revolution, inspiring you to dream."
   * **Author**: M. Mitchell Waldrop
   * **Link**:[ Stripe Press](https://press.stripe.com/the-dream-machine)
8. **Broken Money** — "Why money is broken and how crypto will fix it."
   * **Author**: Lyn Alden
   * **Link**:[ Official Site](https://www.brokenmoneybook.com/)

9\. **Zero to One** — "How to build unique technology companies."

* **Authors**: Peter Thiel and Blake Masters
* **Link**:[ Penguin Random House](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/234460/zero-to-one-by-peter-thiel-with-blake-masters/)

1. **The Hard Thing About Hard Things** — "How to survive crises and build a business in reality."
   * **Author**: Ben Horowitz
   * **Link**:[ HarperCollins](https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-hard-thing-about-hard-things-ben-horowitz?variant=41001373794338)

11\. **The Master Algorithm**

* **Author**: Pedro Domingos
* **Link**:[ Basic Books](https://www.basicbooks.com/titles/pedro-domingos/the-master-algorithm/9780465094271/)

1. **Understanding Deep Learning** (available for free here:[ https://udlbook.github.io/udlbook/](https://udlbook.github.io/udlbook/))
   * **Author**: Simon J.D. Prince
   * **Link**:[ Free PDF](https://udlbook.github.io/udlbook/) or[ MIT Press](https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262048644/understanding-deep-learning/)


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