Ask HN: What books have made the biggest impact on your mental models?
Fantastic question.The selfish gene - for understanding human behaviorMeditations of Marcus Aurelius - for understanding how to be contentDebt, the first 5,000 years - for understanding money and finance from the ground upWright Brothers - for understanding how technological breakthroughs happenSnowball (Warren Buffet), Andrew Carnegie and Rockefeller biographies - for understanding the mental mindset to win in business (it's not what you think)Hackers and painters - for understanding startups and how/why they workZen and the art of motorcycle maintenance - for understanding beauty in the routineEssentialism, the disciplined pursuit of less and Walden - for understanding how "stuff" gets in the way of happinessLes Miserables - for understanding love