A CyberPunk FinTech Startup Founders Reading List

The Prince | Machiavelli

Has a terrible reputation that never came through in the books. I found it a timeless resource for understanding the decisions people have made throughout time. Why people in power keep it, and why the careless cost themselves opportunities through mismanagement and a fundamental understanding of how the world works. This book elucidates principals on how to manage a corporate takeover — make sure you situate your own people within the organisation otherwise there will likely be a rebellion — and a host of other things which pull through truly sage advice. This might have been the most ingenious book I read this year, and to avoid it due to the perception of many is your loss indeed. This is as educational a read as you will find.

Nexus Trilogy [Nexus, Crux, Apex] | Rames Naam

Interested in how the world will look once every human on earth augments themselves with artificial intelligence? The prose is simplistic, and a little meh at times, but the content is thought-provoking in the extreme. Humanity is on the brink of self-directed evolution and there will be moral and ethical choices we are forced to make as that reality dawns. This book makes you consider those possibilities from a very smart position and takes every position that you…