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Every book Agustin Lebron recommended on podcasts
Agustin Lebron is a trader, author, and software professional. Appearing on the Dwarkesh Podcast, Lebron recommended and discussed several books spanning science fiction, finance, and human nature. He recommended Vernor Vinge's science-fiction novel A Deepness in the Sky, praising it as one of the best books on software development for its thought experiment on building upon a continuous software stack over millennia. Lebron recommended Aaron Brown's Red-Blooded Risk for readers interested in general risk-taking and Brown's The Poker Face of Wall Street, noting that the latter sparked his initial interest in finance during his time playing poker. Additionally, he recommended Varlam Shalamov's Kolyma Stories, a collection of accounts detailing life in Soviet Gulags, describing it as an exceptionally revealing, albeit depressing, book about human nature. Discussing his own work, Lebron reflected on his book The Laws of Trading, examining how traders' motivations and the pursuit of financial success relate to intellectual curiosity and daily practices in the industry.
Books recommended by Agustin Lebron
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A Deepness in the Sky
A Deepness in the Sky by Vernor Vinge is a sweeping, critically acclaimed hard science fiction novel that explores deep-space civilization, ancient alien species, and the grueling challenges of technological evolution.
Recommended“probably the best book i have ever read about software development is actually uh science fiction um vern revenge a deepness in the sky i feel like is uh very crucially about like it sort of takes this idea like what if we've been building on the same software stack for six thousand years what does that look like”
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Kolyma Stories
Kolyma Stories by Varlam Shalamov is a collection of narratives detailing the harrowing experiences of individuals who survived the Stalinist labor camps in Siberia.
Recommended“and one that's uh kind of off the wall a little bit is uh it's called kalima stories by varalam shalamov and it is a collection of stories about people who who sort of lived in the gulag in siberia during sort of stalinist times um i think it is possibly the most revealing book about human nature that i've”
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Red-Blooded Risk
Red-Blooded Risk by Aaron Brown is a non-fiction book exploring the nature of risk-taking and financial analysis.
Recommended“if you're a software engineer and you like science fiction you know read it with the eye towards thinking of it as a softer book as a thing i would say um if you want to think about kind of risk-taking in general uh aaron brown's red-blooded risk is i'm trying to think of books that probably people haven't heard”
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The Poker Face of Wall Street
The Poker Face of Wall Street by Aaron Brown is a finance book that explores the connections between poker and market trading.
Recommended“in fact all of his books are really good like um the thing that got me interested in finance was reading his book uh the poker face of wall street because i was playing poker at the time and it's kind of like hey maybe wall street maybe that's a thing”
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The Laws of Trading
The Laws of Trading by Agustin Lebron is a practical guide that applies structured decision-making frameworks, economic theories, and mental models to financial trading and everyday problem-solving.
Discussed“but the like all i want to do is make the most money possible is correlated to things that um that aren't maybe so great like because a lot of the job is um is sort of having an inherent curiosity about random things for example um and um like if you're if your whole motivation is like where can”
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Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
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| Agustin Lebron - Trading, Crypto, and Adverse Selection | Dwarkesh Podcast | 2022-06-23 | 6 |