Every book Hector Serrano recommended on podcasts

Hector Serrano appeared on Lenny's Podcast in an episode titled How a 19-year-old intern built the growth engine behind this $2B AI company, discussing his experiences and work. When the conversation turned to literary recommendations, Hector Serrano offered The Almanack of Naval Ravikant by Eric Jorgenson. He acknowledged that the title might be considered a cliché choice, but he nonetheless highlighted it as a genuinely valuable read that he had first encountered roughly a year and a half to two years prior. Hector Serrano recommended the book and elaborated on how its core principles—specifically the concepts surrounding media as a form of permissionless leverage—had resonated with him and grown increasingly meaningful over time. His discussion of the text illustrated how external reading materials informed his perspective on growth, technology, and modern leverage within the competitive landscape of the artificial intelligence industry, connecting philosophical insights from the book to his practical experiences in the field.