Books Recommended by Igor Debatur
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In Igor Debatur’s words:
Question: What five books would you recommend to young people interested in your career path & why?
Answer:
- The Glass Bead Game by Herman Hesse
- Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco
- The Antichrist by Friedrich Nietzsche
- The Castle by Franz Kafka
- 1984 by George Orwell and Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
8 books recommended by Igor Debatur
The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers
by Ben Horowitz
In addition to a ton of practical recommendations, it helped me to start overcoming the everyday burden of being a CEO. To read this book is like having a friend who pats you on a shoulder and tells “Hear hear, everything will be alright, it’s… Read the full quote
In addition to a ton of practical recommendations, it helped me to start overcoming the everyday burden of being a CEO. To read this book is like having a friend who pats you on a shoulder and tells “Hear hear, everything will be alright, it’s normal that you suffer, all of us suffer, it’s alright”. In addition to patting you on a shoulder, Ben added a lot of value: there are many practical recommendations and motivation that helps to concentrate on what really matters and move your business further.
The Magic Mountain
by Thomas Mann
It’s a story about young ambitious man who felt in a trap of his own mind in form of a chronic disease. He visited his brother in a clinic, situated in high mountains of Switzerland. Instead of retreating after a week, as was originally planned,… Read the full quote
It’s a story about young ambitious man who felt in a trap of his own mind in form of a chronic disease. He visited his brother in a clinic, situated in high mountains of Switzerland. Instead of retreating after a week, as was originally planned, he stayed there for seven years.
There are several very bright characters with different ideas about liberalism, conservatism, hedonism and many other matters. All of them were living in a very comfortable reality with a set of rules. It’s very alike to any virtual society that could become a thing in upcoming years, and it’s easy to understand why the hero of the book decided to stay there.
