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The Beginning of Infinity
Science
A physicist argues that good explanations are the engine of progress and that there is no problem in principle unreachable by the right kind of knowledge.
Endorsed By
3 People-
Mark Zuckerberg
Final A Year of Books pick, announced December 28, 2015 — closing the year on epistemology and the unbounded growth of knowledge.
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Naval Ravikant
Repeatedly cited as the book most worth re-reading.
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Sam Altman
“[David Deutsch's] books have inspired me more than anyone else's, and i think hold a big clue about how we get from here to agi.”
December 2022 tweet from @sama. Altman has repeatedly named The Beginning of Infinity as his favorite book in interviews, most prominently in a 2025 conversation with Mathias Doepfner.