Tim Urban: "To assess what really matters it always helps to zoom out, and Will MacAskill is probably the world’s best zoom-outer. 

What We Owe The Future brilliantly shows us the biggest picture of all and persuasively reminds us of the vast impact we can all have."

Boyan Slat: "Will’s thinking (and that of the broader EA movement) has been very influential on me and his latest book did not disappoint.

Even though I was already familiar with the key ideas, the examples he used were still interesting to me."

Michael Pollan: "Don't miss this is provocative, important and highly original book."

Tyler Cowen: "An exciting new book."

David Sacks mentioned 'The Founders' as his most anticipated media of 2024' on the All-In podcast.

Tyler Cowen: "It is illuminating on start-ups, the earlier history of Silicon Valley, and it is a fair treatment of Peter Thiel."

One of Boyan Slat's favorite books of 2023.

Tyler Cowen: "An excellent book"

Tyler Cowen: "Strongly recommended, one of the must-reads of the year."

Tyler Cowen named this book as one of the best non-fiction books of 2023.

Tyler Cowen named this book as one of the best non-fiction books of 2023.

Tyler Cowen: "A good look at how bad the Allied performance was early on in the war, and how those problems were fixed. 

Relevant today for Ukraine/Russia of course, but also a series of good stories in their own right and not just a repetitious take on the same old same old."

Tyler Cowen: "A good book about anti-global sentiments in earlier times, most of all the 1920s, covering a broad span of countries, the flu pandemic, anti-Semitism, and gender (was globalization pro- or anti-woman, according to earlier thinkers?). 

Does not make you feel better about current times."

Tyler Cowen: "As with World War II, you can’t read enough books about 17th century England. 

This new book has excellent coverage of the English Civil War, and overall the different fights between factions. 

Political conflicts take center stage, though there is some coverage of the scientific revolution, the rise of commerce, and colonialization."

Tyler Cowen: "Quite a good book, well-argued, and avoids the craziness and 'denialism' that plague some of the other efforts in this direction."

Tyler Cowen: "This could be the most important economics and policy book of this year."

Tyler Cowen: "An excellent history of ethnographic museums, including their original visions, how they evolved, and their continuing import. 

Good coverage of Leipzig, Pitt-Rivers, Paris, the Smithsonian, Mexico, and more."

Tyler Cowen: "It is clear, always to the point, conceptual, connects advances in math to the broader history, explains the math, and full of interesting detail."

Tyler Cowen: "This is perhaps the best book on Scotland I ever have read"

Tyler Cowen: "This book talks you through both the tax expenditure side of the British government budget. It is not quite thrilling, but given the topic area it is remarkably interesting and well-executed. 

And while the authors is not without his own ideas, the book is more to inform you than to propagandize you."

Tyler Cowen: "A wonderful blend of fact, history, political observation, and narrative. I read every page, and it would likely make my list of my favorite thirty travel books of all time."

Tyler Cowen: "I believe this is her best and most compelling book. It is wonderfully researched, very well written, the topic is understudied yet of universal import, and the accompanying visuals are striking."

Tyler Cowen: "One of the best books of the year"