8.6 · Technology, AI & the Decade I'll Build In
New cluster. My baseline says my professional identity is "software engineering / AI / future skills, dynamic mastery" and that I want to be proactive about "future market needs." None of that is served by coding manuals — which I excluded, correctly. It’s served by understanding where the industry is going. These are strategy and economics books that happen to be about technology.
The Coming Wave
DeepMind co-founder on AI and synthetic biology as containment problems. The most serious mainstream book on what the next decade actually looks like from inside the industry.
Co-Intelligence
A Wharton professor on working with AI as a collaborator. Immediately practical — and directly relevant, since my entire reading system is built on an AI pipeline. This will make that pipeline better.
Deepen
Section titled “Deepen”Chip War
How semiconductors became the choke point of the world economy. Explains the single supply chain that most determines my industry’s future and Asia’s position in it.
AI 2041
Ten near-future stories, each followed by technical analysis. Includes scenarios set in South Asia — rare, and relevant to where I’ll be building.
Reference
Section titled “Reference”Power and Prediction
AI as a drop in the cost of prediction, and why system-level redesign captures the value rather than point solutions. The economist’s frame — useful for a founder deciding what to build.