My Reading List
Below is a collection of the books, papers, and podcasts that have had a significant influence on me over the past 10 years. I include them to give anyone interested both some inspiration and some insight into the foundations for my thinking and scientific reasoning.
Best Books I've Read
- 🔖 David Mackay — Learning Theory: Inference and Algorithms (2003)
- 🔖 Matthew Ball — The Metaverse (2022)
- 🔖 Stephen Jay Gould — Ontogeny and Phylogeny (1977)
- 🔖 Ole Andkjær & Simo Køppe — Freud's Psychoanalysis (1978)
- 🔖 Marcel Proust — In Search of Lost Time (1913–1927) (Can't claim to have read it all!)
- 🔖 Brian Hare — Survival of the Friendliest (2020)
- 🔖 Eckhart Tolle — The Power of Now (1997)
- 🔖 Thomas Parr, Giovanni Pezzulo, Karl Friston — Active Inference: The Free Energy Principle in Mind, Brain, and Behavior (2023)
- 🔖 Hartmut Rosa — The Uncontrollability of the World (2020)
- 🔖 Neville Symington — The Making of a Psychotherapist (1996)
Best Articles
- ✍️ Kleinberg, Jon, et al. "The inversion problem: Why algorithms should infer mental state and not just predict behavior." Perspectives on Psychological Science 19.5 (2024): 827-838.
- ✍️ Kleinberg, Jon, Sendhil Mullainathan, and Manish Raghavan. "The challenge of understanding what users want: Inconsistent preferences and engagement optimization." Management Science 70.9 (2024): 6336-6355.
- ✍️ Miller, Kevin, et al. "Cognitive model discovery via disentangled RNNs." Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 36 (2023): 61377-61394.
- ✍️ Hassabis, Demis, et al. "Neuroscience-inspired artificial intelligence." Neuron 95.2 (2017): 245-258.
- ✍️ Brinkmann, Svend. "Problems of diagnostic psychiatry—and the search for a way forward." Nordic Psychology 76.4 (2024): 446-461.
- ✍️ Chatziagapi, Aggelina, et al. "AV-Flow: Transforming Text to Audio-Visual Human-like Interactions." arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.13133 (2025).
- ✍️ Barrett, Lisa Feldman, et al. "Emotional expressions reconsidered: Challenges to inferring emotion from human facial movements." Psychological Science in the Public Interest 20.1 (2019): 1-68.
- ✍️ Thuesen, Mette. "Terapeutens behov for at hele." Matrix 32.1 (2015): 4-26.
- ✍️ Metzger, Sean L., et al. "A high-performance neuroprosthesis for speech decoding and avatar control." Nature 620.7976 (2023): 1037-1046.
Podcasts
- 🎧 The Double-Edged Sword of AI, with Dr. Ziad Obermeyer, NEJM AI Grand Rounds (2023) Spotify