The 4 Best Books to Prepare for AI (of the Hundreds I’ve Read)

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The 4 Best Books to Prepare for AI (of the Hundreds I’ve Read)

Weber, Aristotle, Girard, Kripal

Jun 21, 2026

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Companion interviews & lectures:

He Studied Every Religion, This One Came Closest to Truth | Rice Professor Jeff Kripal

Introduction to Mimetic Theory | René Girard

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