The BMSIS Reading Recommendations Page

We’re not only a community of scientists, engineers, educators, communicators, lawyers, economists, philosophers, thinkers, dreamers, doers, and futurists—we’re also huge nerds for reading.

Reading is leading, and BMSIS is certainly a community of readers.

We offer here our top reading recommendations for you, suggested from across our community.

Discipline is Destiny
By Ryan Holiday

Recommended by: Zheen

This is part of stoic virtues books, of which there are several, for example courage is calling, but the discipline being equated with destiny really hits home in very unexpected ways and in a very nontoxic manner.

Only book you will ever need to read to get on track!

The Open Society and Its Enemies
By Karl Popper

Recommended by: Jacob Haqq-Misra

Philosophy of government

This book explains what we need to know to preserve our free society.