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Patrick Collison is an Irish billionaire entrepreneur. He is the co-founder and CEO of Stripe, which he started with his younger brother, John, in 2010. He won the 41st Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition in 2005 at the age of sixteen. Collison lives in San Francisco, California.

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Patrick Collison on Pacific
Patrick Collison labeled this book "substantially above average."

Patrick Collison on The Hunters
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Patrick Collison on Quantum Computing Since Democritus
Patrick Collison labeled this book "substantially above average."

Patrick Collison on Dancing in the Glory of Monsters
Patrick Collison labeled this book "particularly great."

Patrick Collison on The Count of Monte Cristo
Patrick Collison labeled this book "substantially above average."

Patrick Collison on The Precipice
"A great contribution."

Patrick Collison on The Chip
Patrick Collison labeled this book "substantially above average."

Patrick Collison on Computer Lib
Patrick Collison labeled this book "substantially above average."

Patrick Collison on Something Incredibly Wonderful Happens
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Patrick Collison on Technics and Civilization
Patrick Collison labeled this book "substantially above average."

Patrick Collison on Business Adventures
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Patrick Collison on The Long Way
Patrick Collison labeled this book "substantially above average."

Patrick Collison on The Princeton Companion to Applied Mathematics
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Patrick Collison on I Didn't Do It for You
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Patrick Collison on Asimov's New Guide to Science
Patrick Collison labeled this book "substantially above average."

Patrick Collison on The Big Score
Patrick Collison labeled this book "substantially above average."

Patrick Collison on The Rise and Fall of American Growth
Patrick Collison labeled this book "particularly great."

Patrick Collison on Masters of Doom
"One of my favorite books about building software."

Patrick Collison on On the Shortness of Life
Patrick Collison labeled this book "substantially above average."

Patrick Collison on The Old Way
Patrick Collison labeled this book "substantially above average."

Patrick Collison on Nixon Agonistes
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Patrick Collison on Mind-Body Problem
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Patrick Collison on Weather of the San Francisco Bay Region
Patrick Collison labeled this book "substantially above average."

Patrick Collison on Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming
"In the aggregate [with other programming books] hugely shaped me."

Patrick Collison on The Dream Machine
"Particularly great."

Patrick Collison on 7 Powers
"Deeply incisive."

Patrick Collison on A Decade of Research
Patrick Collison labeled this book "substantially above average."

Patrick Collison on Moral Mazes
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Patrick Collison on Expert Political Judgment
Patrick Collison labeled this book "substantially above average."

Patrick Collison on Men, Machines, and Modern Times
Patrick Collison labeled this book "substantially above average."

Patrick Collison on Myth of the Machine
Patrick Collison labeled this book "substantially above average."

Patrick Collison on A Great Leap Forward
Patrick Collison labeled this book "substantially above average."

Patrick Collison on Metamagical Themas
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Patrick Collison on On Lisp
Patrick Collison labeled this book "substantially above average."

Patrick Collison on Incompleteness
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Patrick Collison on On Intelligence
Patrick Collison labeled this book "substantially above average."

Patrick Collison on Hard Landing
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Patrick Collison on The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan
Patrick Collison labeled this book "substantially above average."

Patrick Collison on The Secret Commonwealth
"Going to own up to being very excited that there's a new Philip Pullman book."

Patrick Collison on Orality and Literacy
Patrick Collison labeled this book "substantially above average."

Patrick Collison on A Pattern Language
Patrick Collison labeled this book "particularly great."

Patrick Collison on Financial Shenanigans
John Collison called this "a well-targeted gift from [Patrick Collison]."

Patrick Collison on Nixonland
Patrick Collison labeled this book "substantially above average."

Patrick Collison on Sum
Patrick Collison labeled this book "substantially above average."

Patrick Collison on Genentech
"Enjoyed [this book]."

Patrick Collison on Dealers of Lightning
Patrick Collison labeled this book "substantially above average."

Patrick Collison on Freedom's Forge
"About the logistical efforts

Patrick Collison on The Cowshed
Patrick Collison labeled this book "substantially above average."

Patrick Collison on The Journalist And The Murderer
Patrick Collison labeled this book "substantially above average."

Patrick Collison on Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs
"In the aggregate [with other programming books] hugely shaped me."

Patrick Collison on Out of Mao's Shadow
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Patrick Collison on River Town
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Patrick Collison on Stuff Matters
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Patrick Collison on Midnight's Children
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Patrick Collison on The Arabs
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Patrick Collison on Global Catastrophic Risks
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Patrick Collison on Plato at the Googleplex
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Patrick Collison on Foucault's Pendulum
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Patrick Collison on A Course in Mathematical Analysis
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Patrick Collison on The City in History
Patrick Collison labeled this book "substantially above average."

Patrick Collison on If the Universe Is Teeming with Aliens ... Where is Everybody?
Patrick Collison labeled this book "particularly great."

Patrick Collison on Popper Selections
Patrick Collison labeled this book "substantially above average."

Patrick Collison on The Beginning of Infinity
"A really beautiful modern philosophy book."

Patrick Collison on Mindstorms
Patrick Collison labeled this book "particularly great."

Patrick Collison on Amusing Ourselves to Death
Patrick Collison labeled this book "substantially above average."

Patrick Collison on Poor Charlie's Almanack
Patrick Collison labeled this book "particularly great."

Patrick Collison on In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz
Patrick Collison labeled this book "substantially above average."

Patrick Collison on Stories of Your Life and Others
Patrick Collison labeled this book "substantially above average."

Patrick Collison on The Ocean of Life
Patrick Collison labeled this book "substantially above average."

Patrick Collison on The Scramble for Africa
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Patrick Collison on The Feminine Mystique
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Patrick Collison on Justice as Fairness
Patrick Collison labeled this book "substantially above average."

Patrick Collison on Structure and Interpretation of Classical Mechanics
Patrick Collison labeled this book "substantially above average."

Patrick Collison on Science
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Patrick Collison on Wind, Sand and Stars
Patrick Collison labeled this book "substantially above average."

Patrick Collison on A Vast Machine
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Patrick Collison on Spacetime and Geometry
Patrick Collison labeled this book "substantially above average."

Patrick Collison on Matterhorn
Patrick Collison labeled this book "substantially above average."

Patrick Collison on Generations
"It's excellent: exceptionally data-rich and comprehensive."

Patrick Collison on The Educated Mind
Patrick Collison labeled this book "substantially above average."

Patrick Collison on Democracy in America
Patrick Collison labeled this book "particularly great."

Patrick Collison on Toward a Theory of Instruction
Patrick Collison labeled this book "substantially above average."

Patrick Collison on Reasons and Persons
"I don't totally agree, but I think it's a really interesting modern take on moral philosophy."

Patrick Collison on The Idea Factory
"Sets the context for the hardware inventions that directly led to Silicon Valley."

Patrick Collison on The Inner Game of Tennis
"A really good book that I very highly recommend."

Patrick Collison on The Nature of Mathematical Modeling
Patrick Collison labeled this book "substantially above average."

Patrick Collison on Plagues and Peoples
Patrick Collison labeled this book "substantially above average."

Patrick Collison on Designing Brand Identity
"It's excellent: exceptionally data-rich and comprehensive."

Patrick Collison on The Man Behind the Microchip
Patrick Collison labeled this book "substantially above average."

Patrick Collison on Whole Earth Discipline
Patrick Collison labeled this book "substantially above average."

Patrick Collison on Dracula
Patrick Collison labeled this book "substantially above average."

Patrick Collison on Longitude
Patrick Collison labeled this book "substantially above average."

Patrick Collison on Postcards from Tomorrow Square
Patrick Collison labeled this book "substantially above average."

Patrick Collison on Medieval Technology and Social Change
Patrick Collison labeled this book "substantially above average."

Patrick Collison on The Planet Remade
Patrick Collison labeled this book "substantially above average."

Patrick Collison on Feynman Lectures on Computation
Patrick Collison labeled this book "substantially above average."

Patrick Collison on Anthropic Bias
Patrick Collison labeled this book "particularly great."

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