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Ryan’s Library

A guide to my thinking

Start with a question you care about. Each of these pages traces an idea back to the books, conversations and experiences that shaped it.

How I see the world →

The question that ties these subjects together for me is how to spend the time I have. Read my reflection on meaning and independence.

Explore the five topics

Ownership & Independence →What should owning a business make possible for the person taking the risk and the people counting on them?Money & Economics →How do money, debt and asset ownership change the choices available to a family, a business or a society?Psychology & the Human Experience →Why do I react the way I do, and what helps me understand what the person across the table is experiencing?Religion & Spirituality →What do I believe about God, and what does that belief ask of me when loving someone costs me something?Physics & Patterns →When I see a pattern, how can I tell whether it explains how something works?

Get to know me in three podcast conversations →