Chaitanya Jongra

Books

• How Innovation Works – Matt Ridley
• Loonshots – Safi Bahcall
• The Culture Code – Daniel Coyle
• The Idea Factory – Jon Gertner
• The Innovators – Walter Isaacson
• Einstein: His Life and Universe – Walter Isaacson
• Leonardo da Vinci – Walter Isaacson
• Becoming Steve Jobs – Brent Schlender, Rick Tetzeli
• Titan – Ron Chernow
• The Myth of Sisyphus – Albert Camus
• Mastery – Robert Greene
• The Laws of Human Nature – Robert Greene
• The 33 Strategies of War – Robert Greene
• Behave – Robert Sapolsky
• Fooled by Randomness – Nassim Nicholas Taleb
• Psycho-Cybernetics – Maxwell Maltz

Movies

• Old Boy
• Amadeus
• La Haine
• Burning
• Kill bill Vol 1
• There will be blood
• Gangs of New York
• Dallas Buyers Club
• The Notebook
• Minari
• Good Days
• A Beautiful Mind
• A Moment to Remember
• Parasite
• Past Lives
• Always
• The Boy and the Heron
• Princess Mononoke
• Whiplash
• La La land
• Chungking Express
• Fallen Angels
• In the Mood for Love
• Leila's Brothers
• A Short Film About Love
• Phantom Thread
• Monster
• Fallen Leaves
• Asteroid City
• The Darjeeling Limited
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Rushmore
• Beef (series)
• Kill Bill Vol. 2
• Reservoir Dogs
• Blue Velvet
• Hot Milk
• No Other Choice
• Mulholland Drive
• Memories of Murder
• The Smashing Machine
• Moonrise Kingdom
• Django Unchained
• The Handmaiden
• Days of Being Wild
• Boogie Nights
• Eyes Wide Shut
• Hamlet
• Sinners

Documentaries

• Steve Jobs - Man in the Machine
• The Current War
• Senna
• Ronaldo
• General Magic
• The Man Who Knew Infinity
• The Imitation Game
• The Last Dance
• Inside Bill's Brain: Decoding Bill Gates
• The Theory of Everything
• Jiro Dreams of Sushi
• In Whose Name?
• Jeen-Yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy
• Becoming Warren Buffett
• Walt Disney

Interests

Psychology, neuroscience, economics, systems thinking, and the craft of thinking itself. Biographies, particularly Isaacson's work. Leonardo da Vinci as a model for polymathy. Direction (film making).