# A summer pile of books and podcasts.

2026-07-06 · Joakim Jardenberg. English translation by AI. Original wording preserved. Titles and image descriptions added by AI.

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#ensakidag 502: Summer suggestions, five books and five podcasts (with a bonus)
Five minutes a day won’t be enough this summer. So here’s the list I actually use to prepare my clients: a collection of books and podcasts.

The books take a journey from systems to society to the human: Kevin Kelly’s “What Technology Wants” (he gave me the best advice I’ve ever received: “make one new mistake every week”), Mattias Sundin’s “Den femte accelerationen”, Fei-Fei Li’s “The Worlds I See”, Ethan Mollick’s “Co-Intelligence” (where my four principles come from), and Kazuo Ishiguro’s “Klara and the Sun”, which you should read looking for the beauty, not the dystopia. (And “Framtidig” by Judith Wolst as a bonus, though I haven’t had time to read it myself yet...)

The podcasts range from the daily pulse to deep reflection: AI Daily Brief, Hard Fork, Possible, Dwarkesh Podcast (save it for a long flight), Ezra Klein and No Priors, plus a bonus I’ve been going on about for years: Acquired.

I’m also sharing a PDF with all the recommendations and five things you can actually do with AI this summer, from planning the trip to rescuing a rainy day when the family gets restless.

What’s in your summer pile? Drop your best reading, listening and doing suggestions in the comments, and we’ll keep the pot simmering together.

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## Original wording

#ensakidag 502 - Sommartips: fem böcker och fem poddar (med bonus)
Fem minuter om dagen räcker inte i sommar. Så här är listan jag faktiskt preppar mina kunder med – en samling bok- och poddtips. 

Böckerna gör en resa från system till samhälle till människa: Kevin Kellys ″What Technology Wants″ (han som gav mig det bästa rådet jag fått, ″make one new mistake every week″), Mattias Sundins ″Den femte accelerationen″, Fei-Fei Lis ″The Worlds I See″, Ethan Mollicks ″Co-Intelligence″ (där mina fyra principer kommer ifrån), och Kazuo Ishiguros ″Klara och solen″, som du ska läsa med glasögonen att leta efter det vackra, inte dystopin. (och Framtidig av Judith Wolst som bonus, fast jag inte hunnit läsa den själv än...)

Poddarna går från daglig puls till djup reflektion: AI Daily Brief, Hard Fork, Possible, Dwarkesh Podcast (spara den till en lång flygtur), Ezra Klein och No Priors, plus en bonus jag tjatat om i åratal: Acquired.

Jag delar också en PDF med alla tipsen och fem saker du faktiskt kan göra med AI i sommar, från att planera resan till att rädda regndagen när familjen blir rastlös.

Vad ligger i din sommarhög? Släng in dina bästa läs-, lyssnings- och gör-tips i kommentarerna, så håller vi grytan kokande tillsammans.

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