What FAANG VPs Are Reading

2026-06-22

What FAANG execs read this week — June 15–22, 2026

Richard Hua (EPIQ Leadership Group CEO, former Amazon) built a sustained five-post argument this week: that the scarcest resource in an AI-abundant world is not information but attention, presence, and the friction that makes thinking stick. His citations span Laura Vanderkam on time scarcity, Epley & Schroeder's 2014 commuting study, three AI-cognition papers (MIT brain-on-ChatGPT, Stanford sycophancy benchmark, OpenAI/MIT loneliness study), an HBR piece on "AI brain fry," and Aristotle's friendship taxonomy via Arthur Brooks. Ethan Evans produced his first independent pick in several weeks: BIFF by Bill Eddy, a structured method for responding to hostile communications. No cross-endorsements this cycle.

What FAANG VPs Are Reading

An alien mind, coding agents, and a 212-prime gap

A safety report, a Superteam, and agentic coding

Andrew Ng's six-part map for building and deploying AI applications

What FAANG-level tech leaders shared this week: Andrew Ng's AI engineering skills map

What FAANG executives read this week: Ethan Evans on the selection problem behind overwork

What FAANG executives read this week: 1873, Zuckerberg's AI future, and executive presence

What FAANG execs read this week: July 19-26, 2026

Exec reading list: July 5-12

Exec reading list: June 28-July 5

Exec reading list: June 22-28

What FAANG execs read this week — June 15–22, 2026

What FAANG execs read this week — June 8–15, 2026