Citadel Securities的六位高管分享了他们的夏日阅读和听取建议，内容涵盖从人工智能的未来发展到生命的基本构成，再到历史的关键时刻和健康饮食的科学依据。其中包括对Sam Altman和OpenAI的深入剖析，以及关于细胞科学的视觉化导览。此外，还有对历史转折点事件的精妙描绘，以及通过营养学预防和逆转疾病的实用指南。一位高管还推荐了一个关于CIA创作歌曲以影响冷战结局的播客，另一位则分享了一个探讨科技如何改善未来的YouTube系列。这些推荐展现了他们在工作之余，依然保持着对知识的渴求和对世界的好奇心。

💡AI浪潮下的深度洞察：COO Matt Culek推荐《The Optimist: Sam Altman, OpenAI, and the Race to Invent the Future》，这本书深入剖析了OpenAI的创立、CEO Sam Altman的领导力以及AI领域的激烈竞争，对于理解AI如何改变未来至关重要。

🔬生命科学的视觉之旅：CTO Josh Woods推荐了《The Cell: A Visual Tour of the Building Block of Life》，这本书以信息丰富且视觉震撼的方式，追溯了从单细胞到多细胞生物的进化历程，展现了生命基本单元的奥秘。

⏳历史的决定性瞬间：全球固定收益主管Shyam Rajan推荐了Stefan Zweig的经典作品《Decisive Moments in History: Twelve Historical Miniatures》，书中通过十二个历史片段，细腻地描绘了改变历史轨迹的催化剂，如君士坦丁堡的陷落等。

🍎健康生活的营养密码：首席人事官Alex DiLeonardo推荐了《How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease》，这本书基于科学证据，探讨了如何通过营养来预防和逆转慢性疾病，并提供了每日建议食用的食物清单。

🎶科技与冷战的交织：系统性股票与FICC业务COO Dane Skillrud推荐了播客《Wind of Change》，该系列调查了德国摇滚乐队Scorpions的歌曲《Wind of Change》是否由CIA创作，以及其对冷战结束可能产生的影响，突显了新思想、音乐和语言的力量。

🚀科技赋能的美好未来：技术与低延迟COO Jeff Maurone推荐了YouTube系列《Huge if True》，该系列由视频记者Cleo Abram主持，探讨了DNA编辑、黑洞、卵子冷冻以及与Nvidia CEO和Meta CEO的访谈等科技前沿话题，帮助观众理解科技如何改变世界。

A recent newsletter from Citadel Securities included six executives' beach recommendations.Their suggestions get philosophical, ranging from historical deep-dives to the journey of the cell.Here's their chosen media, which includes books, a podcast, and even a YouTube series.

For some Citadel Securities leaders, fun in the sun means getting philosophical.

A recent newsletter from Ken Griffin's trading firm, which is behind nearly a quarter of all US stock trades, included six executives' beach reads and listens. Their recommendations appeal to a range of potential beachgoers, including everything from diet advice to a 1927 classic to a YouTube series that explains egg freezing.

Here are six Citadel Securities executives' summer media recommendations.

The Optimist: Sam Altman, OpenAI, and the Race to Invent the Future

Matt Culek, the chief operating officer, recommended the book by Wall Street Journal reporter Keach Hagey to anyone who thinks that AI will transform business and daily life — so, basically, everyone. He called it a "compelling account of OpenAI's founding, Altman's leadership, and the fierce competition among leading AI firms."

The book, published in May, tracks OpenAI CEO Sam Altman's journey from his childhood in St. Louis, his time at startups, his temporary ouster at OpenAI, and his current leadership. It's based on more than 200 interviews and has 3.97 stars on Goodreads.

The Cell: A Visual Tour of the Building Block of Life

Chief Technology Officer Josh Woods said that the 2015 book is "as informative as it is visually stunning." Written by the writer and lecturer Jack Challoner, "The Cell" chronicles scientific breakthroughs around life's basic unit, tracking the evolutionary journey from single- to multi-celled organisms. On Goodreads, the book has 4.37 stars.

Decisive Moments in History: Twelve Historical Miniatures

Shyam Rajan, the global head of fixed income, suggested Austrian writer Stefan Zweig's 1927 classic, which was originally published in German. According to Rajan, the book "thoughtfully captures the catalysts that changed the trajectory of history ranging from the fall of Constantinople to the discovery of the Pacific Ocean."

Other vignettes include an affair between a 74-year-old and a 19-year-old, and the story of a man who legally owned a good portion of California. The book has a 4.24 rating on Goodreads.

How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease

It seems like the summer of health for Alex DiLeonardo, the company's chief people officer, who recommended the "eye opening" book about how to prevent chronic illness through nutrition.

"Our colleagues take the same optimizing lens to their life that we take to the market," DiLeonardo wrote in his suggestion. Published in 2015 by American physician Michael Greger , "How Not to Die" examines the top 15 causes of prominent diseases. It has 4.42 stars on Goodreads and includes a checklist of the 12 foods Greger thinks we should eat daily.

Wind of Change: Did the CIA write a power ballad that ended the Cold War?

Dane Skillrud, COO of systematic equities & FICC, recommended a podcast instead of a book. The eight-part miniseries from 2020 is hosted by New Yorker staff writer Patrick Radden Keefe and follows his investigation into whether the CIA wrote the song "Wind of Change" by Scorpion, a German rock band. According to rumors, the CIA wrote the 1990s hit to impact the fall of the USSR.

"It's a useful reminder of the importance and power of new ideas, music, and language," Skillrud wrote in his recommendation. The series has 4.8 stars on Spotify.

Huge if True: An optimistic show about using science and technology to make the future better

For the COO of technology and low latency, Jeff Maurone, summer media means YouTube. He recommended video journalist Cleo Abram's series on the future of technology, saying that "she is a tremendous storyteller who helps me navigate how technology and AI are changing our world."

Recent episodes focus on everything from DNA editing to getting sucked into a black hole to egg freezing to interviews with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.