Why people recommend it
Neuromancer by William Gibson is a seminal 1984 cyberpunk novel credited with popularizing the concept of cyberspace and heavily influencing modern science fiction and internet culture. The book was recommended by a viewer via super chat on Timcast IRL and by Shane Smith on The Joe Rogan Experience, who praised the author for forecasting real technological developments. On Conversations with Tyler, Craig Newmark discussed how the novel profoundly affected him and anticipated the evolution of the internet, noting that the author wrote it while knowing little about computers. Jeffrey Wasserstrom referenced the dystopian work on the Lex Fridman Podcast when discussing authoritarianism and futuristic societies, while Matt on Stuff They Don't Want You To Know highlighted the book in the context of an upcoming television adaptation. Additionally, Max Levchin shared on The Tim Ferriss Show that Neuromancer was the very first book he read after immigrating to the United States.
Who recommended it
- Craig Newmark Discussed
- Joe DeRosa Discussed
- Max Levchin Discussed
- Jeffrey Wasserstrom Discussed
- DJ Seo Discussed
- Adam Crigler Recommended
- Shane Smith Recommended
Craig Newmark — 2 mentions
“I’m even thinking back to 1984 William Gibson Neuromancer, which affected me and a lot of people in the field, and I’m hoping will be a really good Apple TV show.”
“There’s the William Gibson stuff. I remember reading in 1984 his seminal work, Neuromancer, which he wrote knowing nothing about computers, and yet it’s influenced a great deal of how the internet has evolved.”
Joe DeRosa — 1 mention
“Did you see the trailer for this thing? The neurommancer. No. What's this? ... Who wrote that book? ... William Gibson.”
Max Levchin — 1 mention
“So, Thorrash basically presented an alternative to Neurommancer. Neurommancer was this dark dystopian. Also, by the way, first book I read when I came to the US. Neurommancer.”
Jeffrey Wasserstrom — 1 mention
“So the other line besides best of worst internet, I always like is William Gibson who wrote one of the other important dystopian novels of the present, 'Neuromancer.'”
DJ Seo — 1 mention
“Some of the first set of books that I picked up are "Ender's Game," the whole saga by Orson Scott card, and "Neuromancer" from William Gibson, and "Snow Crash" from Neal Stephenson.”
Adam Crigler — 1 mention
“Gibson at Neuromancer can you read that down for me”
Shane Smith — 1 mention
“did you ever read Neuromancer oh God why did I why does that was a while ago basically he he he prophesied no it's look up Neuromancer it's a Canadian guy but he's he's a there it is William Gibson”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker — 1
“And speaking of forwardlooking, y'all might have heard this as well, but ¹¹¹ I believe finally ¹¹¹ William Gibson's Neurommancer is getting a a proper adaptation into a series. And I know that's a big one in terms of futurists and the idea of cyerspace, I think, was coined in that.”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
Other mentions (3: passing, ad reads, own books)
“money talks, but the further a log we get the more plausible the crap sack worlds from Neuromancer or Elysium become”
“money talks but the further a log we get the more plausible the crap sack worlds from Neuromancer or Elysium become”
“and so we want to reduce that further to that set of patterns that offer us a grip on the world and um Gibson who wrote an ecological approach to visual perception talked a lot about affordances tools and obstacles in particular if I remember correctly”