Book · 1998 · Acervo cultural
The Ancient City
The Ancient City by Peter Connolly has been mentioned in 3 episodes across 3 podcasts (2 episodes recommend it and 1 episode discusses it), through . Most frequently brought up by Marc Andreessen (2 episodes) and Sam Lessin (1 episode) on Lenny's Podcast (1 episode), Modern Wisdom (1 episode) and The Joe Rogan Experience (1 episode).
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Great book called the ancient city that goes back and reconstructs basically like pre basically prehistoric civilization like what it was like.
Marc Andreessen · Modern Wisdom · Dec 2024 Listen at 16:15 The best things said about it
I like to make fun of Mark Andre a lot, but he recommended a book called The Ancient City, which is fascinating. And so I'm in the middle of that right now.
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Why people recommend it
Peter Connolly's historical work The Ancient City reconstructs the daily life, architecture, and governance of early civilizations and prehistoric communities. The book serves as a fascinating resource for thinkers interested in the origins of human society and the evolution of social structures. On Modern Wisdom, Marc Andreessen recommended the book while examining how early human tribes and prehistoric civilizations lived, organized themselves, and functioned collectively. Andreessen also brought up The Ancient City during an appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience, using the text to illustrate his perspective on the structure of early societies. He remarked during the conversation that the original form of civilization described in the book operated essentially as a tightly controlled fascist communist cult. These podcast discussions highlight how the book provides readers with a vivid window into the distant past, challenging modern assumptions about how human communities first banded together, established order, and developed the earliest foundations of governance and collective living long before the dawn of modern recorded history.
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Marc Andreessen great book called the ancient city that goes back and reconstructs basically like pre basically prehistoric… 2
“great book called the ancient city that goes back and reconstructs basically like pre basically prehistoric civilization like what it was like”
“there's this great book um called the ancient city that goes through this and it talks about how the original form of civilization was basically it was a fascist communist cult”
Sam Lessin I like to make fun of Mark Andre a lot, but he recommended a book called The Ancient City, which is fascina… 1
“I like to make fun of Mark Andre a lot, but he recommended a book called The Ancient City, which is fascinating. And so I'm in the middle of that right now.”