Episode · My First Million · 2025-03-12
Books mentioned on 5 Conversations that broke our frames this week
Episode 685: Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) and Shaan Puri ( https://x.
Shaan Puri discussed Zero to One by Peter Thiel and others and Digital Gold by Nathaniel Popper. Sam Parr discussed Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Zero to One
Why people recommend it: Peter Thiel and Blake Masters's Zero to One offers a provocative guide to startup creation, arguing that true economic progress comes from building entirely new things rather than copying existing models.
Discussed“And it was proof that you know how like I I think it was in the Peter Thiel What's his book called? Zero to one. It's Zero to one. He said”
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Digital Gold
Digital Gold by Nathaniel Popper is a history of Bitcoin that chronicles its origins, early community, and fundamental mechanics.
Discussed“There was I'm reading this book called Digital Gold. It's about the Have you ever Do you know that? It's a that book it's about Bitcoin and the founding and like the early community and things like that. I've read that one.”
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Predictably Irrational
Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely is a behavioral economics book that investigates the hidden psychological forces and cognitive biases shaping human decision-making and consumer pricing.
Discussed“The author. Yeah, he he wrote this book called Predictably Irrational. So he's a behavioral economist. And he just happened he was a teacher at Duke.”
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