Episode · The Tim Ferriss Show · 2021-10-28
Books mentioned on #542: Chris Dixon and Naval Ravikant — The Wonders of Web3, How to Pick the Right Hill to Climb, Finding the Right Amount of Crypto Regulation, Friends with Benefits, and the Untapped Potential of NFTs
Brought to you by UCAN endurance products powered by SuperStarch®, Theragun percussive muscle therapy devices, and Tonal smart home gym. Chris Dixon (@cdixon) is a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, where for the past six years he has been an active seed and venture-stage investor.
Chris Dixon recommended Gödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. Hofstadter, Empires of Light by Jill Jonnes, and The Company by John Micklethwait and others. Tim Ferriss recommended Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Gödel, Escher, Bach
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R.
Recommended“i read this book gerda escherbach which was sort of mind-blowing book at the time and it's all about kind of the connection between computer science and music and philosophy and things like this”
Where to get it
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Snow Crash
Neal Stephenson's groundbreaking cyberpunk novel Snow Crash immerses readers in a chaotic future America defined by corporate franchising, hyper-inflation, and a virtual reality network known as the Metaverse.
Recommended“but the first is go read snow crash and appreciate how prescient that book was uh and it's an enjoyable read neil stephenson incredible book”
Where to get it
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Empires of Light
Empires of Light by Jill Jonnes is a historical non-fiction book chronicling the intense late-nineteenth-century rivalry between Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse to electrify America.
Recommended“for god's sake this amazing book called empires of light it's the battle between westinghouse and edison”
Where to get it
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The Company
The Company: A Short History of the LLC by John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge is a concise historical examination of the origins and global impact of the limited liability corporation.
Recommended“there's a book i really like called the company a short history of the llc this is a fascinating book”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
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