Episode · a16z Podcast · 2018-07-06
Books mentioned on a16z Podcast: Beyond Zero-Sum Thinking in the Game of Tech... and Life
with Marc Andreessen (@pmarca), Ben Horowitz (@bhorowitz), and Steven Johnson (@stevenbjohnson) The rise of zero-sum thinking -- which has come snapping back recently -- slows and even halts progress, observes Marc Andreessen.
Steven B. Johnson discussed The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz. Marc Andreessen recommended Finite and Infinite Games by James P. Carse.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Hard Thing About Hard Things
The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz is a pragmatic, highly candid business guide that addresses the brutal emotional and operational realities of running a company when standard management rules fail.
Discussed“there's a line in the hard thing about hard things in your book not to embarrass you mark but I just wanted to quote it here this is you're talking about the relationship and what you said is even after eighteen years he upsets me almost every day by finding something wrong in my thinking”
Where to get it
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Finite and Infinite Games
Finite and Infinite Games by James P.
Recommended“it's actually great book called finite and infinite games that actually goes through if you go back historically basically economists philosophers so far thought the politics and economics were zero-sum”
Where to get it
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Passing Where good ideas come from
“today's episode features Marc Andreessen Ben Horowitz and author Steven B Johnson who's written numerous magazine articles 11 books so far including where good ideas come from and also hosted the PBS series”