Episode · Invest Like the Best · 2019-02-12

Patrick O'Shaughnessy & Alex Danco: books mentioned on Invest Like the Best #121

Alex Danco – Scarcity, Abundance and Bubbles - [Invest Like the Best, EP.121]

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My guest this week is Alex Danco. Alex is a member of the Discover Team at Social Capital, has a background in biology, and has written about all things tech and business.

Alex Danco discussed The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb and Zero to One by Peter Thiel and others.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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1. 

   The Black Swan

   Nassim Nicholas Taleb · at 18:48

   The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb is a popular non-fiction work exploring the profound impact of highly improbable events and randomness in history, human affairs, and finance.

   Discussed

   “The example that I like to give is one that's out of Taleb's book, Black Swan, Giacomo the violinist.”

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   Zero to One

   Peter Thiel; Blake Masters · at 53:31

   Zero to One by Peter Thiel and Blake Masters is a prominent business and technology book that argues true progress comes from building entirely new things rather than copying existing models.

   Discussed

   “So Peter Thiel's book, it opens with, you know, it has this big idea, which is like competition is for suckers. Competition is bad. You want to be as differentiated as possible. Undifferentiation only causes destruction.”

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