Episode · All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg · 2026-08-14
Books mentioned on Anthropic's $2T IPO, Zuck's AI Manifesto, Nvidia's $500B AI Bet, Grok's Comeback
(0:00) Gavin Baker joins the show! (2:36) Anthropic IPO report: $2T valuation, $100B+ run rate, October listing (27:32) Zuck's AI manifesto: What it means for Meta and frontier AI (56:41) All-In Summit Speaker Announcements!
David Sacks discussed The Vision of the Anointed by Thomas Sowell. Also mentioned: Bad Therapy by Abigail Shrier.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Vision of the Anointed
The Vision of the Anointed by Thomas Sowell is a critical analysis examining how intellectuals throughout history have consistently operated under the assumption that maximizing their own power will enable them to engineer society in a more benevolent and effective direction.
Discussed“It's right out of the vision of the anointed which was a book Thomas Soul wrote 30 years ago where intellectuals throughout history have thought that if they're maximally empowered then they can engineer society in a more benevolent direction.”
Where to get it
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Bad Therapy
Bad Therapy by Abigail Shrier is a nonfiction book that examines modern mental health practices and argues that excessive therapy and over-parenting are harming children and hindering their emotional growth.
Recommended“Abigail Shrier, author of Bad Therapy, a fantastic book, is going to be with us with a very special surprise guest.”
Where to get it
