Episode · The Ben & Marc Show · 2025-11-19

Books mentioned on Why Silicon Valley Turned Against Defense (And How We’re Fixing It)

2 books · With Katherine Boyle, David Ulevich, Erik Torenberg · Listen · Watch on YouTube

Palmer Luckey got fired from Meta for backing the wrong candidate—now he's the hero saving American defense, and that shift tells you everything about how fast the ground moved beneath Silicon Valley's feet.

Marc Andreessen discussed Real Genius by Jeannette Rupert. Katherine Boyle discussed The Sage Handbook Of Social Network Analysis by Peter J. Carrington.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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1. Real Genius

   Real Genius

   Jeannette Rupert · at 9:22

   Discussed

   “I just happen to watch I'm watching a lot of movies with my my 10-year-old and we've watched the movie Real Genius last night. It's a movie in 1985 actually made by our good friend Brian Graaser.”

   Marc Andreessen Why Silicon Valley Turned Against Defense (And How We’re Fixing It) 2025-11-19 Listen at 9:22

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   The Sage Handbook Of Social Network Analysis

   Peter J. Carrington · at 14:10

   The Sage Handbook of Social Network Analysis edited by Peter J. Carrington and John Scott is a comprehensive academic reference work detailing the methodologies used to study complex relational structures.

   Discussed

   “I've always said that I think the social network had probably the greatest influence of the 2010s in terms of being a defining movie of what technology means.”

   Katherine Boyle Why Silicon Valley Turned Against Defense (And How We’re Fixing It) 2025-11-19 Listen at 14:10

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