Episode · Invest Like the Best · 2020-07-07
Patrick O'Shaughnessy & Charlie Songhurst: books mentioned on Invest Like the Best #181
Charlie Songhurst – Lessons from Investing in 483 Companies - [Invest Like the Best, EP.181]
My guest this week is Charlie Songhurst, the former head of strategy at Microsoft and a prolific investor, having personally invested in nearly 500 companies throughout his career.
Charlie Songhurst discussed The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins and Caesar and Christ by Will Durant.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Selfish Gene
The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins is a prominent 1976 work of evolutionary biology that popularizes the gene-centric view of evolution.
Discussed“Then there's actually a chapter in Dawkins, a sort of selfish gene on hawks and doves and evolutionally stable populations of different behavioral strategies. And maybe that also replicates in investors.”
Where to get it
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Caesar and Christ
Caesar and Christ by Will Durant is a sweeping historical narrative covering the civilization of Rome from its legendary founding through the rise of Christianity to the fall of the empire around 500 AD.
Discussed“There's a book by Will Delonte called Caesar and Christ, and it's a sort of whole history of Rome from the founding to 500 AD and sort of the fall of Rome Christianity afterwards.”
Where to get it
