Episode · Invest Like the Best · 2025-06-27
Patrick O'Shaughnessy & Charlie Songhurst: books mentioned on Invest Like the Best
Charlie Songhurst – Lessons from Investing in 483 Companies - [Invest Like the Best, CLASSICS]
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Charlie Songhurst discussed Caesar and Christ by Will Durant.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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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 the sort of whole history of Rome from the founding to 500 AD and sort of the fourth Roman Christianity afterwards.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Barbarians at the Gate
“There's a sort of set of cultural norms, like trending down the growth rate to a terminal value over time, that obviously were correct for industrial era companies, the sort of companies that a KKR would buy. If you were sort of modeling Nabisco and barbarians at the gate, it's obviously the right conceptual approach.”
Passing The Selfish Gene
“Then there's actually a chapter in Dawkins' sort of selfish gene on hawks and doves and the evolutionary stable populations of different behavioral strategies.”