Episode · This Week in Startups · 2023-12-01
Jason Calacanis & David Heinemeier Hansson: books mentioned on This Week in Startups (Dec 2023)
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David Heinemeier Hansson discussed Rework by Jason Fried and others, It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work by Jason Fried and others, Remote by Jason Fried and others, and The Coddling of the American Mind by Greg Lukianoff and others. Jason Calacanis discussed The Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Rework
Rework by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson is a provocative and influential business manifesto that challenges traditional corporate wisdom, offering unconventional insights into productivity, remote work, and running a lean organization.
Discussed“Jason and I co-authored all the books that we wrote together ourselves we didn't hand it off to a ghost writer rework which sold over half a million copies worldwide”
Where to get it
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It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work
It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson is a practical manifesto advocating for calm, focused, and sustainable work environments.
Discussed“we wrote it it doesn't have to be crazy at work we wrote it all of this stuff resolve around writing”
Where to get it
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Remote
Remote by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson is a foundational business guide that outlines how companies can successfully operate using distributed teams and remote work cultures.
Discussed“for example we wrote this book remote office not required in 2013 at that point we'd been working remotely Jason and I for 12 years 13 years and we thought like hey we're just stating the obvious”
Where to get it
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The Coddling of the American Mind
The Coddling of the American Mind by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt investigates how modern safetyism, declining childhood resilience, and the rapid rise of social media are negatively impacting the mental health and emotional development of younger generations.
Discussed“it's no longer possible and I don't think we fully realized well some people have Jonathan height for example not only is the great scholar on moral philosophy but he also looks into this idea of independence with kids that why what the codling of the American mind covers this idea that kids have lost so much Independence”
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The Comfort Crisis
The Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter is a nonfiction exploration of how modern human life has become dangerously comfortable and how embracing physical adversity can improve health and well-being.
Discussed“I just read a book called The Comfort crisis that covers this this idea that we've lost connection to physical hardship and that that is not good for us at all and comfort the Comfort crisis it's written by a men's uh Journal journalist”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“this is very human which perhaps is the argument for the Doomer side right like if it is so human isn't it going to defend or descend all into savagery at some point and whatever the Lord of the Flies”
“getting getting that exposure to the Wilderness getting willful exposure to the fact that the obstacle is the way I think is another phrase from the snakes”