Episode · This Week in Startups · 2020-09-18
Books mentioned on E1111: Brewster Kahle on archiving the entire Internet, creating the Wayback Machine, protocols over platforms, microschools & more
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Brewster Kahle discussed A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens and Euclid's Elements.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens is a classic historical novel set against the backdrop of the French Revolution, exploring themes of sacrifice, resurrection, and extreme societal upheaval.
Discussed“whereas with books we would print thousands or tens of thousands and they'd be distributed across libraries so if somebody's copy was burnt of you know uh a tale of two cities we know there were other copies somewhere”
Where to get it
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Euclid's Elements
Euclid's Elements by Euclid and Dana Densmore is a foundational mathematical treatise that systematically establishes geometry and number theory through initial definitions, postulates, and rigorous logical proofs.
Discussed“and that enthusiasm is infectious so i i did euclid's elements this book written in 300 bc at the library of alexandria it's geometry geometry so we worked through euclid elements book one together and we bonded it was fabulous”
Where to get it
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Passing Catch-22
“that's sort of the milo minder binder from catch-22 is that's not the way to make a rich ecosystem uh work”