Episode · This Week in Startups · 2021-09-27
Books mentioned on Facebook puts Instagram Kids on pause, Bevy's high-profile firing + Squarespace's Anthony Casalena | E1291
Jason covers Instagram's Adam Mosseri announcing the pause of Instagram Kids (2:09), the recent firing of Bevy employee following a hostile interaction in Brooklyn (21:51).
Jason Calacanis recommended Unsafe at any speed by Ralph Nader.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Unsafe at any speed
Unsafe at any speed by Ralph Nader is a landmark critique of the American automotive industry that exposed safety shortcomings and fueled major legislative reforms.
Recommended“yeah ralph nader's book unsafe at any speed where he talked about the automobile industry i've never actually read the book but that would be a good one to look at”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Black Friend
“uh joseph is the author of the black friend on being a better white person so imagine the statistical chances of this individual saying something racist and they say it to the author of the black friend on being a better white person i mean fate does love irony um so i guess twitter users are accusing him of inflating”