Episode · This Week in Startups · 2022-11-11
Books mentioned on FTX fallout: Sequoia's LP letter, SBF's crisis comms + Lon Harris on Andor, $DIS earnings | E1609
J+M kick off the show by breaking down even MORE fallout from the FTX saga: SBF's Twitter thread (2:26), Sequoia's letter to LPs re: marking its FTX investment to $0 (12:02), and more! Then, Lon Harris joins to discuss Andor's brilliance (20:49), Disney's earnings (32:42), and Netflix considering live sports!
Lon Harris recommended Neuromancer by William Gibson, and discussed The Peripheral by William Gibson.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Peripheral
The Peripheral is a science fiction novel by William Gibson that explores complex technological and dystopian themes.
Discussed“impressive as somebody who read the book. I can tell you like that is a hard task because it's complex but not confusing. Right, you're only able to follow it if you like it.”
Where to get it
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Neuromancer
Neuromancer by William Gibson is a seminal 1984 cyberpunk science fiction novel that popularized the concept of cyberspace and heavily influenced modern ideas about the internet and digital technology.
Recommended“I mean, it's William Gibson, so it's very like it's got that yeah, Neuromancer sort of complexity. Check it out.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“The founders of this company, Brandon and Carmen, they've been listeners to This Week in Startups for a long time, and they told me, and the kid you not, that they started their company after they listened to This Week in Startups, and they read my book Angel.”