Episode · The Ben & Marc Show · 2025-04-29
Books mentioned on How Andreessen Horowitz Disrupted VC & What’s Coming Next
On this episode of The Ben & Marc Show, a16z co-founders Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz dive deep into the unfiltered story behind the founding of Andreessen Horowitz—and how they set out to reinvent venture capital itself.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium
The Revolt of the Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium by Martin Gurri is an influential analysis of how digital media, the internet, and the flow of information have systematically undermined traditional institutional authority and transformed modern politics.
Discussed“So, you know, a lot of my thinking on this is from from you book from our friend Martin Guri u that he wrote back in 2015 called the I think it's called the revolt the revolt of the public and the crisis of authority um in the new millennium.”
Where to get it
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Infamous Scribblers
Infamous Scribblers by Eric Burns is a historical examination of the partisan journalists, pamphleteers, and print culture of the American colonial era and the founding period of the United States.
Recommended“Um uh and so and just for people want to read about this, there's the best book on this is called in infamous scribblers. Um uh which was sort of the the the the name for for journalists in those days.”
Where to get it
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MOBY-DICK; or, THE WHALE
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale by Herman Melville is a classic American novel detailing Captain Ahab's obsessive quest for revenge against the giant white sperm whale.
Discussed“And a whailing expedition like in Moby Dick, it's like literally a ship and a captain and a crew and they're going to like go out and they're going to try to like go get a whale and bring it back, right?”
Where to get it
