Episode · David Senra · 2026-10-04
Books mentioned on How Mark Zuckerberg, Palmer Luckey, Josh Kushner & Scott Wu Think | Jeremy Stern
Jeremy Stern is the editor-in-chief of Colossus, where he writes long-form profiles of leading entrepreneurs and investors.
Jeremy Stern discussed The Talmud by Jacob Neusner and The Aeneid by Publius Vergilius Maro.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Talmud
The Talmud by Jacob Neusner is a foundational and complex rabbinic text exploring Jewish law, ethics, and lore through centuries of rigorous debate and commentary.
Discussed“you know the old in the talmud there's a rabbi who basically says when you kill a person you destroy a world”
Where to get it
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The Aeneid
The Aeneid by Publius Vergilius Maro is a foundational classical epic poem detailing the legendary journey of Aeneas as he flees fallen Troy and lays the groundwork for the founding of Rome.
Discussed“courses he took in latin in high school where they had to read and memorize verses from virgil's a and ed he still remembers now at the age of 42 and can and can recite them”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Ad read Zero to One
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