Episode · Dwarkesh Podcast · 2022-04-16
Books mentioned on Jimmy Soni - Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, and the Paypal Mafia
Jimmy Soni is the author of The Founders: The Story of Paypal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley. Watch on YouTube.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Rome's Last Citizen
Discussed“today i'm interviewing jimmy sony he's the author of rome's last citizen a biography of cato”
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Founding Brothers
Discussed“there's a great book on that actually called founding brothers uh there was one of my like kind of texts that made me think a lot about the founders”
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Wanting
Wanting by Luke Burgis is a book that examines memetic desire and how people unconsciously copy the desires of those around them.
Discussed“i have had long conversations with a friend luke burgess who wrote a book called wanting and we've we've sort of talked about this a lot right”
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Zero to One
Zero to One by Peter A.
Discussed“but i think it seems like there's at least three ways in which um you know the lessons from zero to one contradict the history of paypal”
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Talent
Talent by Tyler Cowen and Daniel Gross is an insightful exploration into the methodologies, strategies, and psychological indicators used to identify and recruit exceptional individuals across various fields.
Discussed“and maybe tyler cowan's book on talent does this because there's a whole section in there about peter”
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