Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2022-01-08
Joe Rogan & Adam Curry: books mentioned on The Joe Rogan Experience #1760
Joe Rogan Experience #1760 - Adam Curry
Adam Curry discussed Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson and Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Snow Crash
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson is a seminal cyberpunk science fiction novel that famously anticipated the rise of virtual reality, the metaverse, and modern digital culture.
Discussed“well if you believe the uh in the metaverse that Neil Stevenson wrote about in snow crash which uh I read actually had I had metaverse decom for a long long time is that snow crash”
Where to get it
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Atlas Shrugged
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand is a sweeping philosophical novel that champions objectivism, laissez-faire capitalism, and individual achievement while depicting a dystopian society collapsing under the weight of excessive government controls.
Discussed“remember when they were all um conservatives and were reading ion Rand what was was that that was that was kind of uh B from Bush to Obama and that became really unpopular overnight that like everybody was handing out Atlas Shrug to to their employees”
Where to get it

