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Episode · Invest Like the Best · 2021-03-09

Patrick O'Shaughnessy, Josh Wolfe & Tony Thomas: books mentioned on Invest Like the Best #216

Josh Wolfe and Tony Thomas - The Past, Present, and Future of Defense – [Invest Like the Best, EP. 216]

2 books · With Josh Wolfe, Tony Thomas · Listen

My guests today are Josh Wolfe and Tony Thomas, better known as T2. Josh is the co-founder and General Partner at Lux Capital.

Patrick O'Shaughnessy discussed The True Believer by Eric Hoffer. Josh Wolfe discussed Ghost Fleet by P. W. Singer and others.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. The True Believer

    Eric Hoffer · at 24:00

    The True Believer by Eric Hoffer is a classic psychological study examining the nature of mass movements, fanaticism, and the motivations driving individuals to embrace powerful collective causes.

    Discussed
    “I always loved Eric Hoffer's nature of mass movements and his concept that the most important thing was a common devil. That was the galvanizing force.”
    Patrick O'Shaughnessy Josh Wolfe and Tony Thomas - The Past, Present, and Future of Defense … 2021-03-09
    Where to get it
    Listen free with an Audible trialAmazon

  2. Ghost Fleet

    P. W. Singer; August Cole · at 1:01:05

    Ghost Fleet by P. W. Singer and August Cole is a work of techno-thriller fiction that imagines a modern, high-tech global conflict between major world powers.

    Discussed
    “if you take the best of science fiction, where you think about EMP pulse and power's gone, you know, what survived like Ghost Fleet was the analog ship, the one that was disconnected from the network”
    Josh Wolfe Josh Wolfe and Tony Thomas - The Past, Present, and Future of Defense … 2021-03-09
    Where to get it
    Listen free with an Audible trialAmazon
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