📚 4 Books mentioned in "Kara Swisher | SmartLess" of SmartLess

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Podcast: SmartLess

Episode: Kara Swisher | SmartLess

Published on September 11, 2023

Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode. Click on the links to watch specific excerpts on YouTube and feel free to purchase the books if they caught your interest!

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Aol.com

by Kara Swisher

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I’ve known him since he covered AOL. I wrote a couple of books on AOL.

In the SmartLess podcast, Kara Swisher, the guest, discusses her background with AOL and notes that she has authored several books on the subject, while referencing Bob Pittman's earlier coverage of the company.

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EDITIO PRINCEPS.

by Eric Marshall White

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And that was, that’s I was like, oh, well, that’s that's like the Gutenberg Bible!

Kara Swisher references the Gutenberg Bible to illustrate how digitizing information has a revolutionary impact on access to knowledge, much like the effect of the printing press when it was first introduced.

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Elon Musk

by Walter Isaacson

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And then this concept of yourself, you know, there’s a book coming out by Walter Isaacson that’s going to talk about his early life but it was, his father was quite brutal to him.

Kara Swisher mentions an upcoming book about Elon Musk's early life, written by Walter Isaacson. She highlights that the book discusses the harsh treatment Musk received from his father.

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Marine

by Tom Clancy

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But they might own the rights to, but they don’t own the rights to all the books that Tom Clancy has written!

In a discussion about copyright, Jason Bateman emphasizes that AI companies do not hold rights over all the books written by Tom Clancy, highlighting the complexities of copyright ownership.

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