Episode · Dwarkesh Podcast · 2023-02-01
Books mentioned on Marc Andreessen — AI, crypto, 1000 Elon Musks, regrets, vulnerabilities, & managerial revolution
My podcast with the brilliant Marc Andreessen is out! We discuss: * how AI will revolutionize software * whether NFTs are useless, & whether he should be funding flying cars instead * a16z's biggest vulnerabilities * the future of fusion, education, Twitter, venture, managerialism, & big tech Watch on YouTube.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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MOBY-DICK; or, THE WHALE
MOBY-DICK; or, THE WHALE by Herman Melville is an epic American tale of obsession and revenge centered on Captain Ahab's relentless pursuit of a giant white whale, woven together with exhaustive encyclopedic details about the whaling industry.
Discussed“That term actually goes back to the whaling industry 400 years ago, where the financiers of whaling journeys — like literally out of Moby Dick, to go hunt a whale and bring its carcass back to land.”
