Episode · a16z Podcast · 2025-10-24
Books mentioned on Marc Andreessen: How Movies Explain America
In this episode of Monitoring the Situation, Marc Andreessen, Katherine Boyle, and Erik Torenberg dive into the movies that best explain America, from Once Upon a Time in Hollywood to Tropic Thunder to Fight Club.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Magic of Thinking Big
The Magic of Thinking Big by David J.
Recommended“and literally it's a um there's a great book we can we'll put put in the notes called thinking big where it goes actually the creation of the city of Los Angeles”
Where to get it
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When Reason Goes on Holiday
When Reason Goes on Holiday by Neven Sesardic is a nonfiction book exploring how brilliant scientists and high-IQ individuals can hold radical, misguided, or seemingly irrational political and social views.
Discussed“there's a book that goes through this called when reason goes on holiday that came out a few years ago that kind of goes through all of Einstein's writings and speeches and kind of reconstructs this history”
Where to get it
