Episode · Honestly with Bari Weiss · 2024-12-10
Books mentioned on Marc Andreessen on AI, Tech, Censorship, and Dining with Trump
Democrats once seemed to have a monopoly on Silicon Valley. Perhaps you remember when Elon Musk bought Twitter and posted pictures of cabinets at the old office filled with “#StayWoke” T-shirts.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Red Decade
The Red Decade by Eugene Lyons is a historical examination documenting the extent of communist enthusiasm and intellectual sympathy among American cultural and political elites during the 1920s and 1930s.
Discussed“you know there was a version of this in the 20s and 30s in the there's this great book called red decade”
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The Managerial Revolution
The Managerial Revolution by James Burnham is a political and economic work that examines the shift from traditional capitalism to a society governed by an expert technocratic managerial class.
Discussed“one's called the managerial Revolution um and it's basically um you could spend time on it if you want but it's basically it it basically says you know basically these movements that look like they have you know these movements have real differences obviously those three big movements”
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Private Truths, Public Lies
Private Truths, Public Lies by Timur Kuran is an examination of preference falsification and how societies manage hidden beliefs.
Discussed“with his book um uh private truths public lies um he he went on on X the other day and he said the preference Cascade is unwinding so fast now”
