Episode · The Ben & Marc Show · 2024-06-28
Books mentioned on Marc Andreessen on Building Netscape & the Birth of the Browser
Welcome back to "The Ben & Marc Show," featuring a16z co-founders Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz. In this special episode, Marc and Ben dive deep into the REAL story behind the creation of Netscape—a web browser co-created by Marc that revolutionized the internet and changed the world.
Marc Andreessen recommended Superforecasting by Philip E. Tetlock and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Superforecasting
Recommended“Phil Tetlock, a professor studying this topic, wrote a comprehensive study on political predictions, leading to the conclusion that the average credentialed expert is less than random likely to be correct.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Once and Future King
“There was a cult science fiction book retailer, a tiny little hole-in-the-wall bookstore on El Camino Real in Mountain View called Future Fantasy Books.”
Passing Much Ado About Nothing
“You remember in those days the books started to show up; before people had the internet, there were books about it.”