Episode · How I Write · 2023-10-04
David Perell & Marc Andreessen: books mentioned on How I Write
Marc Andreessen: Writing, AI, Twitter, Science Fiction & Memes
Marc Andreessen recommended Radical Son by David Horowitz, and discussed How to Write a Thesis by Umberto Eco, Zero to One by Peter Thiel and others, and The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz. David Perell discussed Hackers and Painters by Paul Graham.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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How to Write a Thesis
How to Write a Thesis by Umberto Eco is a classic guide providing practical instructions and systematic methods for conducting academic research and composing scholarly papers.
Discussed“I read that, was it Alberto Echo book at one point about how to write a thesis and he's got the card catalog system. Yeah. Some people use like Evernote.”
Where to get it
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Hackers and Painters
Hackers and Painters by Paul Graham is a collection of essays that explores the intersections of computer programming, startup culture, and creative intellectual work.
Discussed“Probably not a coincidence that Paul Graham wrote a book called Hackers and Painters. That's exactly right.”
Where to get it
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Radical Son
Radical Son by David Horowitz is a sprawling autobiographical account detailing the author's dramatic political transformation from a radical 1960s leftist activist into a prominent conservative commentator.
Recommended“Oh, his autobiography is called Radical Son, which is a fantastic book, which talks about this whole journey that he went on. That's a, it's a great book.”
Where to get it
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Zero to One
Zero to One by Peter Thiel and Blake Masters is a prominent business and technology book that challenges conventional startup thinking.
Discussed“And Peter's, Peter Thiel's book Zero to One is like that. And Ben's book, The Hard Thing About Hard Things is like that...”
Where to get it
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The Hard Thing About Hard Things
The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz is a candid, highly practical guide to navigating the severe emotional and logistical challenges of running a startup when conventional rules do not apply.
Discussed“And Peter's, Peter Thiel's book Zero to One is like that. And Ben's book, The Hard Thing About Hard Things is like that thing just like sells and gets translated into, you know, you say they can like 27 languages now or something and sell all over the world.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“And then there's other writers who it just comes out of them. The woman who wrote Frankenstein, she was like on a trip in Switzerland and she had a dream and it just went and it just poured out.”