Episode · Sources with Alex Heath · 2026-07-30
Books mentioned on Meet the most AI-pilled CEO on Earth
Alex and Ellis sit down with Dan Shipper, CEO of Every, to talk about what it actually looks like to be the most AI-pilled company that isn't a frontier lab.
Dan Shipper discussed Existence and being by Martin Heidegger, The concept of time by Martin Heidegger, and What Computers Can't Do by Hubert L. Dreyfus.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Existence and being
Existence and being by Martin Heidegger is a profound philosophical text exploring fundamental questions concerning human existence, the nature of the self, and time.
Discussed“I'm reading Being in Time by Heidegger and a couple other like random things. But in particular, I don't know how much Heidegger you guys have read, but he's fucking impossible to understand.”
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The concept of time
Being and Time by Martin Heidegger is a foundational work of twentieth-century continental philosophy that explores the nature of human existence, temporality, and being.
Discussed“I'm reading Being in Time by Heidegger and a couple other like random things. But in particular, I don't know how much Heidegger you guys have read, but he's fucking impossible to understand.”
Where to get it
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What Computers Can't Do
Discussed“There's a professor I love. His name is Hubert Dreyfus, who wrote famously wrote this book about why the first generation of AI wouldn't work called what what computers can't do. And it was all based on Heidegger's philosophy and really good.”
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