Episode · This Week in Startups · 2023-02-02

Jason Calacanis & Lon Harris: books mentioned on This Week in Startups (Feb 2023)

Meta's massive comeback, FED's latest hike, GPT-4 rumors + Spotify earnings with Lon Harris | E1671

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Jason and Molly kick off the show by discussing Meta's Q4 earnings and the news that the Fed is raising rates by only 25 basis points (3:06), which leads to a discussion on unemployment, automation, and generative AI updates.

Lon Harris discussed All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. All Quiet on the Western Front

    Erich Maria Remarque · at 40:26

    All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque is a classic anti-war novel that depicts the profound physical and psychological trauma experienced by young German soldiers during the First World War.

    Discussed
    “I also don't really feel like All Quiet on the Western Front would have been one of my top 10 as a as an adaptation on that book”
    Where to get it
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