Episode · Invest Like the Best · 2022-09-06
Patrick O'Shaughnessy & Mitch Lasky: books mentioned on Invest Like the Best #293
Mitch Lasky - The Business of Gaming - [Invest Like the Best, EP.293]
My guest today is Mitch Lasky. Mitch is a partner at Benchmark and one of the leading figures in the video game industry.
Mitch Lasky discussed Ready Player One by Ernest Cline, Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson, and Neuromancer by William Gibson.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Ready Player One
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline is a dystopian science fiction novel set in a near-future virtual reality world filled with nostalgic pop culture references from the 1980s.
Discussed“Romancer back in the 80s from William Gibson, Snow Crash from Neil Stevenson, and then Ready Player One.”
Where to get it
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Snow Crash
Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson is a classic cyberpunk science fiction novel that famously anticipated the metaverse, modern social media, and digital currencies.
Discussed“Romancer back in the 80s from William Gibson, Snow Crash from Neil Stevenson, and then Ready Player One.”
Where to get it
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Neuromancer
Neuromancer by William Gibson is a foundational cyberpunk science fiction novel that explores artificial intelligence, cyberspace, and corporate dystopias.
Discussed“I don't think it is an accident that the three major periods of virtual reality investment and innovation coincided with the publishing of three key novels.”
Where to get it
