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Episode · This Week in Startups · 2026-05-05

Jason Calacanis & Ankur Nagpal: books mentioned on This Week in Startups

Naval's GP, Ankur Nagpal, Breaks Down The Viral "USVC" Fund | E2284

2 books · With Ankur Nagpal, Jon Durbin, Yash Goenka · Listen · Watch on YouTube

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Jason Calacanis discussed Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell and Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. Nineteen Eighty-Four

    George Orwell · at 45:59

    Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell is a dystopian novel depicting a totalitarian regime characterized by extreme surveillance, psychological manipulation, and the rewriting of history.

    Discussed
    “So, if you want to live in a spy state and you want to live in 1984 or Brave New World and have everything you do have the think police over it.”
    Jason Calacanis Naval's GP, Ankur Nagpal, Breaks Down The Viral "USVC" Fund | E2284 2026-05-05
    Where to get it
    AmazonListen on Audible

  2. Brave New World

    Aldous Huxley · at 45:59

    Brave New World by Aldous Huxley is a classic dystopian science fiction novel that depicts a technologically advanced future society controlled through engineered reproduction, psychological conditioning, and constant superficial pleasure.

    Discussed
    “So, if you want to live in a spy state and you want to live in 1984 or Brave New World and have everything you do have the think police over it.”
    Jason Calacanis Naval's GP, Ankur Nagpal, Breaks Down The Viral "USVC" Fund | E2284 2026-05-05
    Where to get it
    AmazonListen on Audible
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