Episode · This Week in Startups · 2022-02-09
Books mentioned on Peter Thiel departs FB board, John Foley steps down at Peloton, Should Amazon spin off AWS? + Startup of the Day: Island | E1381
Molly and Jason cover Peter Thiel stepping down from FB's board and look back at the board's evolution over time (2:07). Next, we cover Joe Lonsdale's op-ed in the Wall Street Journal, where he argues AWS should be split off from Amazon (27:41).
Jason Calacanis discussed The Contrarian by Max Chafkin. Also mentioned: Changing World Order by Ray Dalio.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Changing World Order
Ray Dalio's Changing World Order is a sweeping macroeconomic exploration of how major global empires rise, decline, and transition through cycles of debt, economic dominance, and conflict.
Discussed“i'm reading that ray dalio book right now that everyone's so into i started it yeah and he quite specifically is like all throughout the cycles of history the people who have the most money have aligned themselves”
Where to get it
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The Contrarian
The Contrarian by Max Chafkin is an investigative biography examining the life, career, and political ideology of tech investor Peter Thiel.
Discussed“chavkin i believe is how you pronounce his name uh he wrote that peter teal book uh and he was”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Hillbilly Elegy
“and then who's the other kid the kid who wrote hillbilly elegy if you get jake give 10 million dollars to a single candidate to get them to like do whatever you want”
Passing Sapiens
“i think that was influenced by some historical you know uh scholars i think including um a sapiens author maybe uh where it was like any time a more advanced society conquered a less advanced society”
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