Episode · This Week in Startups · 2022-10-14

Books mentioned on SEC investigates Bored Apes, AI-generated Steve Jobs/Joe Rogan interview & more | E1585

1 book · With Vinny Lingham, Sunny Madra · Listen · Watch on YouTube

Vinny Lingham and Sunny Madra are back for another crypto roundtable! The show starts with a discussion on Nvidia's new high-powered graphics cards (2:35) and an AI-generated podcast interview.

Jason Calacanis discussed Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. Steve Jobs

    Walter Isaacson · at 20:23

    Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson is an acclaimed biography that chronicles the tumultuous life, visionary innovations, and relentless drive of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs through extensive interviews with the subject and those who knew him.

    Discussed
    “but what they could have done is taken like audio books or whatever and then said have Joe Rogan asked this question and then make an amalgamation of this answer from the Walter Isaacson bio right so they could have put the Walter Isaacson bio in there”
    Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Fifty Shades of Grey
“I believe now I mean it turns out Fifty Shades of Gray I met the uh the author of that at a party in LA and my friend introduced me to her and I asked her what her what the inspiration was”
Passing Twilight
“what the inspiration was and she said actually you know it's a famous story I'm surprised you don't know it like she was writing Twilight fan fiction and it was uh Twilight erotica”