Episode · a16z Podcast · 2026-05-11
Books mentioned on The Golden Age Thesis | Marc Andreessen on MTS
Marc Andreessen discussed The Diversity Myth by David O. Sacks and others and Closing of the American Mind by Allan Bloom.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Diversity Myth
The Diversity Myth by David O.
Discussed“or Peter Teal and David Sax wrote about it in their book you know diversity myth in 1995 the diversity myth and it was it was actually it was actually a term that it's called multi multicult multiculti multicultural”
Where to get it
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Closing of the American Mind
Closing of the American Mind by Allan Bloom is a prominent and enduring critique of higher education, moral relativism, and cultural shifts within American universities.
Discussed“and there were these furious de there's a classic book of that era Peter's book is great but actually before that there was a famous book at the time which has been huge headline news all through the country when it came out called the the closing of the American mind”
Where to get it
