Episode · How I Write · 2024-03-29
David Perell & Paul Graham: books mentioned on How I Write
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David Perell discussed Hackers and Painters by Paul Graham and Ulysses by James Joyce.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Hackers and Painters
Hackers and Painters by Paul Graham is a collection of essays that explores the intersections of computer programming, startup culture, and creative intellectual work.
Discussed“I mean, actually, that's why his book is called Hackers and Painters. Hackers and Painters, sort of that left side of the brain, skepticism, rigor, logic.”
Where to get it
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Ulysses
James Joyce's landmark modernist novel Ulysses chronicles an ordinary day in the life of Leopold Bloom in Dublin, mapping human consciousness and daily existence through a revolutionary stream-of-consciousness technique.
Discussed“The first kind is like you're reading something like Ulisses and you're on page 274 and you're like, 'Wow, I'm such a scholarly or irrudite person for having read 274 pages of Ulisses. Look at me.'”
Where to get it
