Episode · Big Technology Podcast · 2024-04-05
Books mentioned on Why Crypto’s Thriving Post-SBF, Sports Betting Crisis Deepens, Jon Stewart vs. AI
Ranjan Roy from Margins is back for our weekly discussion of the latest tech news, with special guest Zeke Faux of Bloomberg News and Number Go Up fame.
Alex Kantrowitz recommended Number Go Up by Zeke Faux, and discussed Read Write Own by Chris Dixon.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Number Go Up
Zeke Faux's Number Go Up is an investigative non-fiction book that chronicles the chaotic, fraudulent underbelly of the cryptocurrency boom and meme-stock mania.
Recommended“Number Go Up was one of my favorite books of last year. Yeah, this is another episode that's Ranjan-inspired. Ranjan, you kept shouting out Number Go Up on the show.”
Where to get it
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Read Write Own
Read Write Own by Chris Dixon is a comprehensive exploration of blockchains, artificial intelligence, and the future architecture of the internet.
Discussed“where I read your book and I was like, Zeke, why don't you come on the show to help us review Chris Dixon's book, the Andreessen Horowitz venture capitalists who wrote read, write, own.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Number Go Up
“the title of the book... Your book is called Number Go Up, Zeke. You can't deny credit for what's happening right now. Take credit. This is your time.”
Passing Number Go Up
“and I'm assuming you want more people to read your book and that would be step one”
Passing Number Go Up
“he's the author of Number Go Up it's going up but he wasn't predicting that so he tells us or maybe he was it's a mystery”