Episode · This Week in Startups · 2022-06-15
Books mentioned on YouTube shorts vs. TikTok, Crypto contagion, Twitch ad changes, China found aliens? | E1485
First, we'll dig into the creator economy: Youtube shorts almost has as many users as TikTok (3:06), and Twitch is changing how they pay creators (24:00).
Molly Wood discussed The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu and The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Three-Body Problem
The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu is a sweeping science fiction novel exploring humanity's first contact with an alien civilization against the backdrop of China's cultural revolution.
Discussed“i love love love that trilogy the dark uh the three body problem yeah trilogy yeah by xi lou and the book my son and i were talking about this”
Where to get it
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The Dark Forest
Discussed“the idea of the dark forest like if you're in a dark forest and you don't know what's out there but you assume there are probably things that are out there that can kill you”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Dark Forest
“i only got into the second three-body problem audiobooks uh i gotta pick it back up um but here's the thing if you are that scientifically advanced to get across the universe”