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Every book Brian Armstrong recommended on podcasts
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Brian Armstrong’s most recommended books
- Changing World Order by Ray Dalio
- Flash Boys by Michael Lewis
- Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
- Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order by Ray Dalio
- The Dip by Seth Godin
- The Sovereign Individual by James Dale Davidson, William Rees-Mogg, Lord William Rees-Mogg
- The big short by Michael Lewis
Brian Armstrong is an American businessman and investor who is CEO of cryptocurrency platform Coinbase, which he co-founded with Fred Ehrsam. He received media attention for his policy of keeping the workplace free of political activism. He is also co-founder of NewLimit, an anti-aging startup. Appearing on podcasts like Honestly with Bari Weiss, The Diary Of A CEO, and the Lex Fridman Podcast, Armstrong has recommended several influential titles. He pointed to Ray Dalio's "Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order" as a work that shaped his thinking and reflected in his comments. He also recommended James Dale Davidson and Lord William Rees-Mogg's "The Sovereign Individual" as a provocative read that inspired some of his ideas, listed Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged" among his perspectives-shaping books, and mentioned Seth Godin's "The Dip" as a book he read during a period of career introspection. Additionally, he discussed Michael Lewis's "Flash Boys" and "The Big Short" to illustrate high-frequency trading dynamics and traditional financial rating systems.
Books recommended by Brian Armstrong
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Changing World Order
The Changing World Order by Ray Dalio examines the rise and fall of nations by analyzing big historical cycles in economics, debt, and geopolitical power.
Recommended“I think um Ray Doo’s Book Changing World Order you hear some of the ideas reflected in my comments today”
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Flash Boys
Flash Boys by Michael Lewis is an incredible nonfiction narrative examining high-frequency trading, market reform, and the daring efforts of Wall Street rebels to make financial markets work better.
Discussed“So there's a lot of people like traders who get super into this, like high-frequency traders, and arbitrage, and all kinds of interesting topics. Flash Boys was like an interesting book on this whole thing.”
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Atlas Shrugged
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand is a philosophical novel that outlines the author's system of Objectivism through a dystopian narrative about a society collapsing under heavy government intervention.
Recommended“also just books like um outl Shrugged and you know these kind of things”
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Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order
Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order by Ray Dalio is an economic and historical analysis that examines the rise and fall of major empires through long-term cycles of debt, economic shifts, and geopolitical power.
Recommended“Ray Doo's Book Changing World Order you hear some of the ideas reflected in my comments today”
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The Dip
The Dip by Seth Godin is a concise business and self-help guide that helps individuals determine when they should persist through difficult challenges and when it is strategically wise to quit.
Recommended“i mean i read this book by seth godin called the dip”
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The Sovereign Individual
The Sovereign Individual by James Dale Davidson and Lord William Rees-Mogg is a provocative economic and political study exploring how the shift toward a digital information economy empowers individuals at the expense of the nation-state.
Recommended“I think there's books like the sovereign individual which I think were very provocative and led to some of the ideas that I'm mentioning here today”
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The big short
The big short by Michael Lewis is a non-fiction account that explores the housing market collapse and the traders who profited from the 2008 financial crisis.
Discussed“I don't feel like it's our job to be recommending investments, you know, like in the traditional financial world, there's like these AAA rated bonds and you know, and I it always felt a little bit like those organizations that do the ratings are kind of always be politicized and like go see the big short.”
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