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Every book Michael Saylor recommended on podcasts
Michael Saylor is a prominent entrepreneur and tech executive who frequently appears on deep-dive interview programs like The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast and the Lex Fridman Podcast to discuss macroeconomic theory, the history of money, monetary inflation, and the philosophy of Bitcoin. Central to Saylor's intellectual framework is Saifedean Ammous's book The Bitcoin Standard, which he frequently recommends and discusses. Saylor explains that reading this book was a pivotal moment that drew him down the rabbit hole of monetary economics, highlighting Ammous's research on historical inflation rates, the steady expansion of the money supply, and the structural vulnerabilities of fiat currencies. Beyond monetary history, Saylor draws on classic literature and philosophy to explain broader intellectual movements and personal inspirations. During discussions on paradigm shifts and technological adoption, he references Thomas S. Kuhn's seminal work The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, noting how groundbreaking shifts are characteristically embraced by the youth. Additionally, to illustrate the ambitions, curiosity, and boundless horizons of his own youth, Saylor references Robert A. Heinlein's classic science fiction novel Have Space Suit—Will Travel, where a precocious young protagonist builds a spaceship and journeys across the universe, blending his technological outlook with classic speculative literature.
Books recommended by Michael Saylor
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The Bitcoin Standard
The Bitcoin Standard by Saifedean Ammous and James Fouhey is a non-fiction book that examines the history of money and argues for the economic necessity of Bitcoin from an Austrian economic perspective.
Recommended“and I started looking for the books and I read the Bitcoin standard and I I got quote unquote dragged down the rabbit hole”
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Have Space Suit _ Will Travel Digital Graphic Novel
Have Space Suit, Will Travel is a classic science fiction adventure novel by Robert A.
Discussed“One of the Well, the a famous book by Heinland is Have Space It Will Travel. And in the book, uh, uh, precocious youth builds a spaceship, gets picked up by, you know, bugeyed monsters or by space aliens, gallivance around the universe”
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The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
Discussed“So Thomas Cune in the structure of scientific revolution, he introduces this idea of the paradigm shift and what he notes is that when a new paradigm comes along, it's embraced by the youth.”
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Books Michael Saylor wrote
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Other mentions (3: passing, ad reads, own books)
“I wrote a book called the mobile wave. And in the mobile wave back I was 2012 that I published it 2012.”
“It's a phrase from Clint Eastwood's movie, "Unforgiven," where he says, "A man's gotta know his limitations."”
“I wrote about it in the book, "The Mobile Wave," and they catalyzed this entire mobile revolution because they have advanced and continue to advance...”