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Every book Reed Hoffman recommended on podcasts
Reed Hoffman appeared on The Book Review podcast, where he offered book recommendations bridging the worlds of business, technology, and intellectual history. When asked for business and systemic insights, Reed Hoffman recommended Joshua Cooper Ramo's The Seventh Sense, praising its exploration of networks and the modern world, as well as Nassim Nicholas Taleb's Antifragile, which examines how to build robust systems. Additionally, Reed Hoffman discussed rereading Neil Postman's Amusing Ourselves to Death, a book he first loved as an undergraduate, explaining that he returned to it to rethink its lessons in the context of modern social media. Through his appearance on The Book Review, Reed Hoffman highlighted reads that analyze the intersection of technology, societal structures, and human communication.
Books recommended by Reed Hoffman
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Antifragile
Antifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb is a book exploring how certain systems, leaders, and ideas actually gain strength, grow, and thrive when exposed to disorder, volatility, and stress.
Recommended“Nicholas talib's antifragile which is how do we build these new systems and which they're robust and you know it's kind of a combination intellectual and Business book”
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The seventh sense
The Seventh Sense by Joshua Cooper Ramo is a strategic business and technology book examining how heavily interconnected networks shape power, security, and modern society.
Recommended“the kinds of other things that I think are interesting in like a business book Arena are like Joshua Cooper Ramos's seventh sense which is kind of networks about howlies the new world of networks and what that means”
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Amusing Ourselves to Death
Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman is a media theory classic examining how the shift from print to television has degraded public discourse into mere entertainment.
Discussed“most recently I've been rereading a book that I loved as an undergraduate Neil postman's amusing ourselves to death because I've been kind of rethinking what the lessons from that are to the modern world of social media”
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Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| Susan Orlean on a Great Library Fire | The Book Review | 2024-07-18 | 3 |
Other mentions (2: passing, ad reads, own books)
“uh I read a few business books but more often it's uh things like sapiens or homodeus you know you've all Harari”
“uh I read a few business books but more often it's uh things like sapiens or homodeus you know you've all Harari”