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Every book Robert Hackett recommended on podcasts
Key facts
- Robert Hackett has recommended or discussed 4 books on podcasts, as of November 14, 2026.
- Robert Hackett has talked about books on 1 podcast, as of November 14, 2026.
- Those books came up in 1 episode, as of November 14, 2026.
- The 3 books Robert Hackett has mentioned in the most episodes, as of November 14, 2026: The Control Revolution, The Information and Isaac Newton.
- The latest episode with a book mention from Robert Hackett aired on November 14, 2026.
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Books Robert Hackett recommended or discussed
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The Control Revolution
Recommended“There was a book written about this called The Control Revolution that I really love. Sort of a niche academic book. But it describes sort of the long arc of what is happening, the digital transformation, as extending back to the first revolution that you were talking about with machines.”
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The Information
Recommended“The Information, an amazing book about information theory, which, by the way, is a great sort of, I would say, prequel to the telephone book that he's just produced.”
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Isaac Newton
Discussed“I've been reading James's books my entire life. First one I read was his Isaac Newton biography.”
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The Telephone
Discussed“And even though in this case, yes, the government did break them up, there's an anecdote you talk about in the book where the then head of AT&T was actually a little relieved because they were boxed out of playing in the information revolution, entering digital computing because they were defined as a common carrier back then.”
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Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| From the Telephone to Modern Computing | James Gleick | a16z Podcast | 2026-11-14 | 4 |
Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
Passing Chaos
“I've been reading James's books my entire life. First one I read was his Isaac Newton biography. Oh, interesting. Not Chaos, weirdly enough.”