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Every book Sonal Chokshi recommended on podcasts
Key facts
- Sonal Chokshi has recommended or discussed 13 books on podcasts, as of March 25, 2019.
- Sonal Chokshi has talked about books on 1 podcast, as of March 25, 2019.
- Those books came up in 9 episodes, as of March 25, 2019.
- The 3 books Sonal Chokshi has mentioned in the most episodes, as of March 25, 2019: How Non-Conformists Move the World, Divergent and Farsighted.
- The latest episode with a book mention from Sonal Chokshi aired on March 25, 2019.
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Sonal Chokshi’s most mentioned books
- How Non-Conformists Move the World by Adam Grant
- Divergent by Veronica Roth
- Farsighted by Steven Johnson
- Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries by Safi Bahcall
- Machine, Platform, Crowd by Andrew McAfee
- Pollyanna by Eleanor Hodgman Porter
- Principles by Ray Dalio
- Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
- The Box by Marc Levinson
- The Complacent Class by Tyler Cowen
Sonal Chokshi appeared across multiple episodes of the a16z Podcast to discuss and recommend several influential books on technology, innovation, and decision-making. At the conclusion of an episode, she recommended Adam Grant's book Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World. While speaking with Safi Bahcall, Chokshi discussed Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries, highlighting its exploration of organizational structure and the canonical magic number of 150 people. She brought up Yuval Noah Harari’s Sapiens to connect collective myths and fictions to economic growth and innovation. When talking with Steven Johnson, she referenced his book Farsighted to explore the roles of extreme versus mainstream perspectives and how openness to experience acts as a predictor of good decision-making. Chokshi also introduced Ray Dalio and discussed the origins of his book Principles. Additionally, she cited W. Brian Arthur’s The Nature of Technology to illustrate combinatorial innovation and asked Marc Levinson about the supermarket decline described in The Great A&P.
Books Sonal Chokshi recommended or discussed
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How Non-Conformists Move the World
Recommended“but I think people just go ahead read your book originals how non conformist move the world which is out now”
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Divergent
Discussed“include The Hunger Games with Katniss Everdeen the divergent series by Veronica Roth”
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Farsighted
Discussed“so I have a question - so you talked a little about the Fox and the hedgehogs one of the things you mentioned your book is the role of extreme person vs. mainstream and I thought that'd be really interesting cuz we think about that a lot”
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Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries
Discussed“um and so in the book you talk about one of the classic things being the magic number uh you know basically number of people at which beyond that it's hard to you have to start to create an org and and a hard structure too often and the magic number is canonically 150”
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Machine, Platform, Crowd
Discussed“today we're doing one of our book podcasts around the new book just out machine platform crowd”
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Pollyanna
Discussed“in reality Pollyanna is actually a story about overcoming hardship the reality of the movie is and I hope I'm not giving spoilers”
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Principles
Discussed“today's episode is based on a conversation we recorded previously with Ray Dalio author of the book principles life and work the book originated as an internal company document that was posted online years ago”
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Sapiens
Discussed“but I'm thinking of the example that you've all her re sites and sapiens and how we all have these collective mitts and fictions”
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The Box
Discussed“so let's talk about the box which is all about logistics and infrastructure in the form of container shipping you chose one very specific thing in the box to talk about it had this massive effect on a global economy”
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The Complacent Class
Discussed“And we're here to talk about Tyler's new book, The Complacent Class. And the subhead is the self-defeating quest for the American dream. I think the best way to kind of kick it off, Tyler, is if you could tell us what is the primary thesis of your book?”
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The Great A&P and the Struggle for Small Business in America
Discussed“so does it remind you at all of the sort of death of the supermarket that you talked about in the great a in your book the great A&P”
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The Hunger Games
Discussed“you know like obvious examples include The Hunger Games with Katniss Everdeen the divergent series by Veronica Roth”
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The Nature of Technology
Discussed“I remember there was this like move of talking about tech innovation as like combinatorial innovation and I think is kind of a buzzy word but I actually think it makes sense in this context one of my favorite writers is Brian Arthur who wrote the nature of technology”
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Appearances
Other mentions (27: passing, ad reads, own books)
Plugged Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries
“today we have one of our book launch episodes with sfie ball author of loonshots The subtitle is how to nurture the crazy ideas that win Wars cure diseases and transform Industries”
Passing Mirror Worlds
“it reminds me of one of my old edities concepts of mirror worlds, David Gelernter, and this idea that you can essentially turn everything into something that can be in a virtual system.”
Passing Where good ideas come from
“I'm sonal and I'm here today with Chris Dixon a general partner on a 6 + Z crypto and Steven B Johnson who is the author of many books including where good ideas come from”
Passing Wonderland
“and Steven B Johnson who is the author of many books including where good ideas come from the PBS series how we got to know a book on play called Wunderland and his latest book is farsighted”
Plugged Farsighted
“and his latest book is farsighted which is how we make the decisions that matter the most”
Passing Middlemarch
“so there's been great we've been talking about decision making and how it plays out you know in crypto and create an innovation and also then even in personal lives like Darwin or even novels and literature like Middlemarch”
Plugged Farsighted
“he is the author of the new book just out farsighted how we make the decisions that matter the most”
Plugged Principles
“Today's episode is based on a conversation we recorded previously with Ray Dalio, author of the book Principles: Life and Work.”
Passing Accelerate
“and today's episode takes a different angle on the topic by drawing on the research of one of the largest large-scale studies of software and organizational performance out there from the authors of the new book accelerate the science of lean software and DevOps building and scaling high-performing technology organizations by nichole force grin Jays humble and Jean Kim joining”
Passing The DevOps Handbook
“and then we have jazz humble who is CTO at Dora and is also the co-author of the books the DevOps handbook Lean Enterprise and continuous delivery”
Passing Lean Enterprise
“and then we have jazz humble who is CTO at Dora and is also the co-author of the books the DevOps handbook Lean Enterprise and continuous delivery”
Passing Continuous Delivery
“and then we have jazz humble who is CTO at Dora and is also the co-author of the books the DevOps handbook Lean Enterprise and continuous delivery”
Passing Accelerate
“the book just out is accelerate building and scaling high-performing technology organizations thank you so much you guys”
Passing His Dark Materials
“and one of my all-time favorite books is Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy and I always think of dust in that context”
Passing The Box
“our guest is economist historian and journalist who was last at the Economist Mark Levinson the author of the beloved book the box which is about how the shipping container made the world smaller an economy bigger”
Passing An Extraordinary Time
“this hallway stall conversation is actually a quick tour through all his books starting from his most recent one an extraordinary time where we touch briefly on the topic of the Golden Age of productivity”
“beyond to the topic of the death of retail and his book the great anp2 finally wrapping up on logistics transportation infrastructure supply chains”
Passing The Innovator's Dilemma
“yes innovators dilemma classic good real estate case”
Passing The Second Machine Age
“the author's previously wrote the popular book the second Machine Age and before that their book was race against the machine”
Passing Race Against the Machine
“the author's previously wrote the popular book the second Machine Age and before that their book was race against the machine”
Passing The Future of Violence
“our conversation covers the law and technology of warfare from military drones cyber security and encryption to geopolitics and the future of violence which is the title of a book he co-authored with Gabriela Bloom”
Passing Sapiens
“we had Yuval her Ari on this podcast and he's the author sapiens and Homo Deus”
Passing Homo Deus
“we had Yuval her Ari on this podcast and he's the author sapiens and Homo Deus”
Passing Bible
“and it's almost removing the the the screen when that you know that put us at yeah like the chapter wasn't really a standardized function of the novel until the Bible”
Plugged Overcomplicated
“And he has a new book out called Overcomplicated. So, it all fits together.”
Plugged Originals
“and he has a new book out originals how non conformist moved the world”
Passing The Cat in the Hat
“was the era where doctors like published Cat in the Hat like super high on patents”