Books Mentioned in This Podcast
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Buy on AmazonFor instance, there's a famous social science theory called prospect theory. Is the model replicating that because it can replicate human behavior or did it just read Kahneman's book 'Thinking, Fast and Slow'? This fundamental issue persists in our field, which necessitates a lot of work to resolve.
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Snow Crash
Buy on AmazonI think this is because a central idea of the metaverse, at least in the book, is that there is just one of them.
The Hero with a Thousand Faces
Buy on AmazonAnd basically, what's happening is I think the theory is, you know, I'm kind of making this up, but there’s the theory of the Hero with a Thousand Faces or the idea of the Jungian hero's journey, which serves as the basis for all these plots in Star Wars and Harry Potter.
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Snow Crash
Buy on AmazonIf you use 'Snow Crash' as an example from three decades ago, many of the things that you predicted within that novel have come to be, whereas many companies, because you brought up the idea that it's really hard to align people within companies, struggle to set a mission or vision for a couple of years that people can get behind.
Snow Crash
Buy on AmazonIt's part of the vibe of those types of games, and this mashup vibe is explicitly described in my book 'Snow Crash' as you know how the metaverse kind of looks.
The Artist's Way
Buy on AmazonSo, what are morning pages? They are from Julia Cameron's book The Artist's Way.
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Sapiens
Buy on AmazonBut I'm thinking of the examples that Yuval Harari sites in 'Sapiens' and how we all have these collective myths and fictions that drive economic growth and innovation. He gives the example of a talented baker like my grandmother wanting to open a restaurant, but not having enough actual money.
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Jurassic Park
Buy on AmazonThe good news is we’ve got Cathy Kennedy, Steven Spielberg, and Michael Crichton with a detailed book that’s going to be a best-seller about dinosaurs, and we've got a screenplay and it’s going to cost this much money. Well, we own it, and you don’t. Now take those six to eight other studios that don’t get that phone call—they're not happy.
Sapiens
Buy on AmazonYuval Noah Harari’s book 'Sapiens' articulates this well, and I strongly recommend it. He discusses how people create shared myths allowing coordination among larger groups.
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The Lean Startup
Buy on AmazonTito didn’t win by producing subpar cars faster; instead, he focused on making higher quality cars quickly with shorter market times. The lean manufacturing method inspired the Lean Startup approach and closely ties to DevOps, stemming from lean methodologies.
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