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Pieces of the Action
Vannevar Bush · Reading rank 79 · in 8 other episodes
David closes the episode by highly recommending listeners buy the book.
Dedicated episode · Explicit praise · Founder theme
Books David recommends along the way
Becoming Steve Jobs
Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli · Reading rank 8 · in 20 other episodes
David says he reread this book for episode 265.
Cross-episode reference · Founder theme · Reread language
Invent and Wander
Jeff Bezos · Reading rank 18 · in 23 other episodes
David calls this book fantastic and urges listeners to buy it.
Cross-episode reference · Explicit praise
Marc Andreessen's Blog Archive
Marc Andreessen · Reading rank 25 · in 14 other episodes
Cross-episode reference
Endless Frontier
G. Pascal Zachary · Reading rank 341 · in 1 other episode
David directly calls this earlier Vannevar Bush biography excellent.
Explicit praise
As We May Think
Vannevar Bush · Reading rank 419 · in 1 other episode
David uses As We May Think's influence on Douglas Engelbart and the mother of all demos to trace an idea chain into personal computing.
Founder theme
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