The book this episode covers
The New New Thing
Michael Lewis · Reading rank 39 · in 9 other episodes
David highly recommends buying the book, calling it a fantastic read.
Cross-episode reference · Dedicated episode · Explicit praise · Founder theme · Reread language
Books David recommends along the way
Marc Andreessen's Blog Archive
Marc Andreessen · Reading rank 25 · in 14 other episodes
David uses Andreessen's account of Jim Clark recruiting only one of about twelve prospects to show founders how difficult hiring exceptional talent can be.
Cross-episode reference · Founder theme
In the Company of Giants
Rama Dev Jager and Rafael Ortiz · Reading rank 27 · in 22 other episodes
David relays Steve Jobs's account from the book of the outsized gap between average and top-tier engineering talent.
Cross-episode reference · Founder theme
The Engineers and the Price System
Thorstein Veblen · Reading rank 395 · in 1 other episode
David presents The Engineers and the Price System's 1921 thesis that engineers would seize economic power from financiers, tying it to Jim Clark's own philosophy.
Cross-episode reference · Founder theme
Also mentioned
The Almanack of Naval Ravikant
Eric Jorgenson · Reading rank 33 · in 18 other episodes
Cross-episode reference
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