TOP 20 Marc Andreessen's Favorite Books - Part 2
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Days of Rage
"How 1960s racial politics descended into 1970s terrorist bombings, thanks to privileged college students breaking very bad." - Marc Andreessen
The Machiavellians, Defenders of Freedom
"Together [with 'The Managerial Revolution'], the best explanation for the current structure of our society and politics." - Marc Andreessen
Expert Political Judgment
"Is the future knowable, and by whom? All pundits and commentators should publish their prediction track records, yet don't." - Marc Andreessen
The Power of Productivity
"On how technology-driven productivity growth improves human welfare and creates more jobs and higher wages." - Marc Andreessen
Golden Gates
"On why we can't build in great American cities like San Francisco today and what we need to do about it." - Marc Andreessen
Triumph of the City
"How cities drive the development of civilization, by putting people together. Highly relevant to the future of the Internet!" - Marc Andreessen
Skin in the Game
"Skin in the game as conflict of interest, or as attaching one's livelihood to one's speech? Who to listen to, and why." - Marc Andreessen
Who Is Michael Ovitz?
"Learn how to build an empire and transform an industry from the Jedi master of modern Hollywood." - Marc Andreessen
Hacks
"Visceral, raw, you-are-there recounting of living through the hack attacks and resulting meltdown of the DNC in 2016." - Marc Andreessen
Recapturing the Spirit of Enterprise
"On how economic systems that encourage aggressive entrepreneurship build the most for the benefit of the most." - Marc Andreessen
Whole Earth Discipline
"On why even environmentalists should be pro building, pro cities, pro nuclear, and pro genetic engineering." - Marc Andreessen
A Guide to the Good Life
"Best (?) walk through the ancient/current philosophy of Stoicism. You can't control other people but you can control yourself, so do that." - Marc Andreessen
History Has Begun
"On the country and culture the United States is evolving into, not necessarily decline, but something very different." - Marc Andreessen
The Fabric of Civilization
"The story of technology is a story of human ingenuity, and nowhere is this more clear than in the story of textiles." - Marc Andreessen
Slugfest
"Spellbinding creative and business history of the incredibly imaginative comic book industry in the decades before it ate Hollywood." - Marc Andreessen
All Out War
"Inside story of how Britain decided to exit the EU. Economic self-destruction or national liberation? Repercussions to play out for decades." - Marc Andreessen
A Very Expensive Poison
"The astonishing story of the Litvinenko and Perepilichnyy assassinations in the UK; reads like a Lee Child thriller; plenty topical now." - Marc Andreessen
The Network State: How To Start a New Country
"[The author] has the highest rate of output per minute of good new ideas of anybody I’ve ever met, and [this book] may be his best." - Marc Andreessen
A Spy Among Friends
"True, chilling saga of straight up, profoundly deep treason and betrayal. Sociopaths in high positions of power and influence. Hair curling." - Marc Andreessen
Civilian Warriors
"The founding and growth of military contractor Blackwater as told by its founder and CEO; newly relevant due to the Mueller investigation." - Marc Andreessen