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15 Jun 2022 Conversations with Tyler Marc Andreessen on Learning to Love the Humanities
“That stuff, I don’t tend to read more than once. It’s almost entirely, I would say, broadly speaking, it’s political theory, it’s history, it’s economic theory a little bit, although it’s probably more economic history.”
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…Moving ahead to the current you, which books have you reread the most? Let’s see. That’s a good question. I’ve read a lot of business history. I’ve read a lot of technology history. I’ve read a lot of finance history. I’ve covered that. That stuff, I don’t tend to read more than once. It’s almost entirely, I would say, broadly speaking, it’s political theory, it’s history, it’s economic theory a little bit, although it’s probably more economic history. I probably keep circling around the same small set of topics around, basically, how do people organize? Then, what happens when they do? And then, how do they behave? I keep circling around that. I’ve been rereading James Burnham’s books. Had a particular fascination for him for the last few years. I’m actually finishing a reread of those books right now. So, books like that. How are those different on the reread?…
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