The west was very good at building these giant hierarchies. We got really good in particular, right in the late nineteenth early twentieth century. And then we just lived in this world for 50 years or 60 years which basically ruled everything. You no, there are famous books from that era about how to get power through mass systems.
Silicon Valley icon Marc Andreessen explores investing, decision making, and the art of solving unsolvable problems. In this discussion, Andreessen reveals why the Internet has become the conduit for some people to disrupt traditional power structures and for others to enforce them, optimistic and pessimistic scenarios for the future of the Internet, assessing judgment, and the book he turns to for insight. Andreessen is a co-founder and general partner at the venture-capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, and has invested in companies such as Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter and Skype, among others. He co-created the highly influential Mosaic internet browser and co-founded Netscape, and has been named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by
Time. The books recommended by Marc Andreessen in this episode are:
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