Exploring 'The Ancient City' and Its Insights on Civilization

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: 

• The WEIRDest People in the World, by Joseph Henrich
• The Machiavellians: Defenders of Freedom, by James Burnham
• The Revolt of The Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millennium, by Martin Gurri
• The Ancient City, by Numa Denis Fustel De Coulanges 

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