"Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts" by Annie Duke (2018)
Andreessen says: "Compact guide to probabilistic domains like poker, or venture capital. Best articulation of 'resulting,' drawing bad conclusions from confusing process and outcome. Recommend for people operating in the real world."
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"Chasing Hillary: Ten Years, Two Presidential Campaigns, and One Intact Glass Ceiling" by Amy Chozick (2018)
Andreessen says: "On the bus/in the plane with the Hillary campaign. Revealing in many dimensions at once, and highly entertaining. Best book on the 2016 campaign so far?"
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"The Spider Network: How a Math Genius and a Gang of Scheming Bankers Pulled Off One of the Greatest Scams in History" by David Enrich (2018)
Andreessen says: "'Billions'-esque saga of global financial market manipulation, at mind-boggling scale and hiding in plain sight, by a small cabal of bankers in London."
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"A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy" by William B. Irvine (2008)
Andreessen says: "Best (?) walk through the ancient/current philosophy of Stoicism. You can't control other people but you can control yourself, so do that."
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"The Courage to Be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness" by Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga (2018)
Andreessen says: "Smash hit in Japan, and easy to see why. Adlerian psychologist meets Stoic philosophy in Socratic dialogue. Compelling from front to back. Highly recommend."
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"All Out War: The Full Story of How Brexit Sank Britain's Political Class" by Tim Shipman (2016)
Andreessen says: "Inside story of how Britain decided to exit the EU. Economic self-destruction or national liberation? Repercussions to play out for decades."
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"When the Wolves Bite: Two Billionaires, One Company, and an Epic Wall Street Battle" by Scott Wapner (2018)
Andreessen says: "'Wall Street'-esque battle between Bill Ackman and Carl Icahn over unlikely target Herbalife. Sip a delicious Herbal Aloe Shake while reading."
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"But What If We're Wrong?: Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past" by Chuck Klosterman (2017)
Andreessen says: "Wide-ranging meditation on how to think about the reality that we're probably wrong about most things we believe. Hard to read and not emerge humbled."
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"The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam" by Douglas Murray (2018)
Andreessen says: "One perspective on the politics of immigration in Europe, playing out in real time, e.g. Merkel almost getting deposed days ago. Confusing on multiple levels from US perspective."
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"A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership" by James Comey (2018)
Andreessen says: "Certainly the story is well known, but given author's propensity to post photos of himself wearing running shoes in Iowa, potentially relevant again starting next year?"
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"Expert Political Judgment: How Good Is It? How Can We Know?" by Philip Tetlock (2006)
Andreessen says: "Is the future knowable, and by whom? All pundits and commentators should publish their prediction track records, yet don't. What to pay attention to and what to ignore."
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"Conspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue" by Ryan Holiday (2018)
Andreessen says: "Skin in the game as conflict of interest, or as attaching one's livelihood to one's speech? Who to listen to, and why. Ideal counterpart of @PTetlock's Expert Political Judgement."
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"12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos" by Jordan B. Peterson (2018)
Andreessen says: "A bracing disassembly and reconstruction of a theory of individual progress in the modern world. Fascinating compare and contrast with The Courage to Be Disliked."
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"Slugfest: Inside the Epic, 50-year Battle between Marvel and DC" by Reed Tucker (2017)
Andreessen says: "Spellbinding creative and business history of the incredibly imaginative comic book industry in the decades before it ate Hollywood."
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"Hacks: The InsideStory of the Break-ins and Breakdowns That Put Donald Trump in the White House" by Donna Brazile (2017)
Andreessen says: "Visceral, raw, you-are-there recounting of living through the hack attacks and resulting meltdown of the DNC in 2016."
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