What we're reading & technology changing reading

Robert HackettSonal ChokshiStephanie ZinnTim Sullivan

7.1.25

In a now-annual tradition, the a16z crypto editorial team discuss themes (and picks) from a16z crypto’s latest reading list, as well as books we keep re-reading, childhood favorites, classics, adaptations on adaptations — in book and movie form! — and much more.

What genres are we reading now, how, and why? How is technology — from AI and ChatGPT to the internet and audio — changing reading? And why are certain themes in the zeitgeist right now? Is all non-fiction just fiction now, and should we lean in to this for education? Are the kids alright?

From irony, truth, and why context matters, to Machiavelli to Formula 1 to nautical non-fiction to memoirs, this episode has it all…

check out our “what we’re reading” lists, podcasts, and more here:
https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/tags/what-were-reading

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