Antonio García Martínez (agm.eth) Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Antonio García Martínez (agm.eth)

In one hour I'll be talking to Professor Carolyn Chen of Berkeley on her new book "Work, Pray, Code". It's a fascinating look at the quasi-religious elements of tech employment, and how tech companies are filling a God-shaped hole in modern life. https://t.co/eksEHDZfQq

Antonio García Martínez (agm.eth)

Ecstatic to announce that our next Pull Request guest is bestselling author @DouglasKMurray. His new book 'The War on the West' just came out, and like his previous books, it's a grenade tossed into the mainstream discourse. Tune in tomorrow! https://www.callin.com/room/douglas-murray-on-the-war-on-the-west-oZOyGOpfUK

Antonio García Martínez (agm.eth)

Current Ukraine reading list: "The Gates of Europe," by Serhii Plokhy "White Guard," by Bulgakov What else?

Antonio García Martínez (agm.eth)

A PULL REQUEST EXCLUSIVE! For the first time, @emilmichael talks about the book and Showtime series 'Super Pumped,' what it was *really* like building Uber, getting dressed down by Apple, outwitting regulators, and that infamous journalist dinner. https://www.callin.com/room/emil-michael-is-not-super-pumped-about-super-jYmDSQzbES

Antonio García Martínez (agm.eth)

Reading @tylercowen and @danielgross in their book ‘Talent,’ and the most interesting section thus far is on the semiotics of Zoom in the post-COVID interview and meeting process. I scrutinize Zoom setups mercilessly; reciprocally, I feel immense anxiety over my Zoom setup. https://t.co/Pt1gW4hgGg

Antonio García Martínez (agm.eth)

IN ONE HOUR! Talking with @geoffrey_cain, former Asia correspondent for The Economist and author of 'The Perfect Police State' (on the Chinese surveillance state in Xinjiang) about the Uighur situation. Join us! https://t.co/JOY1Q0gHIW

Antonio García Martínez (agm.eth)

I got into science when the nanotechnology schtick--Eric Drexler's 'Engines of Creation'!--was in high gear. I even spent a summer working in the lab of the discoverer of buckyballs. Basically nothing of what the nano futurists 'predicted' came even close to happening.

Antonio García Martínez (agm.eth)

@HeliasHebreus No Logo might have been Naomi Klein’s best book.

Antonio García Martínez (agm.eth)

One of the surprise joys of buying used books is finding random documents between the pages. Here, @EinatWilf’s “The War of Return” has a letter from AIPAC thanking a donor with a copy (Wolf spoke at a conference), and summarizing the book’s argument about Israel/Palestine. https://t.co/jlsuLcm1hg

Antonio García Martínez (agm.eth)

Reminder! I’ll be hosting a new episode of The Pull Request with just about every PayPal OG: Peter Thiel, Max Levchin, David Sacks, and Luke Nosek, with author Jimmy Soni about his new book “The Founders”. Today at 2:30 PM ET / 11:30 AM PT. Join us! https://t.co/ZYZAA7tXaj