Book · recommended on 2 episodes
The Machiavellians
James Burnham ISBN 0836917855
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James Burnham ISBN 0836917855
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This book by James Burnham has come up 2 times on Lex Fridman. 2 of those mentions were genuine on-air recommendations, not just passing references. The people who brought it up: Marc Andreessen, guest. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2020-10-02 and the most recent from 2025-01-26. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
“a famous book on politics, probably the best book on politics written in the 20th century called "The Machiavellians" by this guy James Burnham, who has had a big impact on me.”— Marc Andreessen
The guest here is Marc Andreessen: Visionary tech leader and investor who co-created Mosaic, the first widely used web browser, and co-founded Netscape and the venture firm Andreessen Horowitz. He is an influential voice at the intersection of technology and politics. Marc Andreessen on a coming American boom, censorship, university rot, the iron law of oligarchy, immigration, DOGE, and AI's trillion-dollar questions.
“the machiavellians by james burnham uh this is a book about how politics works in reality as opposed to how people imagine it working”— guest
The guest here is Michael Malice: Anarchist political thinker, author of Dear Reader and The New Right, and host of the podcast Your Welcome. Known as a witty self-described 'troll' in the Andy Kaufman tradition. Anarchist author Michael Malice spars with Lex Fridman over trolling versus love, the case against democracy, and tearing down institutions.
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