Book · recommended on 1 episode
The Power of the Powerless
Vaclav Havel ISBN 9780873327619
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Vaclav Havel ISBN 9780873327619
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This book by Vaclav Havel came up once on Lex Fridman in the episodes we index. That mention was a genuine on-air recommendation, not just a passing reference. The people who brought it up: Marc Andreessen. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
“the thing that Vaclav Havel talks about in the other good book on this topic, which is "The Power of the Powerless,"”— Marc Andreessen
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