with @rhhackett @smc90 @stephbzinn @tim_org
In this fun hallway-style conversation, a16z crypto's Sonal Chokshi, Robert Hackett, Tim Sullivan, and Stephanie Zinn discusses picks from our latest annual <a href="https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/article/book-recommendation-reading-list-summer-2024/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">summer reading list</a>, as well as evergreen/ Lindy picks that show up on our <a href="https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/?tag=what-were-reading" target="_blank" rel="noopener">what-we're-reading lists</a> again and again. We also share our top picks of all time. 
Throughout, we also discuss HOW we read &#8212; whether audiobooks counts as reading or listening, graphic novels, read-alouds; on  multiple modes of reading; and technologies for reading and how they have changed us over time. Which books are better as movies and TV shows, and games too? Also, are collaboratively-filtered recommendations via family or friends really that great? What other heuristics &#8212; and anti-heuristics! &#8212; do we use to read? 
Finally, WHY we do read?? Is mythology and fantasy filling a hole left by religion? Wherefore nonfiction vs. fiction&#8230; or seemingly new genres such as “infotainment”, “romantasy”, and others?  From Shakespeare to Prince Harry to erstwhile seafarers to modern mermaids, this episode is a rollicking ride &#8212; and love letter &#8212; to all things books, and reading, from the a16z crypto editorial team and Andreessen Horowitz.  Curiosity is magic, after all!

Michael Blau

What, How, and Why We're Reading

with @rhhackett @smc90 @stephbzinn @tim_org In this fun hallway-style conversation, a16z crypto's Sonal Chokshi, Robert Hackett, Tim Sullivan, and Stephanie Zinn discusses picks from our latest annual summer reading list, as well as evergreen/ Lindy picks that show up on our what-we're-reading lists again and again. We also share our top picks of all time.  [&hellip;]

web3 with a16z crypto Episode #46

What, How, and Why We're Reading