Endurance

by Alfred Lansing · 1959

Alfred Lansing's account of Ernest Shackleton's Antarctic expedition and survival story.

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Sam AltmanCEO, OpenAI; former head, Y Combinator

A Hacker News commenter transcribed Altman's Twitter AMA answer to a question about the best books he recommends for a young startup founder and listed Endurance.

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Sam Altman AMA transcript comment on recommended books for young startup founders

The title appears in the transcribed Twitter AMA answer to a question about the best books Altman recommends for a young startup founder.

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Hacker News / Algolia API · 2015-10-21 · accessed 2026-06-22

Comment · HN transcript of Twitter AMA answer

A Hacker News commenter transcribed Altman answering a Twitter AMA question about the best books he recommends for a young startup founder; Altman later confirmed the disputed Art of War in the Middle Ages title in the same thread.

Alex RampellTechnology founder and investor

Alex Rampell selects Endurance for readers.

Recommended · Wording not verified Source: Andreessen Horowitz

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Catalog summary of own reading selection; no source excerpt copied.

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Andreessen Horowitz · 2025-11-07 · accessed 2026-10-01

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