Thinking, Fast and Slow

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.

The title appears in the Reading List section attributed to Fadell in Build; the source is a secondary transcription rather than a verbatim excerpt for this individual list item.

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Lanre Dahunsi · 2022-06-07 · accessed 2026-08-10

Article · Secondary transcription of book reading list

This page transcribes the Reading List section from Tony Fadell's Build and introduces it as a list of books and articles that helped Fadell, his friends, and mentors. Google Books independently identifies a Reading List section in Build.

An attributed recommendation list published by his venture firm. Catalog wording is a citation, not a direct quotation from Andreessen.

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a16z · 2026-07-30 · accessed 2026-09-30

Reading list · Official a16z attributed reading list

The official note explicitly attributes the recommendations to Marc Andreessen. The attached list image was inspected directly; this title appears in that image. Publication date confirmed in page JSON-LD.

The first-person impact-list answer names this book. It is one interview event shared with Deep Work, not another independent event or a favorite ranking.

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The CEO Library · undated · accessed 2026-10-02

Interview · Original written source

The first-person impact-list answer names this book. It is one interview event shared with Deep Work, not another independent event or a favorite ranking.