Marc Lowell Andreessen (born July 9, 1971) is an American entrepreneur, investor, and software engineer. He is the co-author of Mosaic, the first widely used web...
Marc Lowell Andreessen (born July 9, 1971) is an American entrepreneur, investor, and software engineer. He is the co-author of Mosaic, the first widely used web browser; co-founder of Netscape; and co-founder and general partner of Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. He founded and later sold the software company Opsware to Hewlett-Packard. Andreessen is also a co-founder of Ning, a company that provides a platform for social networking websites. He sits on the board of directors of Facebook. Andreessen was one of six inductees in the World Wide Web Hall of Fame announced at the First International Conference on the World-Wide Web in 1994.
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Marc Andreessen recommended The WEIRDest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosp...Book
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Marc AndreessenBen's book choice #1 by @JoHenrich, which I also highly recommend: https://t.co/ZvVjYjHmG9twitter.com Feb 23, 2021 -
Marc Andreessen recommended Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital: The Dynamics of Bubbles and Golden AgesBook
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Marc Andreessen recommended Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and WinBook
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Marc AndreessenExtreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win by @jockowillink -- I hand out more copies of this book than any other. How to take responsibility for yourself and for those around you. Modern Stoicism, as applied in the military, business, and life. https://t.co/nMHkHxEqbmtwitter.com Jul 7, 2018 -
Marc Andreessen recommended The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity EvolvesBook
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Marc AndreessenThe Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves by @mattwridley -- Sparkling explanation of how the economy evolves, producing the glorious cornucopia of goods and services available all around us. How to feel good about the future even in dark times. https://t.co/cuTcvwLAzHtwitter.com Jul 6, 2018 -
Marc Andreessen recommended A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal
Marc AndreessenA Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal by @BenMacintyre1 -- True, chilling saga of straight up, profoundly deep treason and betrayal. Sociopaths in high positions of power and influence. Hair curling. https://t.co/g8EN2YMbMHtwitter.com Jul 6, 2018 -
Marc Andreessen recommended How to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at An Answer
Marc AndreessenHow to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer by @Sarah_Bakewell -- "How to get along with people, how to deal with violence, how to adjust to losing someone you love—All versions of a bigger question: How do you live?" https://t.co/t1vqlKqmG5twitter.com Jul 6, 2018 -
Marc Andreessen recommended Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10
Marc AndreessenLone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10 by @MarcusLuttrell -- The film was fine but the book is unreal; incredibly vivid story of superlative American heroes. https://t.co/0g9dxSotMOtwitter.com Jul 6, 2018 -
Marc Andreessen recommended A Very Expensive Poison: The Definitive Story of the Murder of Litvinenko and Russia's War with the W...
Marc AndreessenA Very Expensive Poison: The Assassination of Alexander Litvinenko by @lukeharding1968 -- The astonishing story of the Litvinenko and Perepilichnyy assassinations in the UK; reads like a Lee Child thriller; plenty topical now. https://t.co/Qn4J13Qx9Ptwitter.com Jul 6, 2018 -
Marc Andreessen recommended The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad PoliciesBook
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Marc AndreessenThe Myth of the Rational Voter by @bryan_caplan -- "The median American is a moderate national socialist – statist to the core on both economic and social policy. Given public opinion, the policies of First World democracies are surprisingly libertarian." https://t.co/r5lfTdMgOktwitter.com Jul 6, 2018 -
Marc Andreessen recommended Living with a SEAL: 31 Days Training with the Toughest Man on the Planet
Marc AndreessenLiving with a SEAL: 31 Days Training with the Toughest Man on the Planet by @the100MileMan -- What's it like to train with a Navy SEAL in winter in New York for a whole month? Featuring the truly remarkable American hero @davidgoggins. https://t.co/xlBLv8eSuMtwitter.com Jul 6, 2018 -
Marc Andreessen recommended Shattered: Inside Hillary Clinton's Doomed Campaign
Marc AndreessenShattered: Inside Hillary Clinton's Doomed Campaign by @jonallendc & @amieparnes -- Best (?) book so far on the Democratic side of the 2016 race, most provocatively on the impact of the press coverage of the email hacks on the last stages of the race. https://t.co/HNNHS1S7Hatwitter.com Jul 6, 2018 -
Marc Andreessen recommended Devil's Bargain: Steve Bannon, Donald Trump, and the Storming of the Presidency
Marc AndreessenDevil's Bargain: Steve Bannon, Donald Trump, and the Storming of the Presidency by @JoshuaGreen -- Best (?) book so far on the Republican side of the 2016 race, and a deep dive into the intellectual origins of Bannonism and to some extent Trumpism. https://t.co/nqInKeS7x6twitter.com Jul 6, 2018 -
Marc Andreessen recommended The Rise of Superman: Decoding the Science of Ultimate Human PerformanceBook
Steven Kotler
Marc AndreessenThe Rise of Superman: Decoding the Science of Ultimate Human Performance by @steven_kotler -- Startling walk through a series of domains where peak human performance is rising at remarkable rates due to "flow state". Thought provoking and then some. https://t.co/ZnIzULMdIDtwitter.com Jul 6, 2018 -
Marc Andreessen recommended Civilian Warriors: The Inside Story of Blackwater and the Unsung Heroes of the War on TerrorBook
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Marc AndreessenCivilian Warriors: The Inside Story of Blackwater by Erik Prince -- The founding and growth of military contractor Blackwater as told by its founder and CEO; newly relevant due to the Mueller investigation. https://t.co/w24s6Ulbpp https://t.co/U21Lol4NcQtwitter.com Jul 6, 2018 -
Marc Andreessen recommended Days of Rage: America's Radical Underground, the FBI, and the Forgotten Age of Revolutionary Violence...Book
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Marc AndreessenDays of Rage: America's Radical Underground, the FBI, and the Forgotten Age of Revolutionary Violence by @BryanBurrough -- How 1960s racial politics descended into 1970s terrorist bombings, thanks to privileged college students breaking very bad. https://t.co/Un6EsuJfnUtwitter.com Jul 6, 2018 -
Marc Andreessen recommended Hacks: The Inside Story of the Break-ins and Breakdowns that Put Donald Trump in the White HouseBook
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Marc AndreessenHacks: The Inside Story of the Break-ins and Breakdowns That Put Donald Trump in the White House by @donnabrazile -- Visceral, raw, you-are-there recounting of living through the hack attacks and resulting meltdown of the DNC in 2016. https://t.co/ZZmNV6MyQQtwitter.com Jul 5, 2018 -
Marc Andreessen recommended Slugfest: Inside the Epic, 50-year Battle between Marvel and DCBook
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Marc AndreessenSlugfest: Inside the Epic, 50-year Battle between Marvel and DC by @reed_tucker -- Spellbinding creative and business history of the incredibly imaginative comic book industry in the decades before it ate Hollywood. https://t.co/QxrYXCJjTbtwitter.com Jul 5, 2018 -
Marc Andreessen recommended Conspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue
Marc AndreessenConspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue by @RyanHoliday -- Startlingly deep cultural history of conspiracies, examined through the lens of the brutally effective Gawker takedown, with full access to the main players. https://t.co/a9x722ukyutwitter.com Jul 5, 2018
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