Tim Wu
Guest on The Ezra Klein Show
Products they talk about
Manipulation: What It Is, How to Stop It👍 Recommends
…tim wu recommends book on digital manipulation
“second book is more recent Cass Sunstein wrote a book on manipulation that is underrated and is really good for understanding what we have allowed to happen it's called manipulation what it is how to stop it”
on The Ezra Klein Show
Small Is Beautiful: Economics As If People Mattered👍 Recommends
…tim wu recommends book on economics and human values
“I'd start with E.F. schumacher's small is beautiful economics as if people mattered and I say that because it you know targets this question of what kind of world do we want to live in and you know I think our efficiency obsession is taking us in one direction and I think we should choose a different direction”
on The Ezra Klein Show
The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers👍 Recommends
…tim wu recommends book on imperial cycles and tech platforms
“the last book I guess this is where I got some ideas about tech platforms and the big picture is from Paul Kennedy rise and fall of the great powers I feel everything is on a cycle and you know every empire has its destiny its golden age its decline its stagnation and fall and I feel like understanding imperial dynamics is very important understanding the technological empires of our time”
on The Ezra Klein Show