
John Brooks
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Search complete. 4 mentions across 3 episodes found for "John Brooks".
Oct 21, 2026
Best Self Help Books. Recommended by Billionaires.
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2:18Arvin AshHOST
Bill Gates and Warren Buffett say that this is the best business book.
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2:21Arvin AshHOST
It's called Business Adventures by John Brooks.
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2:23Arvin AshHOST
This book has 12 chapters with 12 seemingly different business stories.
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2:28Arvin AshHOST
but they're all tied together by the fact that they represent some of the best business lessons that you can get.
“Rogue” AI Not Inevitable. It’s a Choice.
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76:48Cal NewportHOST
Um, I'd like to talk about what I'm up to, uh, what I'm reading.
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76:51Cal NewportHOST
Um, I'm just finishing up a long book, Jesse, that I found at a used bookstore, 1975, Telephone: The First Hundred Years by John Brooks.
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77:00Cal NewportHOST
John Brooks was a New Yorker writer and hist- uh, economic historian who was given the first access to the AT&T records-
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77:09Jesse MillerHOST
Hmm
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77:09Cal NewportHOST
... of any outside person.
First Fridays 35. October 2026
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13:31Jason HallHOST
It's a book called Once in Golconda, G-O-L-C-O-N-D-A.
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13:36Jason HallHOST
It was written by John Brooks.
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13:38Jason HallHOST
Um, and the, uh...
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13:40Jason HallHOST
Let me exit the screen share here.