Andrew Ross Sorkin

So I'd written that book, Too Big to Fail, about the 2008 financial crisis.

Right.

And people used to always say to me after that, they'd get into these very in-depth conversations about 1929, or they'd want to know more about 1929.

And most people know that something terrible happened in 1929.

They know there was a crash in 1929.

They oftentimes think it is the Great Depression or leads to the Great Depression.

But if you were to ever ask most people, now Chamath and you are maybe in a different category and say, well, who were the people who actually were engaged in this?

What were they saying to each other?

Who was sleeping with who?

Who was trying to fuck over who?

What was actually happening here?

And what were the incentives and what were the motivations that led to what clearly were some poor decisions?

I couldn't find that.

So I went on a vacation like 10 years ago with my wife, very nerdy.

And I like downloaded all these books to my Kindle.

And there's some great books, by the way, about this period.

Don't get me wrong.

But they didn't have the sort of character-driven story.

Like I loved Den of Thieves.

I loved Barbarians at the Gate.