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Cover of Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson

Snow Crash

Neal Stephenson · 1992
Mentioned 17 times across 8 podcasts · 2019–2026
Mention timeline17 mentions
20192026
Where it's mentioned
2026
Julie Fredrickson - The Right to Compute: AI Agents, Nuclear Power & Human Data (Ep. 330)
Infinite Loops · Oct 2026
“And also great Neil Stevenson sci-fi book on that one, Snow Crash. Where uh Babylonian uh uh and uh They inserted that meme set into computer programmers”
#869: Max Levchin, PayPal and Affirm — The Path from The Soviet Union to Building Multi-Billion Dollar Companies (Plus: Real-World Socialism vs. Capitalism)
The Tim Ferriss Show · Jun 2026
“My college life was shaped by snow crash was probably the thing that really put him on the map”
How to Try Again
The Art of Manliness · Jun 2026
“You know, Neil Stevenson is the author of Snow Crash and a bunch of other unbelievable science fiction books”
Why a Joint Account Can Be a Sign of Healthy Marriage
Masters in Business · Feb 2026
“I read Snowcrash was the last one I read, which if, you know, was the first Did you read Neuromancer”
2025
#806: How Rich Barton Built Expedia and Zillow from $0 to $35B — Audacious Goals, Provocation Marketing, Scrabble for Naming, and Powerful Daily Rituals
The Tim Ferriss Show · Apr 2025
“I don't know if he's the one who wrote Snow Crash. Oh yeah. Okay. So you know him”
2023
Reflections on a movement | Eric Ries (creator of the Lean Startup methodology)
Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth · Oct 2023
“of um uh snow crash. You'll probably have that cyclical thing to them when it's hot”
#670: The Random Show with Kevin Rose — The $1M Bitcoin Bet, Japanophilia, Rare IPAs, Preventing Hangovers, AI Companions, Fringe Discords, Affordable Luxuries, High-Fidelity Audio, and Much More
The Tim Ferriss Show · May 2023
“Author Snow Crash, some people are. My favorite book Actually cryptonomicon”
#651: Legendary Investor Bill Gurley on Investing Rules, Finding Outliers, Insights from Jeff Bezos and Howard Marks, Must-Read Books, Creating True Competitive Advantages, Open-Source Strategies, Adapting Mental Models to New Realities, and More
The Tim Ferriss Show · Jan 2023
“years ago You know, I read Snow Crash when it came out”
2022
Matthew Ball - A Manual to The Metaverse - [Invest Like the Best, EP.286]
Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy · Jul 2022
“NVIDIA's Jensen Huang, of course, NVIDIA is now the seventh largest company globally, known to many investors for several years, but largely under the radar compared to most other top 10 companies. was founded in the ear 1990s, not long after Snow Crash was published”
#579: Jane McGonigal — How She Predicted COVID in 2010, Becoming the Expert of Your Own Future, Trust Warfare, the 10-Year Winter, and How to Cultivate Optimism
The Tim Ferriss Show · Mar 2022
“And possibly reread Snow Crash, but that's a s whole separate thing”
2021
#541: Eric Schmidt — The Promises and Perils of AI, the Future of Warfare, Profound Revolutions on the Horizon, and Exploring the Meaning of Life
The Tim Ferriss Show · Oct 2021
“Snow Crash, the description of the metaverse, or you have some of William Gibson's work”
Rapid Response: How Electronic Arts grows a metaverse, with CEO Andrew Wilson
Masters of Scale · Aug 2021
“the metaverse as a word or as a framing of a digital space, I think was first used in a book called Snow Crash”
Ethereum
Acquired · Jul 2021
“he's famous for Snow Crash and coining the term metaverse and all those things”
2020
#413: Tyler Cowen on Rationality, COVID-19, Talismans, and Life on the Margins
The Tim Ferriss Show · Mar 2020
“and for people who don't know, you have Snow Crash, Cryptonomicon”
2019
The Lean Startup and the Long-Term Stock Exchange (with Eric Ries)
Acquired · Dec 2019
“Snow Crash and the same sci-fi books”
#394: Q&A With Tim — On Wealth, Legacy, Grief, Lyme Disease, Gratitude, Longevity, and More
The Tim Ferriss Show · Nov 2019
“What Neil Stevenson's book do you like other than Snow Crash”
#376: How Seth Godin Manages His Life — Rules, Principles, and Obsessions (Repost)
The Tim Ferriss Show · Jul 2019
“If you read Snow Crash. Such a good book. Such a good book”