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The Lessons of History

Will Durant · 1968
Mentioned 13 times across 4 podcasts · 2018–2026
Mention timeline13 mentions
20182026
Where it's mentioned
2026
Tobi Lütke: AI Agents, Better Decisions, and the Future of Work
The Knowledge Project · Sep 2026
“I I almost always will mention The Lessons of History, which is I just think the densest, like the highest token quality book in existence”
2025
#828: David Senra — How Extreme Winners Think and Win: Lessons from 400+ of History’s Greatest Founders and Investors (Including Buffett, Munger, Rockefeller, Jobs, Ovitz, Zell, and Names You Don’t Know But Should)
The Tim Ferriss Show · Sep 2025
“Read their hundred page book, Lessons of History”
2023
#713: Matt Mullenweg — The Art of Crafting a Sabbatical, Tips for Defending Against Hackers, Leveraging Open Source, Thriving in an AI World, and Tips for Life’s Darkest Hours
The Tim Ferriss Show · Dec 2023
“The brief history of the world guy, the amazing historian. Has a great quote about that. Oh, you're thinking about Will Durant? Yeah, Durants”
David Senra - In Service of Founders - [Invest Like the Best, EP.343]
Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy · Sep 2023
“you're a big fan of Will and Ariel Durant, just like I am. And like what's the lessons of history is one of the book that we share that we both love”
Naval Ravikant: The Angel Philosopher (2017)
The Knowledge Project · Jul 2023
“I re I recently re read uh The Lessons of History by William Ariel Durant”
2022
#250 Jacob Fugger (The Richest Man Who Ever Lived)
Founders · Jun 2022
“They wrote this fantastic book. I think I did a podcast on it. I have to go back and look ... called The Lessons of History”
2021
#214 Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography
Founders · Nov 2021
“They wrote a lessons of history”
#506: Balaji Srinivasan on The Future of Bitcoin and Ethereum, How to Become Noncancelable, the Path to Personal Freedom and Wealth in a New World, the Changing Landscape of Warfare, and More
The Tim Ferriss Show · Mar 2021
“if anyone has read Lessons of History by Will and Ariel Durant”
#161 Dr. Seuss
Founders · Jan 2021
“I just got done reading two books that are a hundred pages and you wouldn't believe how much information is in them. And it's by Will and Ariel Durant The Lessons of History”
2019
[REPLAY] Sam Hinkie – Data, Decisions, and Basketball - [Invest Like the Best, EP.88]
Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy · Jun 2019
“this book that we were talking about earlier, which is Will and Ariel Durant's lessons of history”
#369: Kevin Systrom — Tactics, Books, and the Path to a Billion Users
The Tim Ferriss Show · Apr 2019
“I read this great book called Lessons of History. I was just Will and Ariel Durant”
Eugene Wei – Tech, Media, and Culture - [Invest Like the Best, EP.118]
Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy · Jan 2019
“go read Will Durant's Lessons of History, a very short book”
2018
#338: Howard Marks — How to Invest with Clear Thinking
The Tim Ferriss Show · Sep 2018
“such as Lessons of History by Will and Ariel Durant, which I found really fascinating also”