Atlas Shrugged

Carmack has publicly defended Atlas Shrugged's enduring relevance, noting that its archetypes - the producers and the looters - are visible in the world for anyone paying attention.

“Celebrate the creators in the world (even when they struggle)”

The page cites Brian Armstrong's '14 Books That Changed The Way I Think' Medium post.

Listed on his books-for-entrepreneurs post.

“Far and away my favorite book is Atlas Shrugged”

Blake Scholl named the book in a Y Combinator library interview.

“Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak believes 'Atlas Shrugged' by Ayn Rand was one of Steve Jobs' "guides in life."”

Business Insider attributes the claim to Steve Wozniak, not to a first-person Jobs recommendation; retained as a lower-confidence influence claim.

“He was a devotee of the writings of Ayn Rand, the author of a pair of novels, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, that gained a devoted following of conservatives and libertarians during the 1940s and 1960s.”

From Michael Moritz's internal memoir on Don Valentine (the ~70-page 'DTV' / Sequoia book written after Valentine's 2019 death), published as a public markdown gist. Moritz adds that 'Don signaled his attachment to these ideas by making Ayn his daughter's middle name and later supporting the Ayn Rand Foundation.'

Among the books in Hotz's book-recommendations segment on the Lex Fridman Podcast #132 (2020); Hotz also hid the novel's catchphrase 'Who is John Galt?' in his limera1n jailbreak release.