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How I Built This with Guy Raz
In three episodes, Jason Ballard (and later Evan Loomis) said they bought every 3D‑printing book on Amazon to accelerate their learning, which included the title. They framed the purchase as part of a broader strategy to soak up knowledge quickly rather than highlighting any single work. The overall tone was a neutral, casual mention rather than a strong endorsement.
Episode: 3D printing a housing revolution with Jason Ballar...
Jason Ballard mentioned he and his team ordered every book on 3D printing off of Amazon to learn more about the technology.
We ordered every book on 3D printing off of Amazon, started meeting with other 3D printing companies just to learn and soak up the knowledge really fast.
Episode: 3D printing a housing revolution with Jason Ballar...
They read every book about 3D printing that was available on Amazon at the time. They used the information they gathered to learn more about the technology and build a printer.
We ordered every book on 3D printing off of Amazon, started meeting with other 3D printing companies just to learn and soak up the knowledge really fast.
Episode: 3D printing a housing revolution with Jason Ballar...
Jason Ballard and Evan Loomis took 3D printing classes and bought every book about 3D printing from Amazon to learn more about the technology and the materials used for 3D printing.
We took little classes on 3D printing. We ordered every book on 3D printing off of Amazon, started meeting with other 3D printing companies just to learn and soak up the knowledge really fast.