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Books by Hermann Hesse mentioned on podcasts
On The Joe Rogan Experience, Rick Doblin recommended Hermann Hesse's The Glass Bead Game to illustrate how competitive energies can be channeled and harnessed, noting it helped the author win the Nobel Prize for literature. On On Purpose with Jay Shetty and The Joe Rogan Experience, David Blaine discussed reading Siddhartha as an adolescent and noted how the character's fasting inspired his own interest in fasting. Lex Fridman Podcast featured discussions on Siddhartha, with Lex Fridman calling it an incredible book that reveals life is suffering yet beautiful, while also exploring Buddhist themes. On Huberman Lab and Lex Fridman Podcast, Lex Fridman and Andrew Huberman referenced Steppenwolf, quoting Hesse's advice to learn what is to be taken seriously and laugh at the rest, while noting Hesse was a Nobel Prize winner and a favorite writer. Additionally, Andrew Huberman discussed Narcissus and Goldmund on Huberman Lab, describing its exploration of the logical rational mind and the emotional mind.
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Siddhartha
Discussed“actually I read Sid artha by home H when I was young I think like 11 12 1 around around that time and and his character fasts”
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Steppenwolf
Discussed“Not all of it, but when he is just silly, I found that silliness-- I think Hermann Hesse said something paraphrased, one of my favorite writers-- ANDREW HUBERMAN: Yeah, same. LEX FRIDMAN: I think in Steppenwolf he said, learn what is to be taken seriously and laugh at the rest.”
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Narcissus and Goldmund
Discussed“In the Hermann Hesse's book, I don't know if you, 'Narcissus and Goldmund,' right? It's about these elements of the logical rational mind and the emotional mind and how those are woven together.”
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The Glass Bead Game
Recommended“There's a book that I'd um recommend for people um by Herman Hess, and it's called The Glass Bead Game. Magister Ludy, the glass bead game. And and it helped Herman Hess win the Nobel Prize for literature.”
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