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Book · 2006 · Androids

Genesis

by Bernard Beckett · Recommended by 14 people on 14 podcasts

#195 of 16,793 books, ranked by how many different people bring it up on podcasts

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And I think your new book Genesis is the single best book I've I've read on the subject of AI because you take a very nuanced approach to these subject matters.
Steven Bartlett · The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett · Nov 2024 Listen at 1:46:10

What they say about it

Grouped from 23 mentions
  • Discussing biblical Genesis“the book of Genesis”
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The best things said about it

4 of 23 · every mention
Discussed
The advent of artificial intelligence is in our view a question of human survival.
Steven Bartlett The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett · Nov 2024
Discussed
Order is what God creates out of chaos at the beginning of Genesis. Like order is a prerequisite for joy.
Tucker Carlson The Megyn Kelly Show · Sep 2025
Discussed
So, for all these reasons, Senator Cruz, if you're listening to this, buy a book. Genesis is great. I rever the book of Genesis, but it's not enough for understanding the Middle East.
On the show Breaking Points · Jun 2025
Discussed
Genesis to this book came a because I love science fiction been reading science fiction since that's kid.
Adam Frank The Joe Rogan Experience · Jun 2018

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14 people who brought it up

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Also: Shirley MacLaine · Tyler Cowen

Why people recommend it

Genesis is the opening book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Old Testament, detailing foundational narratives of creation, early human history, the patriarchs, and the symbolic introduction of moral and spiritual concepts to humanity. The text has served as a frequent subject of analysis and discussion across diverse podcast programs. On The Diary Of A CEO, Steven Bartlett mistakenly referred to Eric Schmidt's book of the same name when praising a nuanced work on artificial intelligence, while actual biblical discussions of Genesis appeared elsewhere. On Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, a host examined the text to discuss the serpent as an early representation of the devil. Alex Davies discussed the creation narrative on The Jordan Harbinger Show while explaining how safety engineer Ralph Barnett used the story of Adam and Eve to illustrate product safety design. Shirley MacLaine mentioned the text on Oprah's Super Soul in the context of being well-read on spirituality and science. Charlie Kirk analyzed the book extensively on The Charlie Kirk Show, arguing that its early chapters address fundamental questions about government and civilization while operating as a critique of Egyptian pagan traditions. Finally, Rev. Billy Cerveny referenced the garden narrative on The Tucker Carlson Show during a broader conversation regarding spiritual warfare.

Every mention

23 counted mentions · 4 passing or ad reads below
Steven Bartlett and I think your new book Genesis is the single best book I've I've read on the subject of AI because you t… 3
Discussed
“one of them I wrote down here which comes from your book Genesis it's on page five the Advent of artificial intelligence is in our view a question of human survival”
Recommended
“and I think your new book Genesis is the single best book I've I've read on the subject of AI because you take a very nuanced approach to these subject matters”
Charlie Kirk every single one of those things not even mentioned in exodus or leviticus or uh deuteronomy which it is th… 3
Discussed
“every single one of those things not even mentioned in exodus or leviticus or uh deuteronomy which it is the first 11 books of genesis answers all these questions”
Discussed
“envy jealousy to murder and so we get on to all the first 11 books of genesis is a whole ballgame our entire civilization can be explained from even genesis 11”
Discussed
“but the the especially the the book of genesis is written as a non-stop critique and refutation of egyptian river civilization pagan traditions”
Tucker Carlson So, you're referring to the claim um that the Nephilim as described in Genesis 6, this race of giant people… 3
Discussed
“So, you're referring to the claim um that the Nephilim as described in Genesis 6, this race of giant people who were a hybrid between the spirit world and the human world, and they're the reason that God sent the flood. This is all described in Genesis.”
Discussed
“You're telling me we have a duty to support quote Israel because a verse in Genesis tells you that. Okay, fine. That's totally fine.”
Discussed
“Order is what God creates out of chaos at the beginning of Genesis. Like order is a prerequisite for joy.”
Adam Frank and that Genesis to this book came a because I love science fiction been reading science fiction since that… 1
Discussed
“and that Genesis to this book came a because I love science fiction been reading science fiction since that's kid”
Alex Davies And so I read this example from a safety engineer named Ralph Barnett, who used the Genesis story to do thi… 1
Discussed
“And so I read this example from a safety engineer named Ralph Barnett, who used the Genesis story to do this, the story of Adam and Eve.”
Ben Bowlin does that come down to some sort of like strict constructionist view of like the Book of Genesis you know w… 1
Discussed
“does that come down to some sort of like strict constructionist view of like the Book of Genesis you know where the tree of knowledge and the you know the snake representing the devil tempting Eve with the apple of knowledge and all of that”
Benny Johnson If you don't believe in God, then you don't believe that we were created in God's image. This is the first… 1
Discussed
“If you don't believe in God, then you don't believe that we were created in God's image. This is the first book of Genesis.”
Jordan Peterson so i did a lecture series on genesis and i got a lot of it unpacked 1
Discussed
“so i did a lecture series on genesis and i got a lot of it unpacked”
Marjorie Taylor Greene It's embedded in church and and they take that verse uh back in I guess it's Genesis, Genesis 12, Genesis 1… 1
Discussed
“It's embedded in church and and they take that verse uh back in I guess it's Genesis, Genesis 12, Genesis 12, bless those who bless you and and I will curse those who curse you.”
Mark Zuckerberg we were talking through genesis and the the bible and the torah and um and they're basically walking through 1
Discussed
“we were talking through genesis and the the bible and the torah and um and they're basically walking through”
Rabbi Mordecai Finley So it says in the book of Genesis 6:5 1
Rev. Billy Cerveny And you read that story in the book of Genesis with the serpent in the garden, right? 1
Discussed
“And you read that story in the book of Genesis with the serpent in the garden, right?”
Shirley MacLaine And then I, of course, I have to be fairly well-read and like Genesis and the Bible. 1
Discussed
“And then I, of course, I have to be fairly well-read and like Genesis and the Bible.”
Tyler Cowen it's this great movement I think that you know like the spirit blowing in the wind as it were animates not… 1
Discussed
“it's this great movement I think that you know like the spirit blowing in the wind as it were animates not just the Civil Rights Movement but all kinds of other movements as well so in due course movements that may seem very um opposed to doctrinal Christianity feminism gay rights and so on um so I think that it's”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker3
Discussed
“Well, let's jump back to Genesis really quickly if we're talking about ye olde devil and perhaps, or definitely, the first representation that I ever encountered with the devil. And this is Genesis 3, 1 through 5.”
Discussed
“So, for all these reasons, Senator Cruz, if you're listening to this, buy a book. Genesis is great. I rever the book of Genesis, but it's not enough for understanding the Middle East.”
Discussed
“He was like, "Oh, I immediately recognized the theology of this. This is from this is from uh uh Genesis 6."”

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Passing
“let's be we believe in eternal you're being funny but we didn't change it we're trying to we're trying we we need to remember that it is literally god's sign to it is god's sign and it is roy g biv it says that in the book of genesis”
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“now in our book with Genesis we argue that you're going to have that in your pocket”
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“The the Genesis Book is fundamentally about what happens to society with the arrival of this new intelligence”

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