Why people recommend it
Livewired by David Eagleman explores the dynamic nature of brain plasticity and neural networks, positing that the brain should be understood as liveware rather than fixed hardware or software. Steve Levitt recommended the book on People I (Mostly) Admire, praising it alongside the author's speculative fiction as an engaging way to learn about cutting-edge neuroscience research. Andrew Huberman discussed the title on the Huberman Lab podcast, sharing that he had been revisiting and listening to the book because of how much he appreciated it. On Freakonomics Radio, the host similarly highlighted the work to listeners eager to understand Eagleman's fascinating brain research. On The Jordan Harbinger Show, the author himself explained the core concept behind the book's title, emphasizing how neural networks continuously rewrite themselves throughout life. Furthermore, Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett referenced Eagleman's newly published work on the Lex Fridman Podcast while discussing counterintuitive ideas about brain function, and Lex Fridman himself initially invited Eagleman onto the show to provide a high-level overview of the changing brain as detailed in the publication. Through these discussions, podcast hosts and neuroscientists repeatedly turned to the book to illustrate the remarkable adaptability of the human mind.
Who recommended it
- Steve Levitt Recommended
- Andrew Huberman Discussed
- Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett Discussed
- Lex Fridman Discussed
Steve Levitt — 2 mentions
“If you want to learn more about David eagan's ideas I really enjoyed a couple of his mini books like live wired which talks about his brain research and some 40 Tales from the afterlives his book of speculative fiction”
“If you want to learn more about David Eagleman's ideas, I really enjoyed a couple of his mini books, like Livewired, which talks about his brain research, and Some 40 Tales from the Afterlives, his book of speculative fiction. So this is the point in the show where we take a listener question, and I welcome my producer, Morgan.”
Andrew Huberman — 1 mention
“Recently, I've been um listening to a book that I read previously, which I love, by the way. I love Livewire.”
Dr. Lisa Feldman Barrett — 1 mention
“you um had a wonderful conversation with david eagleman who just published a book about this yeah and gave lots and lots of really very very cool examples”
Lex Fridman — 1 mention
“can you give a high level overview of the book it's called live wired by the way”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker — 1
“If you want to learn more about David Eagleman's ideas, I really enjoyed a couple of his mini books, like 'Livewired,' which talks about his brain research, and 'Some: Forty Tales from the Afterlives,' his book of speculative fiction.”
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Other mentions (6: passing, ad reads, own books)
“what's interesting by the way I talked about this in the brain plasticity course um and in my book live wir what's interesting is that given who you are and what you've already packed down into your Machinery that determines what is relevant to you for the next thing”
“and um and in my book live wir what's interesting is that given who you are and what you've already packed down into your Machinery that determines what is relevant to you”
“So this was my last book called Livewired, and I'm using this term livewired to indicate that this is the—it’s—you can't think of it like hardware or software; it's liveware!”
“he is an author a lot of amazing books about the human mind and his new one called livewired”
“then it simplifies it and we come to understand something that that was my goal in livewire which i've written over 10 years by the way is to try to distill things down to the principles of what plastic systems are trying to accomplish”
“changing livewire the name of the book is is like so i'll tell you exactly right but i'll tell you why i chose livewire instead of plasticity”