Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2025-07-02

Books mentioned on #2344 - Amjad Masad

3 books · With Amjad Masad · Listen · Watch on YouTube

Amjad Masad is the founder and CEO of Replit, a cloud-based coding platform. He is also an outspoken voice on cultural and educational shifts in technology.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

  1. Infinite jest

    David Foster Wallace · at 4:00

    Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace is a sprawling, maximalist novel exploring addiction, entertainment, depression, and modern American culture against the backdrop of a tennis academy and a halfway house.

    Discussed
    “David Foser Wallace um you know the guy from infinite just wrote a uh wrote a a essay on on TVs and you know he he he committed suicide before um before like you know the emergence of of mobile phones and things like uh but he was very preient on the impact of technology on on on society and”
    Where to get it
  2. Starting strength

    Mark Rippetoe · at 2:31:10

    Discussed
    “Mark repertoire he's um he wrote this book called Starting Strength and it became like the the main way most most guys at least my age like getting into uh powerlifting. It was about technique.”
    Where to get it
  3. The Mindbody Prescription

    John E. Sarno · at 2:36:41

    The Mindbody Prescription by John E.

    Discussed
    “Um are you familiar with the mind body prescription? No. John Sarno. Oh okay. Yes. I heard about him on Howard Stern because he was talking about how a lot of back pain is psychossematic.”
    Where to get it