Episode · Freakonomics Radio · 2018-04-09
Books mentioned on 330. Extra: Ray Dalio Full Interview
Stephen Dubner's conversation with the founder and longtime C.E.
Stephen Dubner discussed Principles by Ray Dalio and Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman. Ray Dalio discussed Memoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar and others and The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Principles
Principles by Ray Dalio is a practical guide to decision-making, life management, and systematic economics based on the author's decades of experience running Bridgewater Associates.
Discussed“And Principles, the book, part one, grew out of a non-book version that you published a while back.”
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Memoirs of Hadrian
Discussed“Well, it's like there was a book that was Hadrian's memoirs that was a book about Hadrian speaking in his own words and so on, and he had conquered, and he described that, I think, very well.”
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The Hero with a Thousand Faces
The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell is a classic study of comparative mythology that explores the universal pattern of the hero's adventure.
Discussed“And it's very interesting because if you look at Joseph Campbell's Hero of a Thousand Faces, it's almost exactly like that.”
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Thinking, Fast and Slow
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman is a celebrated book exploring cognitive biases, loss aversion, and the dual systems that drive human decision-making.
Discussed“I read this as a little bit of an analog to Danny Kahneman's book, Thinking Fast and Slow. Are you familiar with Danny Endor, his book?”
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Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“We spoke in October, soon after Dalio had published a sort of work-life manifesto called Principles.”
“You know, it's funny. I read your book. I don't know if you've thought about this or if others have said this to you, but I read this as a little bit of an analog to Danny Kahneman's book, Thinking Fast and Slow.”