Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2025-08-11
Books mentioned on AI Safety, The China Problem, LLMs & Job Displacement - Dwarkesh Patel - #979
Dwarkesh Patel is a writer, researcher & podcaster. The rise of AI marks the next great technological revolution, one that could reshape every aspect of our lives in just a few years.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Superintelligence
Superintelligence by Nick Bostrom is an influential examination of the potential risks and pathways associated with the emergence of artificial general intelligence surpassing human cognitive capabilities.
Discussed“And I think my first introduction to this was probably 2016 or 17 when I read Super Intelligence by Nick Bostonramm.”
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The E-Myth Revisited
The E-Myth Revisited by Michael E.
Recommended“And I think it's in the E-Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber. Fantastic book if anyone wants to try and run a business.”
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Everybody Lies
Everybody Lies by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz is a fascinating examination of big data, exploring how anonymous internet search queries and digital footprints reveal people's true behaviors, desires, and biases that they would never admit in public, to a therapist, or even to themselves.
Discussed“I remember uh Seth Stevens Dvidowitz did that great book, Everybody Lies, where he realized that people would ask Google things that they hadn't admitted to a therapist”
