📚 6 Books mentioned in "Alex Gladstein: Bitcoin, Authoritarianism, and Human Rights | Lex Fridman Podcast #231" of Lex Fridman Podcast

very different from the bitcoin standard

Alex Gladstein contrasts 'The Internet of Money' with 'The Bitcoin Standard', noting it's a different type of book (not a history book).

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and he wrote a book in which his thesis was essentially the way that you can define a free society is through something called the town square test

Alex Gladstein mentions Natan Sharansky wrote a book proposing the 'town square test' as a definition of a free society.

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I have four books I'll briefly mention... number one is the fear... the fear was written by peter godwin

Alex Gladstein recommends this book, describing it as a riveting account of Zimbabwe under Robert Mugabe, focusing on authoritarianism and hyperinflation.

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my portal into bitcoin was the internet of money by andreas antonopoulos

Alex Gladstein mentions this book as his entry point into understanding Bitcoin, describing it as accessible and engaging.

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masha gessen followed him around in the man without a face it's a great great book about putin

Alex Gladstein mentions this book by Masha Gessen about Vladimir Putin, highlighting a chapter about Gary Kasparov.

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third one is a fiction book uh called the mandibles written by lionel shriver

Alex Gladstein recommends this fiction book about the United States losing its reserve currency status and experiencing hyperinflation.

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