Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 2023-05-12
Ezra Klein & Kim Stanley Robinson: books mentioned on The Ezra Klein Show
Best Of: A Weird, Wonderful Conversation with Kim Stanley Robinson
Ezra Klein recommended The Knowledge Machine by Michael Strevens, and discussed The High Sierra by Kim Stanley Robinson and The Overstory by Richard Powers. Kim Stanley Robinson recommended A Brief History of Equality by Thomas Piketty, The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber and others, and The Echo Maker by Richard Powers, and discussed Time for Socialism by Thomas Piketty.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The High Sierra
Discussed“and it's right there in the title The High Sierra a love story this is his love story”
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The Overstory
The Overstory by Richard Powers is a sweeping, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that intertwines the lives of several Americans whose fates are connected to trees and environmental activism.
Discussed“that's in many ways the point of Richard Powers the overstory being in big mountains”
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Time for Socialism
Discussed“one of his books one of his most recent books called time for socialism well between that and the Dalai Lama saying I love socialism I was kind of startled”
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The Knowledge Machine
The Knowledge Machine by Michael Strevens is a philosophical exploration of how modern science operates and why its unique methodology has been so profoundly successful.
Recommended“I recently wrote a book that if you haven't read it I think you'd really like it called the knowledge Machine by Michael stravins”
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A Brief History of Equality
A Brief History of Equality by Thomas Piketty is an expansive historical examination of economic inequality and the ongoing struggle for a more egalitarian society.
Recommended“I would say Tomas picaty's latest a brief history of equality”
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The Dawn of Everything
The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity by David Graeber and David Wengrow is a sweeping archaeological and anthropological study that challenges conventional narratives about social evolution, inequality, and the origins of human civilization.
Recommended“and then I think it's interesting to read this last book by David Graber with David wingrow called the um the dawn of everything”
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The Echo Maker
The Echo Maker by Richard Powers is a contemporary novel that examines human consciousness, brain trauma, and environmental conservation through the story of a man recovering from a severe accident in the Nebraska sandhills.
Recommended“I recently reread one of his old novels the echo maker”
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Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“he has his new book an unusual foray into non-fiction for him which is about his lifelong relationship right and I mean that in the the more human sense of the term with the Sierra Nevada's and it's right there in the title The High Sierra a love story”
“so in in some ways I will say this I am more encouraged now than I was when I wrote Ministry for the future in 2019”
“you might have brought this up because in my book Ministry for the future I have a long chapter about the U.S Navy where the wage ratio so-called is one to eight”