Episode · The Ezra Klein Show · 2024-08-30
Books mentioned on Best Of: Tired? Distracted? Burned Out? Listen to This.
Dr Gloria Mark recommended The undoing project by Michael Lewis and The God Equation by Michio Kaku.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The undoing project
The Undoing Project by Michael Lewis is a non-fiction book that explores the profound intellectual partnership and friendship between psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky, whose groundbreaking work laid the foundation for behavioral economics.
Recommended“my uh second recommendation is the undoing project by Michael Lewis I love this book because it relates one of the greatest collaborations in the history of psychology between Daniel Conan and Amos tersi so Conan and tersi had very different personalities and it wasn't just their friendship but it was also their conflicts that just led to some of”
Where to get it
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The God Equation
The God Equation by Michio Kaku is a popular science book that explores humanity's quest for a unified theory of physics that can explain all forces in the universe.
Recommended“and my third recommendation is the god equation by mitu Kaku I love this book because it conveys kaku's just sheer awe and wonder of physics and you know you learn about so many strange things wormholes and time travel and if I had read a book like this before I went to college I I might have wanted to”
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Passing Attention Span
“one of them is Gloria Mark a professor at the University of California at Irvine she is one of the foundational most significant researchers in the attention field and the author of the book attention”