Episode · Lex Fridman Podcast · 2021-06-25
Lex Fridman & Bret Weinstein: books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #194
#194 – Bret Weinstein: Truth, Science, and Censorship in the Time of a Pandemic
Bret Weinstein is and evolutionary biologist, author, and co-host of the DarkHorse Podcast.
Bret Weinstein discussed 2001, a Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke. Lex Fridman discussed The Metamorphosis and Other Stories by Franz Kafka and A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century by Heather Heying and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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2001, a Space Odyssey
Discussed“so I'll be very interested to see what happens in your robot project if you do not end up Reinventing childhood for robots which of course foreshadowed in 2001 quite brilliantly”
Where to get it
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The Metamorphosis and Other Stories
Discussed“I just yesterday read metamorphosis by kind of re-read metamorphosis by Kafka where he turns into John Bug because of the stress”
Where to get it
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A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century
Discussed“this is uh a hunter-gatherer's guide to the 21st century co-authored that's right”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“so in our upcoming book Heather and I in our last chapter explore something called the fourth Frontier and fourth Frontier has to do with sort of a 2.0 version of civilization”