Episode · Dwarkesh Podcast · 2022-10-27
Dwarkesh Patel & Brian Potter: books mentioned on Dwarkesh Podcast
Brian Potter - Future of Construction, Ugly Modernism, & Environmental Review
It was a pleasure to welcome Brian Potter on the podcast! Brian is the author of the excellent Construction Physics blog, where he discusses why the construction industry has been slow to industrialize and innovate.
Dwarkesh Patel discussed Where Is My Flying Car? by J. Storrs Hall and The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro. Brian Potter discussed How Buildings Learn by Stewart Brand.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Where Is My Flying Car?
Where Is My Flying Car? by J.
Discussed“I really like I read this in um the book where is where is my flying car but that it's basically crazy that our cities are designed with roads like all intersect with each other”
Where to get it
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The Power Broker
The Power Broker by Robert A.
Discussed“have you read the power broker the the book about Robert Moses I think I got like a scent like a tenth of the way through it”
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How Buildings Learn
How Buildings Learn by Stewart Brand is an architectural study that explores how buildings adapt, evolve, and change over time in response to human use.
Discussed“I think Stuart brand makes this point and um oh how building is learned there we go to find that a lot of um good because again going back to surface area volume they enclose the space using the least amount of material possible”
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