Episode · The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · 2023-05-15
Jordan Peterson & Brian Roemmele: books mentioned on The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast #357
ChatGPT: The Dawn of Artificial Super-Intelligence | Brian Roemmele | EP 357
Jordan Peterson discussed What is Life? by Erwin Schrödinger. Brian Roemmele recommended Consciousness by Christof Koch.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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What is Life?
What is Life? by Erwin Schrödinger is a foundational 1944 work by the physicist that examines biological systems through the lens of thermodynamics and quantum mechanics.
Discussed“The first person who figured this out technically was probably Erwin Schrödinger, who wrote a book called 'What is Life?' He described life essentially as a continual attempt to constrain entropy to a certain set of parameters.”
Where to get it
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Consciousness
Consciousness by Christof Koch is an influential scientific exploration examining the neurological and biological underpinnings of subjective human experience and awareness.
Recommended“I'm a big fan of the user losing by uh by yeah that's a great book yeah you've been that's a great book man yeah right so it's been now Consciousness I think I I it's a classic I read it once a year just to wake myself up because it it's so rich”
Where to get it

