Episode · Lex Fridman Podcast · 2021-01-04
Books mentioned on #151 – Dan Kokotov: Speech Recognition with AI and Humans
Dan Kokotov is VP of Engineering at Rev.ai, an automatic speech recognition company.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Dune
Dune by Frank Herbert is a monumental science fiction masterpiece set on the desert planet Arrakis, centering on young Paul Atreides as his family becomes embroiled in a bitter struggle for control of the galaxy's most valuable resource, the spice melange.
Recommended“the greatest sci-fi novel of all time is dune”
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Children of Dune
Children of Dune by Frank Herbert is the complex and sweeping third installment of the seminal science fiction series, exploring the turbulent aftermath of planetary transformation and the heavy burdens of prophetic rule.
Recommended“and the second greatest is the children of dune”
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God Emperor of Dune
Frank Herbert's God Emperor of Dune is the fourth installment in the iconic science fiction series, exploring deep philosophical themes, ecological transformation, and the millennia-long reign of a God Emperor.
Recommended“and the third greatest is the god emperor of doom”
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Brave New World
Aldous Huxley's classic dystopian novel explores a futuristic society conditioned through technology, pharmacological pleasure, and strict social stratification.
Recommended“so one is brave new world by aldous huxley um and it's kind of incredible how prescient he was about”
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1984
1984 by George Orwell is a dystopian masterpiece depicting a totalitarian regime characterized by extreme surveillance, historical denial, and absolute psychological control.
Recommended“i mean 1984 is good of course as well like if you're talking about you know dystopian novels of the future”
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Creative Selection
Creative Selection by Ken Kocienda offers a behind-the-scenes look at the engineering and design culture inside Apple through the firsthand experiences of a veteran software engineer.
Recommended“you as an engineer like there's that book uh creative selection i don't know if you read it by a apple engineer named ken cocienda”
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First, Break All The Rules
First, Break All The Rules by Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman is a management book that examines what the world's greatest managers do differently, drawing on extensive research to emphasize employee satisfaction and strengths-based leadership.
Recommended“it's like a pretty good book which some reason not the name escapes me um about management first break all the rules uh first break all the rules first break all the rules it's a book that we kind of like ask a lot of like first-time managers to read a rev”
