Episode · Lex Fridman Podcast · 2020-12-20
Books mentioned on #147 – Dmitri Dolgov: Waymo and the Future of Self-Driving Cars
Dmitri Dolgov is the CTO of Waymo, an autonomous vehicle company. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Tryolabs: https://tryolabs.
Dmitri Dolgov recommended The Master & Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov, Full Collected Works, T. 10. 2 by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, 1984 by George Orwell, and Brave New World by Aldous Huxley, and discussed The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov, Hard to Be a God by Arkady Strugatsky and others, Roadside Picnic by Arkady Strugatsky and others, Beetle in the anthill by Аркадий Стругацкий and others, Monday Begins on Saturday by Борис Стругацкий and others, Monday Starts on Saturday by Arkady Strugatsky and others, Animal Farm by George Orwell, The Last Question by Isaac Asimov, and Isaac Asimov Presents the Golden Age of Science Fiction by Isaac Asimov and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Master & Margarita
The Master & Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov is a celebrated satirical masterpiece that weaves together a Moscow visit by the devil, a novel about Pontius Pilate, and a profound love story.
Recommended“uh three books so i would uh you know that impacted me um i would say uh this one is you probably know it well um but and not generally well known i i think in the u.s or kind of internationally the master and margarita it's uh one of actually my favorite uh books um it is you know”
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The Master and Margarita
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov is an absolute masterpiece of twentieth-century Russian literature that weaves together parallel narratives featuring the devil visiting the Soviet Union alongside a philosophical story about Pontius Pilate.
Discussed“the master and margarita it's uh one of actually my favorite uh books um it is you know by a russian it's a novel by russian author mikhail bulgakov”
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Hard to Be a God
Dmitri Dolgov was a guest on the Lex Fridman Podcast in episode #147, titled Waymo and the Future of Self-Driving Cars, released on December 20, 2020.
Discussed“hard to be a god”
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Roadside Picnic
Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky is a classic Soviet science fiction novel depicting a mysterious post-visit alien zone filled with hazardous anomalies and valuable artifacts sought by daring stalkers.
Discussed“roadside picnic”
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Full Collected Works, T. 10. 2
Full Collected Works, T.
Recommended“uh hard to be a god uh uh beetle in an ant hill uh monday starts on saturday like it's it's not just science fiction it's also like has very interesting you know interpersonal and societal questions and some of the language is just completely hilarious that's the one that's right oh interesting monday starts on saturday so i need”
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Monday Starts on Saturday
Discussed“uh hard to be a god uh uh beetle in an ant hill uh monday starts on saturday like it's it's not just science fiction it's also like has very interesting you know interpersonal and societal questions and some of the language is just completely hilarious that's the one that's right oh interesting monday starts on saturday so i need”
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1984
1984 by George Orwell is a classic dystopian novel that explores totalitarianism, surveillance, state control, and the manipulation of truth.
Recommended“orwell's 1984. uh and i you know you asked what made an impression on me and books that people should read that one i think falls in the category of both now you know definitely it's one of those books that you read and you just kind of you know put it down and you stare in space for a”
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Animal Farm
Animal Farm by George Orwell is a classic allegorical novella that uses a farmyard setting to satirize the corruption of socialist ideals and the rise of totalitarianism following the Russian Revolution.
Discussed“i'm a huge fan of animal farm which is a kind of friendly as a friend of 1984 by orwell it's kind of another thought experiment of how our society may go in directions that we wouldn't like it to go”
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Brave New World
Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World is a classic dystopian novel depicting a technologically advanced future where citizens are controlled through engineered happiness, distraction, and superficial consumerism.
Recommended“i mean i think 1984 in these books brave new world they they're helpful in thinking like stuff can go wrong in non-obvious ways and it's like it's up to us to preserve it and it's like it's a responsibility”
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The Last Question
Discussed“actually um actually titled appropriately titled the last question short story”
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Isaac Asimov Presents the Golden Age of Science Fiction
Isaac Asimov Presents the Golden Age of Science Fiction is a curated collection of classic mid-century sci-fi short stories edited by Isaac Asimov and Martin Harry Greenberg.
Discussed“actually yeah you know they're very tempted to uh quote uh one of the stories stories by uh uh isaac asimov actually um actually titled appropriately titled the last question uh short story where you know the plot is that you know humans build this super computer you know this this this ai intelligence and you know once it's get”
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