Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2022-07-04
Books mentioned on The World Needs More Fossil Fuels, Not Less - Alex Epstein - #495
Alex Epstein is an energy theorist, the Founder and President of the Center for Industrial Progress and an author. Fossil fuels are a contentious topic.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Atlas Shrugged
Atlas Shrugged is a dystopian novel by Ayn Rand that explores a society where leading innovators and industrialists mysteriously disappear.
Discussed“For example, my my favorite book Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand one of the heroes is somebody who figures out how to get shale to work”
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The Precipice
The Precipice by Toby Ord is a comprehensive examination of existential risks and the potential futures facing humanity.
Discussed“And Toby Ord's book, The Precipice, has this fantastic table where he breaks down all of the different likelihoods of the next 100 years of us going extinct due to every different type of super volcanoes and neutron stars and then anthropogenic risks as well.”
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The Conscience of a Conservative
The Conscience of a Conservative by Barry M.
Discussed“I think he had a book called The Conscience of a Conservative that she was, uh, criticizing and she just made this point among others that like, the Founding Fathers were not conservatives.”
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The Fountainhead
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand is a philosophical novel that follows the uncompromising life and career of architect Howard Roark, championing themes of individualism and objectivism.
Recommended“So, I think anyone who wants to be happy should read The Fountainhead and anyone who wants to”
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Own book Fossil Future
“The book is Fossil Future: Why Global Human Flourishing Requires More Oil, Coal, and Natural Gas, Not Less.”
“The book is Fossil Future: Why Global Human Flourishing Requires More Oil, Coal, and Natural Gas, Not Less.”