Episode · All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg · 2021-07-16

Books mentioned on E40: A Bestie gets COVID, Delta breakthrough, Billionaire Space Race & more

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Show Notes: 0:00 Bestie game show: Who got COVID? How was the experience?

Chamath Palihapitiya recommended Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. David Sacks recommended Every Life Is on Fire by Jeremy England.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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   Project Hail Mary

   Andy Weir · at 59:03 · mentioned 2 times

   Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir is a gripping science fiction novel about a lone astronaut who wakes up with amnesia on a desperate interstellar mission to save Earth from an extinction-level extinction event caused by a sun-dimming microorganism.

   Recommended

   “anybody read Andy Weir's Hail Mary yet the guy who did the Martian he's a science fiction author it's really great”

   Chamath Palihapitiya E40: A Bestie gets COVID, Delta breakthrough, Billionaire Space Race &… 2021-07-16 Listen at 59:03

   Where to get it

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   Every Life Is on Fire

   Jeremy England · at 1:02:29

   Every Life Is on Fire by Jeremy England is a popular science book that examines the thermodynamic foundations of living systems and how physical laws shape biological processes.

   Recommended

   “it's called Every life is on fire by this guy named Jeremy England and he highlights how all of evolution is effectively predicted by statistical physics”

   David Sacks E40: A Bestie gets COVID, Delta breakthrough, Billionaire Space Race &… 2021-07-16 Listen at 1:02:29

   Where to get it

   AmazonListen on Audible