Episode · All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg · 2022-07-08

Books mentioned on E86: Macro outlook: jobs, housing, inflation + Dutch farmers protests & EU climate missteps

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David Friedberg recommended Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker and The Alchemy of Air by Thomas Hager.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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   Enlightenment Now

   Steven Pinker · at 43:02

   Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker is a data-driven defense of reason, science, humanism, and progress that argues humanity is living in an era of unprecedented health, prosperity, and safety.

   Recommended

   “read his book Enlightenment Now. It Or you could watch one of his videos on YouTube where he's got like all 60 slides.”

   David Friedberg E86: Macro outlook: jobs, housing, inflation + Dutch farmers protests … 2022-07-08 Listen at 43:02

   Where to get it

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   The Alchemy of Air

   Thomas Hager · at 51:08

   The Alchemy of Air by Thomas Hager is a historical nonfiction work detailing the invention of the Haber-Bosch process and the subsequent creation of synthetic fertilizer.

   Recommended

   “And if not for the invention of the Haber-Bosch process, which you can read about in the book The Alchemy of Air, and the creation of ammonia as a synthetic fertilizer, humans would all have starved in the mid-20th century.”

   David Friedberg E86: Macro outlook: jobs, housing, inflation + Dutch farmers protests … 2022-07-08 Listen at 51:08

   Where to get it

   AmazonListen on Audible