Episode · Lex Fridman Podcast · 2019-11-12
Books mentioned on Elon Musk: Neuralink, AI, Autopilot, and the Pale Blue Dot
Elon Musk is the CEO of Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink, and a co-founder of several other companies. This is the second time Elon has been on the podcast.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Thank You for Smoking
Thank You for Smoking by Christopher Buckley is a satirical novel following a tobacco lobbyist who defends the rights of cigarette manufacturers, which was later adapted into a celebrated film.
Discussed“or look at the back tobacco industry and how long they fought any thing about smoking That's part of why I helped make that movie thank you for smoking You can sort of see just how pernicious it can be when you have these companies that effectively achieve regulatory capture of government”
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Pale Blue Dot
Pale Blue Dot by Carl Sagan is a thought-provoking nonfiction work that examines Earth's fragile and minuscule place within the vast expanse of the universe, inspired by the famous photograph taken by Voyager 1.
Discussed“and as you're talking about the pale blue dot that picture there takes up less than a single pixel in that image you know appearing as a tiny blue dot as pale blue dot as Carl Sagan called it”
