Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2023-09-04
Chris Williamson & Eric Weinstein: books mentioned on Modern Wisdom #676
Why Can No One Agree On The Truth Anymore? - Eric Weinstein - #676
Eric Weinstein is a mathematician, economist, managing director of Thiel Capital and a podcaster. The last 3 years have been a time of massive confusion.
Chris Williamson recommended The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel and The Precipice by Toby Ord, and discussed Interstellar by Avi Loeb. Eric Weinstein recommended The Double Helix by James D. Watson.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Psychology of Money
Recommended“there's a Morgan housel quote where he says the best way to win the game is to stop moving the goal posts and he's wrote this great book called the psychology of money”
Where to get it
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The Precipice
Recommended“so his book The precipice that everybody should go and read it's my best primer on existential risk”
Where to get it
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Interstellar
Discussed“so Ary lobe yep new book that recently came out Interstellar spoke to him last week about it”
Where to get it
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The Double Helix
Recommended“I think that Jim Watson who may be a son of a on many fronts is one of the great writers in the English language if you read the double helix it's an incredible narrative”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Fifty Shades of Grey
“in the early 2010s after the success of 50 Shades of Gray there was a proliferation of dark romance novels”