Episode · Dwarkesh Podcast · 2022-07-27
Dwarkesh Patel & Fin Moorhouse: books mentioned on Dwarkesh Podcast
Fin Moorhouse - Longtermism, Space, & Entrepreneurship
Fin Moorhouse is a Research Scholar and assistant to Toby Ord at Oxford University's Future of Humanity Institute. He co-hosts the Hear This Idea podcast, which showcases new thinking in philosophy, the social sciences, and effective altruism.
Dwarkesh Patel discussed Talent by Tyler Cowen and others, Antifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Precipice by Toby Ord, and A Study of History by Arnold J. Toynbee.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Talent
Talent by Tyler Cowen and Daniel Gross is a practical guide and framework for identifying exceptionally capable individuals.
Discussed“i just i read that book talent um tyler cowan and daniel grace recently and yeah there's something really powerful about this fact”
Where to get it
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Antifragile
Antifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb is a groundbreaking exploration of systems that not only withstand shocks and disorder but actually thrive and grow stronger when exposed to volatility, stress, and uncertainty.
Discussed“and then the same type of interesting point about this um in um antifragile i'm basically remembering this but he makes a point that um sometimes when a signal is distorted in some way it makes it”
Where to get it
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The Precipice
The Precipice by Toby Ord is a comprehensive examination of existential risks and the future of humanity, assessing the various perils that could threaten the survival of civilization.
Discussed“so this is an area where you've uh you've been writing about and researching uh recently okay one concern uh uh you might have is you know that toby horde has that book a book about the uh the precipice”
Where to get it
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A Study of History
Discussed“somewhat ephemeral or ambiguous like let's say there's like a some historian like uh twenbee right he wrote uh study of history and one of the things he says in it is like civilizations die”
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