Episode · Lex Fridman Podcast · 2019-10-27
Books mentioned on Garry Kasparov: Chess, Deep Blue, AI, and Putin
Garry Kasparov is considered by many to be the greatest chess player of all time. From 1986 until his retirement in 2005, he dominated the chess world, ranking world number 1 for most of those 19 years.
Garry Kasparov discussed The Fellowship of the Ring by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien and others and The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Fellowship of the Ring
The Fellowship of the Ring by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien is a foundational high fantasy novel that follows a young hobbit named Frodo Baggins as he embarks on a perilous quest to destroy a corrupting ring of power and save Middle-earth from darkness.
Discussed“I always like to mention you know one of my favorite books a lot of the Rings”
Where to get it
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The Lord of the Rings
J.R.R.
Discussed“I always like to mention you know one of my favorite books a lot of the Rings daddy there's no there's no absolute good but there's an absolutely good”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing How Life Imitates Chess
“gary is also a pro-democracy political thinker and leader a fearless human rights activist and author of several books including how life imitates chess which is a book on strategy and decision-making”
Passing Winter Is Coming
“winter is coming which is a book articulating his opposition to the Putin regime”
Passing Deep Thinking
“and deep thinking which is a book on the role of both artificial intelligence and human intelligence in defining our future”