Episode · Lex Fridman Podcast · 2022-10-17

Lex Fridman & Hikaru Nakamura: books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #330

#330 – Hikaru Nakamura: Chess, Magnus, Kasparov, and the Psychology of Greatness

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Hikaru Nakamura is a chess super grandmaster and is currently the #1 ranked blitz chess player in the world. He is also one of the top chess streamers on Twitch and YouTube.

Hikaru Nakamura recommended Histories, and discussed Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess by Bobby Fischer, Warren Buffett and the interpretation of financial statements by Mary Buffett, and Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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1. 

   Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess

   Bobby Fischer · at 34:00

   Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess by Bobby Fischer is a classic instructional chess book designed to help players improve their tactical vision and strategic thinking through guided problem-solving.

   Discussed

   “I devoured as much information as I could. 1003 00:34:00 00:34:03 I was like, so you were studying chess books? 1002 00:33:59 00:34:00 You were— I was.”

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2. 

   Histories

   Herodotus · at 1:56:55 · mentioned 2 times

   Histories by Herodotus is widely regarded as the foundational work of Western history, chronicling ancient conflicts, customs, and cultures around the Mediterranean and Near East.

   Recommended

   “I think I mean one of my favorite books that I've read in the last couple years is the histories by Herodotus uh I mean basically considered the father of history”

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3. 

   Warren Buffett and the interpretation of financial statements

   Mary Buffett · at 2:13:27

   Warren Buffett and the interpretation of financial statements by Mary Buffett is a practical investing guide that teaches readers how to analyze company balance sheets and financial health using the analytical methods of Warren Buffett.

   Discussed

   “You're basically running this business, and for me, I've learned a lot about that because one of the books I read some years back, I think it was by Mary Buffett. 3917 02:13:35 02:13:36 It was on Warren Buffett and how when he buys these companies, it's hands-off management; it stays the same, you don't do anything.”

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4. 

   Rendezvous with Rama

   Arthur C. Clarke · at 2:44:49

   Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke is a acclaimed science fiction novel that follows a group of space explorers investigating a massive, mysterious cylindrical alien spacecraft that enters the solar system.

   Discussed

   “I mean it's slightly over there was this sci-fi book I read many years ago I think it was rendezvous with Rama um or I think there were people that were just going all over the land like in this this cylinder”

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