Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2025-07-14

Chris Williamson, Jeffrey Katzenberg & Hari Ravichandran: books mentioned on Modern Wisdom #967

Hollywood Trouble, Big Tech & The Crisis With Kids - Jeffrey Katzenberg & Hari Ravichandran - #967

2 books · With Jeffrey Katzenberg, Hari Ravichandran · Listen · Watch on YouTube

Jeffrey Katzenberg is a media mogul, film producer, and co-founder of DreamWorks. Hari Ravichandran is a serial entrepreneur, founder, and CEO of Aura.

Jeffrey Katzenberg recommended The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt. Chris Williamson recommended Human Compatible by Stuart Russell.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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1. 

   The Anxious Generation

   Jonathan Haidt · at 38:33

   The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt investigates how the transition from play-based childhoods to phone-based, hyper-connected environments has triggered severe mental health crises among young people.

   Recommended

   “Jonathan height wrote a great book about this.”

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   Human Compatible

   Stuart Russell · at 56:52

   Human Compatible is a book by Stuart Russell that addresses the control problem for artificial general intelligence and how algorithms interact with human preferences.

   Recommended

   “There's a great book human compatible by Stuart Russell. Have you read that? I have.”

   Chris Williamson Hollywood Trouble, Big Tech & The Crisis With Kids - Jeffrey Katzenber… 2025-07-14 Listen at 56:52

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