Episode · My First Million · 2023-08-09
Books mentioned on How This Big Wave Surfer Built A +$10 Million Business Empire (#483)
Laird Hamilton recommended THE LIFE AFTER LIFE by Pratish Aggarwal, and discussed Embrace Fearlessly the Burning World by Barry Lopez, The Psychology of Totalitarianism by Mattias Desmet, The trap, and Moby Dick by Herman Melville. Shaan Puri recommended The Wager by David Grann.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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THE LIFE AFTER LIFE
THE LIFE AFTER LIFE by Pratish Aggarwal is a thought-provoking exploration of consciousness, existence, and the mysteries of mortality.
Recommended“well I did I did I liked uh there was a book called Life After Life that I really um I I really enjoyed um by uh what's his name Moody”
Where to get it
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Embrace Fearlessly the Burning World
Discussed“let me see the uh you know there's a there's a gnarly a really pretty heavy one called Embrace The Fearless uh embrace fearlessly the burning World by uh Barry Lopez he's he's pretty radical”
Where to get it
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The Psychology of Totalitarianism
The Psychology of Totalitarianism by Mattias Desmet is an academic and cultural analysis examining how societal mass formation and ideological compliance pave the way for totalitarian governance.
Discussed“the psychology of totalitarianism was pretty was a pretty heavy book”
Where to get it
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The trap
The Trap is a 1994 political and economic book written by Sir James Goldsmith that serves as a critical response to the failure to halt the expansion of the European Union.
Discussed“no the the full conspiracy was called The Trap that one's called the Trap”
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The Wager
The Wager by David Grann is a historical non-fiction book detailing the harrowing 18th-century shipwreck of a British naval vessel and the dramatic mutiny and survival trials that followed.
Recommended“okay the first is called The Wager so the first two books I'm suggesting are ship books it's about uh shipping uh ships in the 1800s yep so the first one is called The Wager and so these crazy guys would sail you know their 1800s ship yeah from England all the way down through uh yeah Argentina and K”
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Moby Dick
Moby Dick by Herman Melville is a classic 19th-century novel exploring the obsessions of Captain Ahab and the dramatic whaling voyage of the Pequod.
Discussed“If you've ever read Moby Dick, you know about the whale that sinks the ship. Yes, there's actually a true story behind it. So Nantucket originally was for Quakers, yeah, were whale men.”
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