Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2025-12-20
Chris Williamson & Mark Rober: books mentioned on Modern Wisdom #1035
How to Engineer a Life You Love - Mark Rober - #1035
Mark Rober is an engineer, science communicator, and YouTuber known for viral experiments and STEM education.
Chris Williamson recommended Seveneves by Neal Stephenson, and discussed Scarcity Brain by Michael Easter and If the universe is teeming with aliens-- where is everybody? by Stephen Webb.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Seveneves
Recommended“Have you ever read Seven Eves by Neil Stevenson? Uh, no. Heard it. Really cool. Really cool book. Great. Anyone that wants a sci-fi recommendation should read it. Um, the moon explodes in the first land. The first line, sorry. that like the first line of the the the book it's the moon exploded.”
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Scarcity Brain
Discussed“This is from Michael Easter's second book. And uh yeah, the poverty parade. Nine times increase in passenger violence. And it's just on planes. That's what he calls it, the poverty parade.”
Where to get it
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If the universe is teeming with aliens-- where is everybody?
Discussed“There's a a book I tried to bring this guy on Steven Webb uh if the universe is teaming with aliens where are they all? Um, and he's got 50 solutions to the Firmeny paradoxes.”
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