Episode · Lex Fridman Podcast · 2021-12-08
Books mentioned on #247 – Jamie Metzl: Lab Leak Theory
Jamie Metzl is an author specializing in topics of genetic engineering, biotechnology, and geopolitics. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Mizzen+Main: https://mizzenandmain.
Jamie Metzl recommended Viral by Matt Ridley and others and The Long Game by Rush Doshi, and discussed Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino and The Year of Living Biblically by A. J. Jacobs.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Viral
Viral: The Search for the Origin of Covid-19 by Matt Ridley and Alina Chan is an investigative non-fiction book that examines the complex scientific and geopolitical questions surrounding the emergence of the global pandemic.
Recommended“so there's this excellent book that people should read uh called viral the search for the origin of covid-19 Matt Ridley and Alina Chan”
Where to get it
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The Long Game
The Long Game by Rush Doshi examines China's grand strategy and its clearly articulated goal to subvert the post-war international order.
Recommended“there's a great book called The Long game by Rush Doshi who's actually now working in the in the White House about this goal and and are pretty clearly articulated goal to subvert this the post-war International order”
Where to get it
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Invisible Cities
Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino is a fantastical work of magical realism featuring imaginative descriptions of fictional cities recounted by Marco Polo to Kublai Khan.
Discussed“and it's there's a wonderful full book called Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino and he even talks about a city as something like this where everybody you have your life but then you have all these alternate lives and every time you make any decision you're kind of and so but in this Invisible Cities there's a little string that”
Where to get it
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The Year of Living Biblically
The Year of Living Biblically by A.
Discussed“um my friend AJ Jacobs he had a wonderful book that I I use the spirit of it in the ceremonies and not the exactly but he was in a a restaurant in New York coffee shop and his child said hey where does the coffee come from”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“I mean I live a big chunk of My Life um living in in the world of genetics and biotech and my book hacking Darwin is about the future of human genetic engineering”
“my book hacking Darwin is about the future of human genetic engineering and his work on the Human Genome Project”
“in my book hacking Darwin and into the full titles hacking Darwin genetic engineering and the future of humanity um I I kind of go deep into exploring the big picture implications of the future of human reproduction”