Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2013-04-10
Books mentioned on Joe Rogan Experience #194 - Jason Silva
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Abundance
Peter H.
Discussed“Peter diamandis did a presentation about this at the Ted conference just a week and a half ago and he has his book called abundance”
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The Selfish Gene
The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins is a landmark popular science book that popularized a gene-centric view of evolution and introduced the foundational concept of the meme.
Discussed“he became a meme which you know in Richard Dawkins book The Selfish Gene he says that there was this new replicator”
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The Information
Discussed“and you know James Glick who wrote the book the information says that the most the primary building block of reality might be information before before you know it before matter itself”
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The Information Diet
Discussed“it's called the information diet and it says that it's really up to us to take responsibility over our information diet”
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The Secret
The Secret by Rhonda Byrne is a bestselling self-help book that promotes the law of attraction, asserting that positive thinking and visualization can directly manifest wealth, health, and happiness into a person's life.
Discussed“like remember when everybody was into the secret yeah you remember that and everybody was convinced”
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The Art of Immersion: How the Digital Generation Is Remaking Hollywood, Madison Avenue, and the Way We Tell Stories
The Art of Immersion: How the Digital Generation Is Remaking Hollywood, Madison Avenue, and the Way We Tell Stories is a non-fiction book by former Wired journalist Frank Rose that explores how digital technology and media are transforming narrative storytelling.
Recommended“that idea like there's a great book called The Art of immersion by Frank Rose who used to be at wired who says that the future of immersive storytelling”
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The Rational Optimist
The Rational Optimist by Matt Ridley offers an optimistic look at the long history of humanity, arguing that human progress is driven by innovation and the exchange of ideas.
Discussed“there's a book by Ridley called the rational Optimist and he coined the word idea sex and he says that ideas coming together”
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