Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2024-05-16
Books mentioned on #2151 - Rizwan Virk
Rizwan Virk is an entrepreneur, video game pioneer, film producer, computer scientist, and author of several books, among them "The Simulation Hypothesis" and "The Simulated Multiverse."
Rizwan Virk recommended Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke, and discussed The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick and others, Autobiography of a Yogi by Yogananda Paramahansa, Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell, and Journey of Souls by Michael Newton. Joe Rogan discussed Communion by Whitley Strieber.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Man in the High Castle
Philip K.
Discussed“so if you run it again maybe things are slightly different the second time you run it um like so Philip K dick came to believe that his novel The Man in the High Castle which was turned into a pretty cool series I don't know if you've uh if you've seen it”
Where to get it
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Autobiography of a Yogi
Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda is a spiritual classic that chronicles the author's life and introduces readers to the ancient science of Kriya Yoga and Eastern mysticism.
Discussed“and he wrote a book called autobiography of a yogi I don't know if you ever read it”
Where to get it
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Outliers
Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell is an examination of the external factors, cultural legacies, and massive amounts of practice that contribute to extraordinary success.
Discussed“Malcolm Gladwell wrote that book I think it's called outliers where he say if you spend 10,000 hours doing something you become an expert”
Where to get it
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Journey of Souls
Journey of Souls by Michael Newton is a popular spiritual and psychological book that compiles case studies from hypnotherapists detailing alleged pre-birth memories, spirit guides, and the between-lives experiences of souls.
Discussed“there was a there was a u hypnotherapist in who wrote a book called journey of souls Dr Michael Newton”
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Communion
Communion by Whitley Strieber is a striking account in which the author details his personal, unsettling experiences with alleged non-human entities and alien abduction.
Discussed“he wrote I'm aware of communion communion which you know because communion has had that gray head alien head on the cover it's become kind of the dominant thing”
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Rendezvous with Rama
Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C.
Recommended“I don't know if you ever read rendevu with Rama which was Arthur C Clark novel in it there's this weird cylinder-shaped object that comes into the solar system”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“and I lay out like 10 stages in my book of all the technology we would need including brain computer interfaces like in The Matrix right”
“so this is the topic of my second book which is called the simulated Multiverse this idea that each of these timelines uh could be like a different run of the simulation itself”
“Now, Malcolm Gladwell wrote that book, I think it's called Outliers, where he says if you spend 10,000 hours doing something, you become an expert.”