Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2016-06-01
Books mentioned on #804 - Sam Harris
Sam Harris is a neuroscientist and author of the New York Times bestsellers, The End of Faith, Letter to a Christian Nation, and The Moral Landscape. His podcast is called "Waking Up.
Joe Rogan recommended Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer. Sam Harris recommended Superintelligence by Nick Bostrom, and discussed The beginning of infinity and The Fabric of Reality by David Deutsch.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Eating Animals
Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer is a non-fiction investigation into the ethics of meat production, factory farming, and the environmental impacts of modern diets.
Recommended“There's a book eating animals, Jonathan Saffron for his book, which is worth reading if you think you're immune to the details.”
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The beginning of infinity
The Beginning of Infinity by David Deutsch is a wide-ranging work of non-fiction that explores scientific progress, human knowledge, and the concept that problems are inherently solvable without limit.
Discussed“The first came out about 10 years ago, The Fabric of Reality, and the more recent one is the beginning of infinity, an extremely smart guy and very nice guy.”
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The Fabric of Reality
The Fabric of Reality by David Deutsch is a seminal work of popular science and philosophy that explores four foundational strands of thought: quantum physics, epistemology, computation, and evolution.
Discussed“The first came out about 10 years ago, The Fabric of Reality, and the more recent one is the beginning of infinity, an extremely smart guy and very nice guy.”
Where to get it
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Superintelligence
Superintelligence by Nick Bostrom is a foundational book exploring the future of artificial intelligence and the existential risks posed by the creation of superintelligent systems.
Recommended“He talks about a paperclip maximizer. You could, you could build a super intelligent paperclip maximizer now, not that anyone would do this.”
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