Episode · Lex Fridman Podcast · 2022-02-11
Lex Fridman & John Abramson: books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #263
#263 – John Abramson: Big Pharma
John Abramson is faculty at Harvard Medical School and a family physician for over two decades. He’s the author of the new book Sickening about how big pharma broke American healthcare and how we can fix it.
Lex Fridman discussed Sickening by John Abramson, Overdosed America by John Abramson, and Capitalism and freedom by Milton Friedman. John Abramson discussed Prozac nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Sickening
Discussed“you wrote the book overdosed america and the new book coming out now called sickening about how big pharma broke american healthcare including science and research and how we can fix it”
Where to get it
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Overdosed America
Discussed“you wrote the book overdosed america and the new book coming out now called sickening about how big pharma broke american healthcare including science and research and how we can fix it”
Where to get it
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Capitalism and freedom
Discussed“so you mentioned milton friedman and you mentioned his book called capitalism and freedom”
Where to get it
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Prozac nation
Discussed“But what's happened is that the publicity, I mean, 'Prozac Nation' was a good example of making the argument that why should people settle for normal happiness when they can have better than normal happiness? And if you're not feeling that normal happiness, you should take a drug.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (5) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged Sickening
“the following is a conversation with john abramson faculty at harvard medical school a family physician for over two decades and author of the new book sickening about how big pharma broke american healthcare and how we can fix it”
Passing Sickening
“The following is a conversation with John Abramson, faculty at Harvard Medical School, a family physician for over two decades, and author of the new book 'Sickening' about how Big Pharma broke American healthcare and how we can fix it.”
Passing Overdosed America
“You wrote the book 'Overdosed America' and the new book coming out now called 'Sickening' about how Big Pharma broke American healthcare, including science and research, and how we can fix it.”
Plugged Sickening
“and that's why i wrote sickening is to try and help those people in the medical profession to understand that what's going on right now looks normal”
Plugged Sickening
“and what i'm hoping to do with my book sickening and being here having this wonderful conversation with you is to create an alternative to this normal that people can pursue and practice better medicine and also prevent burnout”