Episode · Lex Fridman Podcast · 2022-08-04

Books mentioned on #309 – John Carmack: Doom, Quake, VR, AGI, Programming, Video Games, and Rockets

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John Carmack is a legendary programmer, co-founder of id Software, and lead programmer of many revolutionary video games including Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Quake, and the Commander Keen series. He is also the founder of Armadillo Aerospace, and for many years the CTO of Oculus VR.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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   Snow Crash

   Neal Stephenson · at 2:39:27

   Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson is a seminal cyberpunk science fiction novel that famously anticipated the concept of the metaverse, multiplayer virtual worlds, and various digital phenomena.

   Discussed

   “The term 'Metaverse' originates from Neal Stephenson’s book 'Snow Crash,' a formative title for those of us from the '90s. Back in the Doom and Quake era, we contemplated how to create interconnected realms that users could traverse, akin to emerging web technologies.”

   John Carmack #309 – John Carmack: Doom, Quake, VR, AGI, Programming, Video Games, a… 2022-08-04 Listen at 2:39:27

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