Episode · Lex Fridman Podcast · 2019-08-01

Lex Fridman & Kevin Scott: books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast

Kevin Scott: Microsoft CTO

2 books · With Kevin Scott · Listen · Watch on YouTube

Kevin Scott is the CTO of Microsoft. Before that, he was the Senior Vice President of Engineering and Operations at LinkedIn.

Kevin Scott discussed Radical Markets by Eric A. Posner and others and Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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1. 

   Radical Markets

   Eric A. Posner; Eric Glen Weyl · at 4:01

   Discussed

   “like he's written an entire entire technical book about about this whole notion of a radical market”

   Kevin Scott Kevin Scott: Microsoft CTO 2019-08-01 Listen at 4:01

   Where to get it

   AmazonListen on Audible
2. 

   Sapiens

   Yuval Noah Harari · at 51:40

   Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari is an expansive exploration of how Homo sapiens evolved, dominated the planet, and constructed complex societies through shared myths and imagined realities.

   Discussed

   “you've all re book sapiens one of the central ideas and in his book is that like storytelling is like the quintessential thing for coordinating the activities of large groups of people”

   Kevin Scott Kevin Scott: Microsoft CTO 2019-08-01 Listen at 51:40

   Where to get it

   AmazonListen on Audible