Episode · Invest Like the Best · 2016-11-22
Patrick O'Shaughnessy & Kevin Simler: books mentioned on Invest Like the Best #12
Kevin Simler – Exploring the Frontier - [Invest Like the Best, EP.12]
Today’s episode features one of my favorite thinkers and writers: Kevin Simler. Kevin has a background in technology and was one of the earliest employees at Palantir Technologies.
Kevin Simler recommended Darwin's dangerous idea by Daniel C. Dennett, The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins, and The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind by Julian Jaynes.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Darwin's dangerous idea
Recommended“So like a, a really formative early book for me was Darwin's dangerous idea by Daniel Dennett. He's a philosopher, but, um, he's written this book about evolution and it's kind of a college level courses worth of, uh, of information and ideas.”
Where to get it
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The Selfish Gene
Recommended“Dawkins, um, selfish gene is another one of these that's, I don't think I could get by without having read those two books.”
Where to get it
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The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind
Recommended“Jane's Julian Jaynes, the origin of consciousness in the breakdown of the bicameral mind. I think I got that title, right? You got it. It's a mouthful and the title doesn't make sense until after you've read it”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged Impro
“I guess, uh, mention Impro by Keith Johnstone. It was certainly formative for me. It's also a cult classic. Everyone I've recommended this book to, it seems to just really get off on it.”
Plugged The Moral Landscape
“Sam Harris, who's a, an interesting, uh, writer, um, kind of one of these new atheists, but has also written, wrote a book called the moral landscape and his, so, you know, I always think about like, you know, what you measure determines what you do”