Episode · Lex Fridman Podcast · 2022-02-26
Books mentioned on #267 – Mark Zuckerberg: Meta, Facebook, Instagram, and the Metaverse
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Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Why We're Polarized
Why We're Polarized by Ezra Klein is an incisive political analysis examining the structural forces that drive deep partisan division in the United States by reframing political behavior through the lens of group identity rather than individual irrationality.
Recommended“and um you know it's a a bunch of books by you know political scientists ezra klein and folks why we're polarized basically goes through this decades-long analysis in the u.s before i was born basically talking about some of the forces and kind of partisan politics and fox news and different things that predate the internet in a lot”
Where to get it
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Genesis
Genesis is a notable text that explores foundational concepts of creation, beginnings, and the complex trajectory of human survival, often intersecting with modern anxieties surrounding artificial intelligence.
Discussed“we were talking through genesis and the the bible and the torah and um and they're basically walking through”
Where to get it
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Passing The light that failed
“Now, let me leave you with the end of the poem 'If' by Rudyard Kipling: If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, or walk with kings and lose the common touch, If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you, if all men count with you but none too much, If you can fill the unforgiving minute”