Episode · Lex Fridman Podcast · 2020-12-31
Lex Fridman & Michael Malice: books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #150
#150 – Michael Malice: The White Pill, Freedom, Hope, and Happiness Amidst Chaos
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Lex Fridman discussed The Idiot by Фёдор Михайлович Достоевский, The Giver by Lois Lowry, and The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer. Michael Malice recommended Beyond belief by Deborah E. Lipstadt and Red Famine by Anne Applebaum, and discussed The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Idiot
The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky is a profound 19th-century Russian novel that follows the compassionate, innocent, and deeply misunderstood Prince Myshkin as he navigates the cynical and corrupt high society of St.
Discussed“again i strive to be like the main character of the idiot by dostoyevsky that's my new year's resolution”
Where to get it
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The Giver
The Giver is a dystopian young adult novel by Lois Lowry set in a tightly controlled society that has eliminated pain, fear, and deep emotional experiences.
Discussed“when i was when i first came to this country i read the book the giver i need to read it again”
Where to get it
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The Myth of Sisyphus
The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus is a prominent philosophical essay examining the absurdist condition, human suffering, and the search for meaning in a seemingly indifferent universe.
Discussed“and i was going to rework camus the myth of sisyphus”
Where to get it
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Beyond belief
Beyond belief is a historical examination by Deborah E.
Recommended“there's a book called beyond belief by deborah lipstadt she talks about the rise of nazi germany as seen through the press”
Where to get it
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Red Famine
Red Famine by Anne Applebaum is a detailed historical account documenting the Holodomor and the devastating state-sponsored famines orchestrated by the Soviet regime in Ukraine.
Recommended“and anne applebaum i think the book is called red famine came out fairly recently and she brings the receipts and she's a you know this is something i really hate with the binary thinkers”
Where to get it
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L.
Discussed“yeah i i would say just as a small aside that's why reading as i'm almost done with uh the rise and fall of the third reich”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (9) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“i've been on his show in for worse a few times when i was researching my book then you write so i had had conversations with him before”
“it was a north korea book i published that came out in 2014. i went there in 2012. came out in january 2014.”
“i was i think the first one to have an hour on book tv for dear reader because that was a kickstarter book”
“the white pill the white pill are you self-publishing that oh yeah for sure”
“so if you have to look it's like looking to the sun if you stare at it straight on it's very hard to do so you have to kind of look at it obliquely”
“dear reader the unauthorized autobiography of kim jong-il”
“so i wrote dear reader by going to north korea and getting all their propaganda which is translated into several languages”
“well for people who don't know this is out of context that you have written a great book that includes some of these concepts called the new right which is not includes these concepts but talks about”
“i own her copy of the foundation”