Episode · Lex Fridman Podcast · 2019-12-17

Lex Fridman & Michael Stevens: books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast

Michael Stevens: Vsauce

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Michael Stevens is the creator of Vsauce, one of the most popular educational YouTube channel in the world, with over 15 million subscribers and over 1.7 billion views. His videos often ask and answer questions that are both profound and entertaining, spanning topics from physics to psychology.

Michael Stevens discussed Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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   Tess of the D'Urbervilles

   Thomas Hardy · at 56:47

   Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy is a tragic Victorian masterpiece that follows the heartbreaking struggles of Tess Durbeyfield as she navigates harsh social moralities, poverty, and the devastating consequences of men in rural England.

   Discussed

   “one of my favorite quotes is from Tess of the d'Urbervilles and it's along the lines of the the measure of your life depends on not your external displacement but your subjective experience if I am happy and those that I love are happy can that be enough”

   Michael Stevens Michael Stevens: Vsauce 2019-12-17 Listen at 56:47

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