Episode · Lex Fridman Podcast · 2023-09-01
Books mentioned on #394 – Neri Oxman: Biology, Art, and Science of Design & Engineering with Nature
Neri Oxman is a designer, engineer, scientist, and artist working on computational design, synthetic biology and digital fabrication, previously at MIT, and now at OXMAN. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Babbel: https://babbel.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Idiot
The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky is a classic 19th-century Russian novel that follows Prince Myshkin, a man of exceptional innocence and goodness who is frequently misunderstood by the corrupt society around him.
Discussed“Dostoyevski said, "Beauty will save the world" in "The Idiot," one of my favorite books of his. What is beauty to you?”
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The Alchemist Graphic Novel
Discussed“Do you think there's something to this whole manifestation thing, like focusing on a vision of what you want the world to become, and in that focusing you manifest it, like Paolo Coelho said in "The Alchemist," "When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it"?”
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Man S Search For Meaning
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Emil Frankl is a profound psychological memoir and exploration of finding purpose amidst extreme suffering in Nazi concentration camps.
Discussed“I also think that another kind of way of being or a modality of being that I found helpful is Viktor Frankl wrote this incredible book, "Man's Search for Meaning" after the Holocaust.”
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Moby Dick
Moby Dick by Herman Melville is a classic American epic novel that follows Captain Ahab's obsessive, self-destructive quest for revenge against the white whale, serving as a complex exploration of human nature, fate, and obsession.
Discussed“I remember when we did the Mandela Pavilion, we read 'Moby Dick,' the whiteness of the whale, the albino, the different, the other. And that got us to work on melanin.”
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War and Peace
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy is a monumental historical novel that chronicles the French invasion of Russia and the impact of the Napoleonic era on Tsarist society through the intertwined lives of several aristocratic families.
Discussed“Lenny Bernstein, "War and Peace," Tolstoy. You tweeted a Tolstoy quote from "War and Peace," as of course you would: "Everything I know, I know because of love."”
Other mentions in this episode (5) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“Oh, and she also brought me a present, "War and Peace" by Tolstoy, and "Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius. It doesn't get better than that.”
“Oh, and she also brought me a present, "War and Peace" by Tolstoy, and "Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius. It doesn't get better than that.”
“Oh, and she also brought me a present, "War and Peace" by Tolstoy, and "Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius. It doesn't get better than that.”
“It's reading a Nature paper, it's "War and Peace."”
“It's reading a Nature paper, it's "War and Peace."”