Episode · How I Write · 2025-08-20
David Perell & John Lennox: books mentioned on How I Write
Oxford Professor: AI, God & Writing — John Lennox
John Lennox recommended The Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis and That hideous strength by C.S. Lewis, and discussed The Septuagint by Harry Meyer Orlinsky and Life 3.0 by Max Tegmark.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Septuagint
Discussed“And my mentor for 50 years was the late professor David Gooding who was a classicist but he was a world authority in the Septuagent which is the Greek version of the Old Testament.”
Where to get it
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Life 3.0
Life 3.0 by Max Tegmark is a bestselling exploration of artificial general intelligence and the future of life in an automated age.
Discussed“And you get seriousminded physicists like Max Tegmark. Is he in Princeton or MIT? I can't remember which. But Max Tegmark has written a book called Life 3.0. Okay. And he has a dozen different scenarios for the future.”
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The Abolition of Man
The Abolition of Man by C.S.
Recommended“There are two books I say every believer ought to read. One is the abolition of man and the other is that hideous strength. The third one of his science fiction books.”
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That hideous strength
That Hideous Strength by C.S.
Recommended“There are two books I say every believer ought to read. One is the abolition of man and the other is that hideous strength. The third one of his science fiction books.”
Where to get it
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Plugged 2084
“My argument is very simple and it's not it doesn't arise first in my book on revelation. And I wrote a book called 2084. And in that book I said look if we are prepared to take seriously the kind of argument that Tegmark makes”