Episode · Invest Like the Best · 2017-03-07
Patrick O'Shaughnessy & Peter Attia: books mentioned on Invest Like the Best #27 (Mar 2017)
Peter Attia, M.D. - How to Live a Longer, Higher Quality Life - [Invest Like the Best, EP.27]
My guest this week is Peter Attia, M.D., whose mission is to understand and improve human lifespan and healthspan (or quality of life). Reading Peter’s research, you find that there are many similarities between health and investing—ideas like compounding—which we explore in detail.
Patrick O'Shaughnessy recommended Diffusion of Innovations by Everett M. Rogers, and discussed The Structure of Scientific Revolutions by Thomas S. Kuhn and Good calories, bad calories by Gary Taubes.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
Discussed“So where I was going with the sugar thing is to spend some time on Thomas Kuhn's idea of the structure of scientific revolutions, barriers to change in fields like nutrition, science, whatever, which is, which there's a great book called the diffusion of innovation.”
Where to get it
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Diffusion of Innovations
Recommended“There's a great book called the diffusion of innovation. If no one, if people, if listeners haven't read that one, that is a fantastic book that just shows you how long it can take for something that seems obvious, whether it's curing scurvy or what have you to take hold in the public consciousness.”
Where to get it
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Good calories, bad calories
Discussed“One of the most amazing things about this whole area of dispelling what I think is a myth of calories in calories out as like the, the simple equation for health was in good calories, bad calories in Gary, Gary Taub's book.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Barbarians at the Gate
“Yeah, well, I was just reading about, I'm reading barbarians at the gates right now about the fantastic book and gets a lot into the history of the tobacco industry.”