Episode · Lex Fridman Podcast · 2021-12-23
Books mentioned on #250 – Peter Wang: Python and the Source Code of Humans, Computers, and Reality
Peter Wang is the co-founder & CEO of Anaconda and one of the most impactful leaders and developers in the Python community. Also, he is a physicist and philosopher.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M.
Discussed“so i'm just stealing wholesale here from robert persig who is the author of zen in the art of motorcycle maintenance”
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Lila
Lila is a philosophical novel written by Robert Pirsig that explores the concepts of dynamic quality versus static quality and a metaphysics centered on value.
Discussed“and in his um follow-on book uh has a sequel to it called lila”
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The Collected Stories of Vernor Vinge
Discussed“Have you ever read like some sci-fi where um there's like hive minds uh like the vern revenge i think has one of these and then um some of the stuff from um yes on the commonwealth saga the idea that uh you're an individual but you're connected with like a few other individuals telepathically as well and together you”
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The Commonwealth Saga 2-Book Bundle
Discussed“Have you ever read like some sci-fi where um there's like hive minds uh like the vern revenge i think has one of these and then um some of the stuff from um yes on the commonwealth saga the idea that uh you're an individual but you're connected with like a few other individuals telepathically as well and together you”
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Automate the Boring Stuff with Python
Automate the Boring Stuff with Python is a practical programming guide written by Al Sweigart designed to help beginners and professionals use scripting to eliminate tedious manual tasks.
Recommended“but um i think that the beauty of scripting like there's a there's a python book that's uh called automate the boring stuff which is exactly the right mentality”
