Episode · Lex Fridman Podcast · 2021-06-21
Lex Fridman & Rob Reid: books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #193
#193 – Rob Reid: The Existential Threat of Engineered Viruses and Lab Leaks
Rob Reid is an author and podcaster.
Lex Fridman discussed On Writing by Stephen King and The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer. Rob Reid discussed A Hunger Artist by Franz Kafka and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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On Writing
Discussed“if we could take a little bit of a tangent stephen king on writing you as a great writer you you're dropping a hint here that the ideas don't come to you that it's a grind of sort of it's almost like you're mining for gold”
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
Discussed“for example when i've been running uh for the over the past couple years and especially when i listen to certain kinds of audiobooks like i've listened to the rise and fall of the third reich i've listened to a lot of sort of world war ii which at once because i have a lot of family who's lost in”
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A Hunger Artist
Discussed“You ever read um franz kafka has a great short story called the hunger artist yeah i love that great story”
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“especially when i listen to certain kinds of audiobooks like i've listened to the rise and fall of the third reich i've listened to a lot of sort of world war ii which at once because i have a lot of family who's lost in world war ii and so so much of the soviet union is grounded in the”