Episode · Lex Fridman Podcast · 2019-06-17
Books mentioned on Rosalind Picard: Affective Computing, Emotion, Privacy, and Health
Rosalind Picard is a professor at MIT, director of the Affective Computing Research Group at the MIT Media Lab, and co-founder of two companies, Affectiva and Empatica. Over two decades ago she launched the field of affective computing with her book of the same name.
Lex Fridman discussed Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card, Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card, and Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. Rosalind Picard recommended Bible and Encountering the Holy Spirit in Every Book of the Bible by David Diga Hernandez.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Ender's Game
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card is a classic science fiction novel about a gifted young boy recruited into an elite military academy to prepare for an impending alien invasion through intense tactical simulations.
Discussed“I've had a similar experience reading some science fiction books connecting with the character Orson Scott Card and you know just amazing writing and Ender's Game and and speaker for the dead terrible title”
Where to get it
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Speaker for the Dead
Discussed“I've had a similar experience reading some science fiction books connecting with the character Orson Scott Card and you know just amazing writing and Ender's Game and and speaker for the dead terrible title”
Where to get it
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Brave New World
Aldous Huxley's Brave New World is a chilling dystopian masterpiece that envisions a technologically advanced future society sustained by pharmacological distraction, engineered conformity, and the systematic eradication of deep human emotion and critical thought.
Discussed“well there was a book about that right the brave new world you know make everybody happy take your soma”
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Bible
Bible by Bible is the foundational canonical text of Judaism and Christianity, comprising ancient narratives, laws, poetry, and prophetic writings that have shaped Western civilization.
Recommended“if people haven't read the the Bible they should if they consider themselves educated and you could read proverbs and find from end s wisdom in there that cannot be scientifically proven”
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Encountering the Holy Spirit in Every Book of the Bible
David Diga Hernandez's religious text offers readers a systematic, book-by-book exploration of the Holy Spirit's presence throughout scripture, serving as a devotional guide for deepening one's faith.
Recommended“If if people haven't read the the Bible they should if they consider themselves educated”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“over two decades ago she launched the field of affective computing with her book of the same name”