Episode · Lex Fridman Podcast · 2020-08-09
Lex Fridman & Russ Tedrake: books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #114
#114 – Russ Tedrake: Underactuated Robotics, Control, Dynamics and Touch
Russ Tedrake is a roboticist and professor at MIT and vice president of robotics research at TRI. He works on control of robots in interesting, complicated, underactuated, stochastic, difficult to model situations.
Russ Tedrake recommended Fooled by Randomness by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, AI Superpowers by Kai-Fu Lee, Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari, Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari, and How to Read a Book by Mortimer J. Adler and others, and discussed Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen and others and Flesh and Machines by Rodney Brooks. Lex Fridman discussed Animal Farm by George Orwell.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Fooled by Randomness
Fooled by Randomness by Nassim Nicholas Taleb is a popular exploration of the massive role that chance, luck, and probability play in human success, finance, and everyday life.
Recommended“there's a great book by the way um look a series of books by nicholas taleb about fooled by randomness and black swan”
Where to get it
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The Black Swan
The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb is a influential philosophical and economic text that examines the profound impact of highly improbable and unpredictable events on history and human affairs.
Recommended“there's a great book by the way um look a series of books by nicholas taleb about fooled by randomness and black swan”
Where to get it
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Born to Run
Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen and Michael Morpurgo is an introspective and critically acclaimed memoir that chronicles the legendary musician's working-class upbringing, struggles with mental health, and path to rock superstardom.
Discussed“so i i did eventually read born to run most people read born to run in the first thing right”
Where to get it
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Flesh and Machines
Discussed“he's got a book flesh and machines i believe it's not going to be the robots versus the people”
Where to get it
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AI Superpowers
AI Superpowers by Kai-Fu Lee examines the dramatic rise of artificial intelligence in China and Silicon Valley, comparing the distinct technological ecosystems and future economic trajectories of both superpowers.
Recommended“there are some recent books that if you're interested in this kind of topic like ai superpowers by kaifuli is just a fantastic read”
Where to get it
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Sapiens
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari is an expansive exploration of how Homo sapiens evolved, dominated the planet, and constructed complex societies through shared myths and imagined realities.
Recommended“yuval harari is just i think that can open your mind um sapiens sapiens as as the first one homo deuce is the second”
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Homo Deus
Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari is a provocative historical and philosophical work that examines the next era of mankind, exploring futuristic trajectories where technology, artificial intelligence, and transhumanism threaten to transform humans into god-like beings.
Recommended“yuval harari is just i think that can open your mind um sapiens sapiens as as the first one homo deuce is the second”
Where to get it
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How to Read a Book
How to Read a Book by Mortimer J.
Recommended“sure in some sense it's it's so classical it might surprise you but i actually recently read um mortimer adler's how to read a book”
Where to get it
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Animal Farm
Animal Farm by George Orwell is a classic allegorical novella that uses a farmyard setting to satirize the corruption of socialist ideals and the rise of totalitarianism following the Russian Revolution.
Discussed“on the book point i've read animal farm by george orwell a ridiculous number of times”
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