Episode · Dwarkesh Podcast · 2021-06-04
Dwarkesh Patel & Sarah Fitz-Claridge: books mentioned on Dwarkesh Podcast
Sarah Fitz-Claridge - Taking Children Seriously
Sarah Fitz-Claridge is a writer, coach, and speaker with a fallibilist worldview. She started the journal that became Taking Children Seriously in the early 1990s after being surprised by the heated audience reactions she was getting when talking about children.
Dwarkesh Patel discussed The Case against Education by Bryan Caplan. Sarah Fitz-Claridge recommended The beginning of infinity by David Deutsch.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Case against Education
The Case against Education by Bryan Caplan is an economic critique arguing that the modern education system is largely a waste of time and money because higher education functions primarily as a social signal for employers.
Discussed“so brian kaplan who was actually my first guest on this podcast he wrote a book called cases against education and uh he homeschools his own kids”
Where to get it
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The beginning of infinity
The Beginning of Infinity by David Deutsch is a profound work of popular science and philosophy exploring human progress, knowledge creation, and cosmic optimism.
Recommended“yeah um with regard to uh how this could have evolved uh you might want to read david deutsch as the beginning of infinity i think it's chapter 16 the evolution of creativity”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“yeah as um pollyanna said in the book of the same name when will i have time to live and that was after she'd her aunt had told her that she was going to be having lessons in the morning”