Episode · Lex Fridman Podcast · 2021-05-01
Books mentioned on #181 – Sergey Nazarov: Chainlink, Smart Contracts, and Oracle Networks
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Sergey Nazarov discussed The Dialogues of Plato, Protagoras, Gorgias, Plutarch's Lives, Volume 2, Lives, and The First Tycoon by T.J. Stiles.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Dialogues of Plato
The Dialogues of Plato by Plato is a foundational collection of classical Greek philosophical texts utilizing conversational formats to explore ethics, politics, and metaphysics.
Discussed“um so i think one of the things that had a very big impact on me were plato's dialogues and particularly protagoras and gorgeous as as as some of the two initial ones i i think what plato's dialogues do very well is they give people a clear picture of what dialogue looks like and what the assessment of information”
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Protagoras
Discussed“um so i think one of the things that had a very big impact on me were plato's dialogues and particularly protagoras and gorgeous as as as some of the two initial ones”
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Gorgias
Gorgias by Plato is a classical Socratic dialogue that examines rhetoric, justice, and the philosophical foundations of morality and political life.
Discussed“um so i think one of the things that had a very big impact on me were plato's dialogues and particularly protagoras and gorgeous as as as some of the two initial ones”
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Plutarch's Lives, Volume 2
Plutarch's Lives, Volume 2 by Plutarch is a collection of parallel biographies of famous Greek and Roman leaders, exploring the moral character and political actions of antiquity's most influential figures.
Discussed“um i think biographies have had a very large impact on me um you know plutarch's greek and roman lives after i read plato i started reading a bunch of stuff greek stuff”
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Lives
Lives by Plutarch is a classic collection of parallel biographies of famous Greek and Roman leaders, offering enduring moral and historical lessons from antiquity.
Discussed“um i think biographies have had a very large impact on me um you know plutarch's greek and roman lives after i read plato i started reading a bunch of stuff greek stuff”
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The First Tycoon
The First Tycoon by T.J.
Discussed“i think that um probably one of the most impactful ones that i can remember recently is around uh vanderbilt and so vanderbilt was these uh was this guy who basically without that much of an education he would invent or work with people to make these steamboats and then he had a lot of acumen around creating certain monopolies”
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