Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2020-11-05
Chris Williamson & Seth Godin: books mentioned on Modern Wisdom
Seth Godin - The Practice Of Shipping Creative Work | Modern Wisdom Podcast 241
Chris Williamson recommended Superintelligence by Nick Bostrom, The Precipice by Toby Ord, and Human Compatible by Stuart Russell, and discussed The War of Art by Steven Pressfield, Turning Pro by Steven Pressfield, and Atomic Habits by James Clear. Seth Godin recommended What Technology Wants by Kevin Kelly.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The War of Art
Discussed“yeah i recently had your friend steven pressfield on the show and i see a lot of parallels between the practice and the war of art and turning pro”
Where to get it
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Turning Pro
Discussed“yeah i recently had your friend steven pressfield on the show and i see a lot of parallels between the practice and the war of art and turning pro”
Where to get it
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Superintelligence
Recommended“i gotta give you another another thing uh that i've recently come across from stuart russell's human compatible which is about the control problem for artificial general intelligence very similar to super intelligence by nick bostrom or the precipice by toby ord if you're into existential risk”
Where to get it
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The Precipice
Recommended“i gotta give you another another thing uh that i've recently come across from stuart russell's human compatible which is about the control problem for artificial general intelligence very similar to super intelligence by nick bostrom or the precipice by toby ord if you're into existential risk”
Where to get it
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Human Compatible
Recommended“i gotta give you another another thing uh that i've recently come across from stuart russell's human compatible which is about the control problem for artificial general intelligence very similar to super intelligence by nick bostrom or the precipice by toby ord if you're into existential risk”
Where to get it
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What Technology Wants
Recommended“and you know kevin kelly's book what technology wants is a must read it will change the way you see so many of these issues”
Where to get it
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Atomic Habits
Discussed“one of the things upon reading james clear's atomic abits last year um was this kind of identity-based change that i've really realized”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged The Practice
“and so i wrote a book about this process of shipping creative work and it counters so many of the myths that people have about”
Plugged The Practice
“And so i wrote a book about this process of shipping creative work and it counters so many of the myths that people have about what does it mean to even be creative”
Plugged Linchpin
“you know i discovered the war of art 10 years ago when i was writing linchpin i can't believe no one told me about it beforehand”
Ad read The Practice
“thank you so much for coming on the practice shipping creative work will be linked in the show notes below”