Episode · Big Technology Podcast · 2025-05-28

Books mentioned on She Wants AI To Help You Thrive, Not Just Keep You Company — Y-Lan Boureau

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Y-Lan Boureau is the founder & CEO of ThrivePal, an OpenAI-funded AI startup, and a former Meta AI researcher. Boureau joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss why the next frontier for AI should be science‑backed coaching that nudges us toward healthier habits and deeper real‑world relationships.

Y-Lan Boureau discussed Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman and Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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   Thinking, Fast and Slow

   Daniel Kahneman · at 10:58

   Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman is a popular science book exploring behavioral economics, cognitive biases, and the dual systems that drive human thought.

   Discussed

   “the great late Danny Canaman had this book thinking fast and slow about how in our brain we have this way of taking decision that's very fast and this way that's low like slower more deliberate takes more time”

   Y-Lan Boureau She Wants AI To Help You Thrive, Not Just Keep You Company — Y-Lan Bou… 2025-05-28 Listen at 10:58

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   Brave New World

   Aldous Huxley · at 36:34

   Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World is a classic dystopian novel depicting a technologically advanced future where citizens are controlled through engineered happiness, distraction, and superficial consumerism.

   Discussed

   “Um so the question is are we going to get to a point where it's so good that it actually fulfill completely and then you get brain new world the soma kind of.”

   Y-Lan Boureau She Wants AI To Help You Thrive, Not Just Keep You Company — Y-Lan Bou… 2025-05-28 Listen at 36:34

   Where to get it

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