Episode · The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast · 2025-01-16
Books mentioned on Superintelligence is Upon Us | Marc Andreessen | EP 515
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R.
Discussed“it's like the allseeing eye of soron in The Lord of the Rings cycle”
Where to get it
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A Conflict of Visions
A Conflict of Visions by Thomas Sowell is a profound philosophical work that examines the underlying assumptions and ideologies driving political conflict by categorizing visions of human nature into constrained and unconstrained worldviews.
Recommended“um I'm very influenced on this by Thomas Soul wrote this great book called the conflict of visions and he talks about fundamentally there are two two classes of visions of the future”
Where to get it
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Orwell's Revenge
Orwell's Revenge by Peter Huber is a speculative reimagining of George Orwell's classic dystopian novel 1984.
Recommended“there's another book I'd really recommend on this uh the directly directly to your point uh this guy Peter Huber wrote this book called Orwell's Revenge”
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1984
1984 by George Orwell is a classic dystopian novel depicting a totalitarian regime characterized by extreme government surveillance, historical negationism, and psychological manipulation.
Discussed“and you know famously in 1984 you know as you mentioned there there you know there's this concept of the telescreen which is basically the one-way propaganda broadcast device”
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The Bell Curve
The Bell Curve by Richard J.
Discussed“I mean I I started to see all this happen back in 1992 because I was at Harvard when the uh bell curve was published and I watched that blow up the department at Harvard”
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