Episode · The Realignment · 2021-04-29
Books mentioned on 121 | Julia Galef: The Path to Thinking Better with the Scout Mindset
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Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Myth of the Rational Voter
The Myth of the Rational Voter by Bryan Caplan is an influential economic and political science text that examines voter behavior and the phenomenon of political irrationality.
Discussed“i think the phrase itself rationally irrational was coined by an economist i really like named brian kaplan how many wrote a couple papers uh and discussed this in one of his books”
Where to get it
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The Everything Store
The Everything Store by Brad Stone is a comprehensive non-fiction history that chronicles the meteoric rise of Amazon and the leadership style of its founder, Jeff Bezos.
Recommended“and actually i do want to say people i read the brad stones book on amazon and one of the interesting things about bezos is he always assumed that it wouldn't work and then said how could we make it work given these conditions”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Own book The Scout Mindset
“uh so that was a big part of my motivation in writing the book”
Own book The Scout Mindset
“um so yeah when when jeff bezos uh i bring up jeff bezos in the book as an example of um of scout mindset in a lot of ways”
Own book The Scout Mindset
“and my book is the scout mindset which you can find on my website or on amazon”