Episode · How I Write · 2025-03-26
Books mentioned on The Ultimate Guide to Writing with AI | How I Write
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David Perell recommended The Faith of Our Fathers: Being a Plain Exposition and Vindication of the Church Founded by Our Lord Jesus Christ by James Gibbons, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, by Edward Gibbon. Vol. 2. [-3-4]. by Edward Gibbon, “The” History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon, The Power Broker by Robert A. Caro, and Robert A. Caro's The Years of Lyndon Johnson Set by Robert A. Caro.
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The Faith of Our Fathers: Being a Plain Exposition and Vindication of the Church Founded by Our Lord Jesus Christ
Recommended“So there is the objective quality of a book. That's the first one. And this is what everybody thinks about. So we'll take a book like Gibbons, the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. Okay, people tell me amazing book. They'll say the writing is is is really strong. It's been super influential. Sure, you know, maybe you got”
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, by Edward Gibbon. Vol. 2. [-3-4].
Recommended“So we'll take a book like Gibbons, the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. Okay, people tell me amazing book. They'll say the writing is is is really strong. It's been super influential.”
Where to get it
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“The” History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Recommended“So we'll take a book like Gibbons, the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. Okay, people tell me amazing book. They'll say the writing is is is really strong. It's been super influential.”
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The Power Broker
Recommended“Or they'll talk about The Power Broker. That's one of my favorites. The Power Broker by Robert Carrow. It is 1,344 pages. But David, I know it's long, but I'll tell you, Robert Caro is such a good writer.”
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Robert A. Caro's The Years of Lyndon Johnson Set
Recommended“Or they'll talk about The Power Broker. That's one of my favorites. The Power Broker by Robert Carrow. It is 1,344 pages. But David, I know it's long, but I'll tell you, Robert Caro is such a good writer. He does insane research, all that sort of stuff.”
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Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing East of Eden
“We send it out to like 30,000 people and uh we get some emails like, Yo, John Steinbeck never never wrote this quote in East of Eden. And I was like, it literally hallucinated the dang quote.”