Episode · The Rubin Report · 2016-10-07
Books mentioned on What is Transhumanism & The Future of Technology? | Zoltan Istvan | TECH | Rubin Report
Zoltan Istvan discussed 2030 by Albert Brooks. Dave Rubin recommended Waking Up by Sam Harris.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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2030
Discussed“you know it's interesting I read a book called 2030 by Albert Brooks it was his fiction novel about what he thinks America is going to be like in 2030 and one of the the issues that he thinks we're going to face the most is that our aging population is going to keep staying alive”
Where to get it
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Waking Up
Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion by Sam Harris is an insightful exploration of meditation, consciousness, and the secular aspects of spiritual practice, bridging scientific rationality with inner awareness.
Recommended“yeah it sounds a lot like uh the book by Sam Harris who's one of my one of my favorite oh the book's right there Sam Harris waking up a GU I quote it I quote it often oh there you go a guide to spirituality without religion”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged The Transhumanist Wager
“I came home I wrote my novel the trans humus wager the book did really well I combined it with my journalism skills and I've you know started writing a lot about the movie movement which sort of led me to being a more visible figure in it”
Plugged Upgrading America
“I came home I wrote my novel the trans humus wager”
Passing Brave New World
“well that's a totally that's now society's unfair now we're getting into you know Brave New World type of stuff”
“I mean this is island of Dr Moro”