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Books podcasts were talking about in June 2021
June 2021 conversations on prominent podcasts centered around neuroscience, color science, civilization collapse, and existential threats. On the Huberman Lab podcast, Andrew Huberman praised Karl Deisseroth's book Projections for its masterful writing and recommended Oliver Sacks's autobiography. In another episode, Huberman highlighted What Is Color?: 50 Questions and Answers on the Science of Color by Arielle and Joann Eckstut to explain concepts related to color vision. On the Lex Fridman Podcast, Fridman and guest Rob Reid discussed Franz Kafka's notable short story A Hunger Artist. Later in the month, Fridman hosted Daniel Schmachtenberger, who recommended several texts dealing with societal structures and systemic risks. Schmachtenberger pointed listeners toward Stuart A. Kauffman's Reinventing the Sacred for perspectives on complexity science and non-reductionist approaches, Joseph Tainter's The Collapse of Complex Societies for theories on societal decline, and K. Eric Drexler's Engines of Creation while discussing the potential risks associated with nanotechnology.
Huberman Lab
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Projections
Discussed“"Projections" is absolutely masterfully written.”
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Oliver Sacks: The Last Interview
Discussed“I just finished for the third time, Oliver Sacks' autobiography which is marvelous and I highly recommend to people.”
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What Is Color?
Discussed“All the answers to that are in this terrific book which is "What Is Color?: 50 Questions and Answers on the Science of Color". I did not write this book, I wish I had, the book is by Arielle and Joann Eckstut, that E-C-K-S-T-U-T. So, it's "What Is Color?: 50 Questions and Answers on the Science of Color". It's an”
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Secret Language of Color
Discussed“All the answers to that are in this terrific book which is "What Is Color?: 50 Questions and Answers on the Science of Color". I did not write this book, I wish I had, the book is by Arielle and Joann Eckstut, that E-C-K-S-T-U-T. So, it's "What Is Color?: 50 Questions and Answers on the Science of Color". It's an”
Lex Fridman Podcast
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A Hunger Artist
Discussed“You ever read um franz kafka has a great short story called the hunger artist yeah i love that great story”
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Reinventing the Sacred
Discussed“one of Kaufman's you know more recent books after investigations and some of the real fundamental stuff was called Reinventing the sacred and it had to do with some of these exact questions”
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The Collapse of Complex Societies
Discussed“it's worth looking at books like um the collapse of complex societies by Joseph tainter”
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Engines of Creation
Discussed“I actually really respect Drexler for emphasizing greu in engines of creation back in the day”
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Tao Te Ching
Discussed“this is why the first verse of the TA Ching is the da that is namable is not the Eternal da”
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Cultural Materialism
Discussed“Marvin Harris's work called cultural materialism looked at this deeply”
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How Not to Be Wrong
Discussed“the following is a conversation with jordan ellenberg a mathematician at university of wisconsin and an author who masterfully reveals the beauty and power of mathematics in his 2014 book how not to be wrong”
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Shape
Discussed“in his new book just released recently called shape the hidden geometry of information biology strategy democracy and everything else”
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Duel at Dawn
Discussed“I think i'm gonna pick up on something you said i think you would love a book called duel at dawn by amir alexander”
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The Mathematica Book
Discussed“but what he did is exactly this process of darwin-like exploration is taking these very simple ideas and writing a thousand page book on them”
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Algebra
Discussed“and I should just like take a year of leave and just like read ega the holy textbook el amon de geometry algebraic the elements of algebraic geometry”
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Lifespan
Discussed“he's a professor in the department of genetics at harvard and co-director of the paul f glenn center for the biology of aging at harvard medical school he's the author of the book lifespan and co-founder of several biotech companies”
