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Every book Bryan Johnson recommended on podcasts
Across 6 podcasts. Every show Bryan Johnson appears on, in one place — not just one.
Bryan Johnson’s most recommended books
- Zero by Charles Seife
- Finite and Infinite Games by James P. Carse
- Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker
- Discipline Is Destiny by Ryan Holiday
- Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling by Unknown
- The Economics of Life by Gary Stanley Becker
Bryan Johnson appeared on various podcasts to discuss his health protocols, longevity, and experiences with books that shaped his worldview. He recommended Charles Seife's book Zero: A Biography of a Dangerous Idea, stating it was his favorite book he had ever read and explaining how it introduced him to the concept of zero and inspired his thinking on zeroth principles. He also noted Matthew Walker's book Why We Sleep, referencing the sleep expert's insights on the importance of rest. Throughout his podcast appearances, Johnson discussed several other books, including a biography of Joseph Smith titled Rough Stone Rolling, which he mentioned helped fracture his trust in the Mormon church. He talked about Gary Becker's The Economics of Life, noting how it introduced him to understanding reality numerically. Additionally, he mentioned reading Ryan Holiday's Discipline Is Destiny, highlighting the takeaway that discipline requires a goal or ordinating principle, and he referenced James P. Carse's Finite and Infinite Games to illustrate his philosophical views on playing infinite games.
Books recommended by Bryan Johnson
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Zero
Zero by Charles Seife is a fascinating book that explores the historical trajectory, mathematical significance, and philosophical implications of the concept of zero.
Discussed“And then I read this book uh called zero, a dangerous idea. And I learned about the history of zero, how it's disrupted everything in history, physics and math and art and religion and philosophy.”
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Finite and Infinite Games
Finite and Infinite Games by James P.
Discussed“you know james karst wrote the book finite games infinite games the only game to play right now is to keep playing the game”
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Why We Sleep
Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker is an acclaimed exploration of sleep neurobiology and the critical importance of rest for overall health and cognitive function.
Recommended“We had a Matthew Walker on the program a couple of years ago this sleep expert he wrote this great book about it and he was saying this is so important that you should when when you're considering travel when you're considering business whatever it is that you have to do your social life you need to build it all”
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Discipline Is Destiny
Discipline Is Destiny by Ryan Holiday is a compelling book that examines the power of self-control through historical examples and Stoic philosophy.
Discussed“Ryan holiday's book from last year Discipline is Destiny the biggest takeaway that I took from that conversation was that without a goal without an ordinating principle there can be no discipline before that”
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Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling
Discussed“yeah I read a biography of Joseph Smith the founding prophet of Mormonism uh rough Stone Rolling and I think it was written by a member of the church so historian I think at Columbia if I'm not mistaken”
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The Economics of Life
Discussed“one day I read this book the economics of Life by Gary Becker he's a Nobel prizewinning Economist from the University of Chicago”
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Books Bryan Johnson wrote
Appearances
Other mentions (5: passing, ad reads, own books)
“as opposed to if you just sit down and read Red Rising or something by PS Brown and you go off to sleep dreaming about being it exactly”
“where like you take the King James version of the Bible and you can support a hundred different denom”
“I've written a book don't die which walks through this philosophical conversation so it's almost like we had dinner together I broke myself out into multiple characters and it's a dialogue between the characters about all these ideas”
“if there's multiple meanings of life it would be infinite games you know james karst wrote the book finite games infinite games”
“you know james karst wrote the book finite games”