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Every book Dan Egan recommended on podcasts
Key facts
- Dan Egan has recommended or discussed 6 books on podcasts, as of January 3, 2017.
- Dan Egan has talked about books on 1 podcast, as of January 3, 2017.
- Those books came up in 1 episode, as of January 3, 2017.
- The 3 books Dan Egan has mentioned in the most episodes, as of January 3, 2017: The Three-Body Problem, Against the gods and Capital Ideas.
- The latest episode with a book mention from Dan Egan aired on January 3, 2017.
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Dan Egan’s most mentioned books
- The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu
- Against the gods by Peter L. Bernstein
- Capital Ideas by Peter L. Bernstein
- Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
- How To Make People Like You: Read People Like A Book, Master Small Talk, Develop Influence and Charisma, to Learn How to Talk to Anyone, Win Friends and Build Meaningful Relationships. by Sebastian Clark
- Ubik by Philip K. Dick
Dan Egan appeared on a podcast episode to discuss designing better decisions and behavioral science. During the interview, he recommended Cixin Liu's science fiction novel The Three-Body Problem, praising its exploration of intelligent species and game theory. Egan also discussed several other books that influenced his thinking, including Philip K. Dick's Ubik, which he read after hearing it mentioned at a conference and noted for its existential uncertainty. He cited Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game while discussing how science fiction examines humanity's tribal and nationalistic tendencies when encountering other intelligent species. Furthermore, Egan described how reading about the social construction of markets and their history helped lead him toward a career in finance, specifically highlighting Peter L. Bernstein's Capital Ideas and Against the Gods among the historical works he explored. He also briefly mentioned reading a short-story collection titled Your Life and People Like You.
Books Dan Egan recommended or discussed
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The Three-Body Problem
Recommended“The Three Body Problem is this book by, I'm going to mangle the name, Xixin Liu, C-I-X-I-N-L-I-U, who's a science fiction writer that's coming out of China right now.”
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Against the gods
Discussed“But then really got into like learning about the social construct of markets and, um, the history of them, like the, um, um, capital ideas and against the gods books that talk about the history.”
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Capital Ideas
Discussed“But then really got into like learning about the social construct of markets and, um, the history of them, like the, um, um, capital ideas and against the gods books that talk about the history.”
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Ender's Game
Discussed“And there's another intelligent species out there. This comes through in things like Ender's Game and everything. Like, how do we get over nationalistic tendencies and tribal tendencies and everything?”
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How To Make People Like You: Read People Like A Book, Master Small Talk, Develop Influence and Charisma, to Learn How to Talk to Anyone, Win Friends and Build Meaningful Relationships.
Discussed“One of the ones that I read recently that I really, really loved was in this book, Your Life and People Like You, I think it was, which it's a book of short stories.”
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Ubik
Discussed“I mean, I actually went after, at the conference you mentioned, Ubik, went and read it. And it really reminded me of... What did you think? It was really good.”
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Books Dan Egan wrote
Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Egan – Designing Better Decisions - [Invest Like the Best, EP.18] | Invest Like the Best | 2017-01-03 | 6 |
Other mentions (3: passing, ad reads, own books)
“well we didn't really want to imply that the lakes are are dead and I think the title first of all it's kind of a a nod to the death and life of the Great American cities and you know New York certainly isn't dead today”
“but I would Advocate and I do in the book for you know a detailed cost benefit analysis to see what is the value of these Goods coming in”
“Like, I love long form, but at the same time, there was a book, Sum, just S-U-M. It's like a bathroom book.”