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Every book Dr. Bradley Garrett recommended on podcasts
Dr. Bradley Garrett is a researcher and author who focuses on infrastructure, urban exploration, and existential risks, as evidenced by his appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience. During the podcast, Dr. Garrett discussed several books that explore catastrophic scenarios, underground survival, and societal vulnerabilities. He brought up Hugh Howey's science fiction novel Wool to draw direct parallels between fictional underground silos and real-life survivalist bunkers constructed by people preparing for societal collapse. To illustrate the fragility of modern infrastructure, Dr. Garrett discussed Ted Koppel's book Lights Out, using it to explain the severe threats posed by potential cyberattacks or Carrington-level solar events capable of disabling the electrical grid. Continuing the theme of existential threats to humanity, he also referenced Toby Ord's book The Precipice, examining the various catastrophic risks that could endanger the future of civilization. Through these references, Dr. Garrett connected popular speculative fiction and serious non-fiction research to real-world vulnerabilities and emergency preparedness.
Books recommended by Dr. Bradley Garrett
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Lights out
Lights Out by Ted Koppel is a work of investigative journalism that examines the severe vulnerabilities of America's electric grid and the potential devastation of a major cyber attack.
Discussed“actually what what i end up reading later in in both ted koppel's book lights out and also in uh this book by toby oard at the university of oxford called the prep the precipice”
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The Precipice
The Precipice by Toby Ord is a comprehensive examination of existential risks and the future of humanity, assessing the various perils that could threaten the survival of civilization.
Discussed“actually what what i end up reading later in in both ted koppel's book lights out and also in uh this book by toby oard at the university of oxford called the prep the precipice”
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Wool
Wool by Hugh Howey is a post-apocalyptic science fiction novel set in a vast underground silo where humanity survives under strict rules.
Discussed“so there's a there's a there's a science fiction novel by this guy hugh howey um wool have you ever read that”
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Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1515 - Dr. Bradley Garrett | The Joe Rogan Experience | 2020-07-28 | 3 |
Other mentions (3: passing, ad reads, own books)
“one of the communities that i worked with while i was writing this book bunker was a community in south dakota where there's there's 575 uh sort of semi-subterranean concrete bunkers”
“i've written my phd i published my first book explore everything about all of our our uh or i hadn't published the book yet actually and i i fly to cambodia”
“so the so the first book that is all about my time with the urban explorers and uh our trespasses into the underground and also into skyscrapers and abandoned buildings that was called explore everything i wrote that in uh that was published in 2013 and that's what it is for everything that's got the whole story of the court”