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Dwarkesh Patel’s book recommendations in 2024

15 books · 7 episodes · Dwarkesh Patel’s most recommended books, all years →

Every episode from 2024, newest first

Daniel Yergin — Oil destroyed Hitler, fracking destroyed Putin

Dwarkesh Podcast · 2024-09-18

The Prize by Daniel Yergin · discussed · at 4:45
The New Map by Daniel Yergin · discussed · at 1:05:18

David Reich — How one small tribe conquered the world 70,000 years ago

Dwarkesh Podcast · 2024-08-29

Who We Are and How We Got Here by David Reich · discussed · at 7:50
How We Got Here by David Frum · discussed · at 7:50
Against the Grain by James C. Scott · discussed · at 41:34

Joe Carlsmith — Preventing an AI takeover

Dwarkesh Podcast · 2024-08-22

The Abolition of Man by C.S. Lewis · discussed · at 47:42

Tony Blair — Why political leaders keep failing at major change

Dwarkesh Podcast · 2024-06-26

A Journey by Tony Blair · discussed · at 5:11

Leopold Aschenbrenner — 2027 AGI, China/US super-intelligence race, & the return of history

Dwarkesh Podcast · 2024-06-04

The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Isaevich Solzhenit︠s︡yn · discussed · at 36:16
Freedom's Forge by Arthur Herman · discussed · at 50:36

Sholto Douglas & Trenton Bricken — How LLMs actually think

Dwarkesh Podcast · 2024-03-28

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes [12 stories] by Arthur Conan Doyle · discussed · at 26:26
The Symbolic Species by Terrence W. Deacon · discussed · at 1:27:57

Tyler Cowen — Hayek, Keynes, & Smith on AI, animal spirits, anarchy, & growth

Dwarkesh Podcast · 2024-01-31

What is Humanism and Why Does it Matter? by Anthony B. Pinn · discussed · at 0:15
General Theory Of Employment , Interest And Money by John Maynard Keynes · discussed · at 1:34
The Road to Serfdom by F. A. Hayek · discussed · at 23:03
Fossil Future by Alex Epstein · discussed · at 38:55

Other mentions in 2024 (13: passing, ad reads, own books)