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Every book Eric Schmidt recommended on podcasts
Key facts
- Eric Schmidt has recommended or discussed 3 books on podcasts, as of October 26, 2021.
- Eric Schmidt has talked about books on 2 podcasts, as of October 26, 2021.
- Those books came up in 2 episodes, as of October 26, 2021.
- The 2 books Eric Schmidt has mentioned in the most episodes, as of October 26, 2021: Neuromancer and Seveneves.
- The latest episode with a book mention from Eric Schmidt aired on October 26, 2021.
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Across 2 podcasts. Every show Eric Schmidt appears on, in one place, not just one.
Eric Schmidt discussed several books across different podcast appearances to illustrate themes of technology, science fiction, and leadership. On The Tim Ferriss Show, he agreed with the host's praise of William Gibson's Neuromancer and brought up Neal Stephenson's Seveneves as an extraordinary composition emphasizing the importance of humanity surviving the destruction of the Earth. Furthermore, on The Jordan Harbinger Show, Schmidt discussed Trillion-Dollar Coach, co-authored by Alan Eagle and Jonathan Rosenberg, explaining the profound impact and immense value created by executive coach Bill Campbell.
Books Eric Schmidt recommended or discussed
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Seveneves
Discussed“If you look at Seveneves, Mhm. a Neal Stephenson book, it's an extraordinary composition of of the importance of of humanity surviving the destruction of the Earth.”
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Trillion-dollar Coach
Discussed“certainly the greatest executive coach that has ever lived he also created more value than anyone else That's why we call him the trillion dollar coach Apple and Google together are almost two trillion dollars of value”
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Books Eric Schmidt wrote
- Trillion-dollar Coach
- Genesis: Artificial Intelligence, Hope, and the Human Spirit
- How Google Works
- The Age of A.I.
Appearances
Other mentions (7: passing, ad reads, own books)
“now in our book with Genesis we argue that you're going to have that in your pocket”
Plugged How Google Works
“so in the how Google works book and the ultimately in the trillion dollar coach book which is about Bill Campbell we talked a lot about how the CEO is now the chief product officer”
Plugged Trillion-dollar Coach
“so in the how Google works book and the ultimately in the trillion dollar coach book which is about Bill Campbell we talked a lot about how the CEO is now the chief product officer”
“The the Genesis Book is fundamentally about what happens to society with the arrival of this new intelligence”
Plugged The Age of A.I.
“the first book we did age of AI was right before chat GPT”
Plugged The Age of A.I.
“In our collaboration, the book suggestion was actually from Dr. Kissinger. And what he basically said is that we have an opportunity to architect the questions that need to get answered in the next 10, 20, 30 years.”
Passing Ready Player One
“An example that I used, which is for example, you can see it in the movie Ready Player One, where people cross over and they spend most of their time in a in a virtual world is true for many many teenagers.”


