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Every book Erik Brynjolfsson recommended on podcasts
Books recommended by Erik Brynjolfsson
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Foundation
Foundation by Isaac Asimov is a classic science fiction masterpiece that chronicles a group of scientists working to preserve knowledge and shorten a dark age through the science of psychohistory.
Discussed“since i was a kid i was a fan of science fiction and i always saw and imagined the way that technology could change the world and you know i read isaac asimov's foundation series where he made up this profession of psycho historians”
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The Mind's I
The Mind's I is a collaborative exploration of the self and consciousness edited by Douglas R.
Discussed“well pretty early honestly i mean i definitely by high school i was reading uh you know the mind's eye and douglas hofstetter and patrick winston had a book on artificial intelligence”
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The Second Machine Age
The Second Machine Age by Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee is a prominent non-fiction book that explores the exponential power of digital technologies, artificial intelligence, and how the computer revolution is fundamentally reshaping modern economics and society.
Discussed“um but you know we actually in the book we were not pushing for universal basic income and we did not predict mass unemployment some people uh didn't read the book that carefully”
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Books Erik Brynjolfsson wrote
Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wait, The Robots Didn't Take Our Jobs? — With Erik Brynjolfsson | Big Technology Podcast | 2022-06-02 | 3 |
Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
Passing I, Robot
“and of course if you read isaac asimov it's you know irobot goes back to the 50s and 60s when he was writing some of those stories”