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Every book Geoffrey Miller recommended on podcasts
Across 2 podcasts. Every show Geoffrey Miller appears on, in one place — not just one.
Geoffrey Miller’s most recommended books
- The Precipice by Toby Ord
- The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt
- The Moral Animal by Robert Wright
- DOOMSDAY MACHINE by ELLSBERG DANIEL
- Superintelligence by Nick Bostrom
- The Ape that Understood the Universe by Steve Stewart-Williams
- The Ethical Slut by Dossie Easton
- The Ethical Slut, Third Edition by Janet W. Hardy, Dossie Easton
- Sex at Dawn by Christopher Ryan
- Surface Detail by Iain M. Banks
Geoffrey Miller appeared on Modern Wisdom and The Joe Rogan Experience to share recommendations and discuss books centered on evolutionary psychology, human nature, technology risks, and relationships. On Modern Wisdom, he recommended Nick Bostrom's Superintelligence, calling it a great book and a must-read for understanding artificial intelligence risks. He also advised listeners to read Robert Wright's The Moral Animal for insights into human nature and relationships, alongside Steve Stewart-Williams's The Ape That Understood the Universe as part of exploring evolutionary psychology. For existential and historical threats, Miller recommended Toby Ord's The Precipice and Daniel Ellsberg's The Doomsday Machine, which examines the risks of nuclear war throughout the twentieth century. On The Joe Rogan Experience, Miller expressed strong admiration for Jonathan Haidt's work, specifically recommending The Righteous Mind to analyze tribal thinking and the deep roots of human behavior. Additionally, he mentioned Janet W. Hardy and Dossie Easton's The Ethical Slut as a guide to polyamory, providing listeners with a wide-ranging reading list spanning human behavior, society, and modern relationships.
Books recommended by Geoffrey Miller
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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“there's a great book by Toby ORD ORD who's an Oxford moral philosopher but he has worked a lot on existential risks so he did a book called The precipice right”
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The Righteous Mind
The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt is an insightful exploration of moral psychology that investigates why good people are divided by politics and religion.
Recommended“I'm a big fan of Jonathan heights work and the righteous mind and and the way he kind of analyzes this stuff”
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The Moral Animal
The Moral Animal by Robert Wright is an influential exploration of evolutionary psychology that examines how natural selection has shaped human nature, morality, relationships, and social behavior.
Discussed“uh that book's a moral animal big impact”
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DOOMSDAY MACHINE
Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner is a non-fiction book by Daniel Ellsberg that examines the terrifying risks of nuclear war and U.S.
Recommended“and i have exactly the same reaction like everybody watching this should go read toby awards to precipice they should also read daniel ellsberg's book uh the doomsday machine about the risk of nuclear war throughout the 20th century”
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Superintelligence
Superintelligence by Nick Bostrom is an influential examination of the potential paths, scenarios, and existential risks associated with the emergence of artificial superintelligence.
Recommended“Yeah so when Nick Bostrom and Oxford philosopher uh published super intelligence which is a great book another must read”
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The Ape that Understood the Universe
The Ape that Understood the Universe by Steve Stewart-Williams is an accessible exploration of evolutionary psychology that investigates human nature, culture, and the biological drivers behind modern behavior.
Recommended“i do think there's a little bit of a like a dark valley that you go through that's basically like you know maybe you read the moral animal and you read some david bostoff and some steve pinker stuff and you read yeah the the the apes that understood the universe by steve stewart williams great book”
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The Ethical Slut
The Ethical Slut by Dossie Easton and Catherine A.
Recommended“and I think like people should read sex at dawn by Christopher Ryan, but that shouldn't be the final word about you know human evolution and polyamory. What's another good book on I mean the ethical slot is a good kind of”
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The Ethical Slut, Third Edition
The Ethical Slut, Third Edition by Janet W.
Recommended“I mean the ethical slot is a good kind of... it is the ethical [ __ ]... dossie Easton and Janet Hardy”
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Sex at Dawn
Sex at Dawn by Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jethá is an exploration of human sexuality that challenges conventional ideas about monogamy by examining evolutionary biology and primate behavior.
Discussed“well if you read sex at dawn”
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Surface Detail
Surface Detail by Iain M.
Discussed“there's a there's a novel called surface detail by e m Banks where long story short in the far future”
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The evolution of human sexuality
The Evolution of Human Sexuality is a foundational anthropological text by Donald Symons that applies evolutionary theory to human mating strategies and sexual behavior.
Discussed“and then you had people like anthropologist don simons who wrote this amazing book the evolution of human sexuality in 1979 and that had a big impact on my little field evolutionary psychology”
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The Technology of Orgasm
The Technology of Orgasm by Rachel P.
Discussed“okay so there was a book back in 99 called I think the technology of orgasm that made the claim that vibrators were first invented in the Victorian era the late 1800s to help doctors bring their female patients to orgasm to cure quote hysteria”
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Books Geoffrey Miller wrote
Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shocking Ways AI Could End The World - Geoffrey Miller | Modern Wisdom | 2023-07-06 | 3 |
| An Evolutionary Psychologist's Dating Advice - Geoffrey Miller - #432 | Modern Wisdom | 2022-02-07 | 6 |
| #1173 - Geoffrey Miller | The Joe Rogan Experience | 2018-09-25 | 6 |
Other mentions (8: passing, ad reads, own books)
“and then finally the mating mind book came out in the year 2000”
“well when tucker max and i wrote that mate book we we put a lot of emphasis on just overall competence like what is attractive about a guy uh to a woman”
“primalpoly.com is my website um and probably the best books if you're interested in reading something i've written as uh the mating mind or spent or mate or virtue signaling”
“primalpoly.com is my website um and probably the best books if you're interested in reading something i've written as uh the mating mind or spent or mate or virtue signaling”
“primalpoly.com is my website um and probably the best books if you're interested in reading something i've written as uh the mating mind or spent or mate or virtue signaling”
“primalpoly.com is my website um and probably the best books if you're interested in reading something i've written as uh the mating mind or spent or mate or virtue signaling”
“I was at a bookstore and there is a feminist baby book... it says feminist baby finds her voice”
“I did a podcast with Tucker max a couple years ago the mating grounds where it was sort of related to our mate book that was dating advice for young single guys”