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Every book Geoffrey Miller recommended on podcasts
Geoffrey Miller appears on podcasts such as Modern Wisdom and The Joe Rogan Experience to discuss complex topics intersecting human behavior, evolutionary psychology, and the potential risks of advanced technologies. Throughout his podcast appearances, Miller recommends and analyzes various influential works that span science, philosophy, and relationships. He describes Nick Bostrom's Superintelligence as a must-read book regarding existential risks related to artificial intelligence. In a similar vein of existential threats, Miller discusses Toby Ord's The Precipice to examine how moral philosophers quantify risks to humanity's future, and he cites Iain M. Banks' novel Surface Detail to explain the concept of suffering risk in advanced technological eras. When exploring human psychology and tribalism, Miller highlights Jonathan Haidt's The Righteous Mind, noting that he is a big fan of Haidt's analytical work on human behavior. Additionally, Miller delves into topics of human evolution and relationships, recommending Dossie Easton and Janet W. Hardy's The Ethical Slut as a foundational guide to polyamory, while also referencing Christopher Ryan's Sex at Dawn. Finally, he mentions historical claims about medical treatments from Rachel P. Maines' The Technology of Orgasm, showcasing the broad interdisciplinary range of his literary discussions.
Books recommended by Geoffrey Miller
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The Righteous Mind
The Righteous Mind by Jonathan Haidt is a groundbreaking work of political psychology that investigates why good people are divided by politics and religion, arguing that human beings are fundamentally intuitive creatures who use logic merely to retrofit post-hoc justifications.
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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Superintelligence
Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies by Nick Bostrom is a widely influential philosophy and computer science book that examines the existential risks and control problems associated with the emergence of artificial general intelligence.
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 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 Jetha is an evolutionary anthropology book that challenges traditional assumptions about human monogamy by arguing that our prehistoric ancestors practiced a more fluid, polyamorous form of mating.
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 Precipice
The Precipice by Toby Ord is a comprehensive exploration of existential risks and the various threats that could potentially bring about the end of human 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 Technology of Orgasm
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 |
| #1173 - Geoffrey Miller | The Joe Rogan Experience | 2018-09-25 | 6 |
Other mentions (2: passing, ad reads, own books)
“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”