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Every book Jacob Kimmel recommended on podcasts

Guest on Dwarkesh Podcast · 1 book · 1 episode across 1 podcast

Books recommended by Jacob Kimmel

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  1. Through the Looking-Glass

    Lewis Carroll, Lewis Carroll, Lily Mathew, Lewis Lewis Carroll · Discussed · 1 episode

    Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll is a classic children's fantasy novel and the sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, featuring famous scenes like Alice and the Red Queen running to stay in place.

    Discussed
    “It's an allusion to the story in Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass, where the Red Queen is running really fast just to stay in place.”
    Dwarkesh Podcast Evolution designed us to die fast; we can change that — Jacob Kimmel 2025-08-21 Listen at 13:33
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Appearances

EpisodePodcastDateBooks
Evolution designed us to die fast; we can change that — Jacob KimmelDwarkesh Podcast2025-08-211
Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
Passing Rip Van Winkle
“I imagine if we were to Rip Van Winkle ourselves into 2100 and wake up, the way we will be delivering these nucleic acid payloads is actually by engineering cells to do it, to perform this very ornate function.”
Dwarkesh Podcast Evolution designed us to die fast; we can change that — Jacob Kimmel 2025-08-21 Listen at 55:52