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Lex Fridman's book recommendations
Across 3 podcasts. Every show Lex Fridman appears on, in one place — not just one.
Lex Fridman is an American computer scientist and podcaster. Since 2018, he has hosted the Lex Fridman Podcast, where he interviews notable figures from various fields such as science, technology, sports, the arts, and politics. During his podcast episodes, Fridman frequently recommends and discusses various books with his listeners and guests. He highlighted Andrew Scull's works Madness in Civilization and Desperate Remedies, suggesting them as cultural histories of insanity and psychiatry. When discussing the Roman Empire, he recommended Marcus Aurelius's Meditations as an insightful look into the mind of a humble leader. For those interested in technology, Fridman recommended Sebastian Raschka's books Build a Large Language Model (From Scratch) and Build a Reasoning Model (From Scratch) as valuable resources for both beginners and experts. Additionally, he introduced Paul Rosolie's book Junglekeeper, encouraging listeners to pre-order it to read intense stories about the author's time in the jungle and encounters with uncontacted tribes.
Books recommended by Lex Fridman
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L.
Discussed“On the bias front, for example, The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William Shirer is a good example. It is full of bias. But he was there, and to me, he has written probably one of the greatest, if not the greatest, book on the Third Reich ever.”
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A new kind of science
A New Kind of Science by Stephen Wolfram is a sprawling foundational text that explores cellular automata, complexity theory, and alternative computational models for understanding the universe.
Discussed“I'm deeply grateful that you wrote a new kind of science, that you explored this mystery of cellular automata and inspired this one little kid in me to, to pursue artificial intelligence in all this beautiful world.”
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Meditations
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius is a timeless collection of personal reflections and Stoic philosophy written by the Roman emperor.
Recommended“Marcus Aurelius in the Roman Empire is an example that, you know, reading Meditations is also just an insight into the mind of a man who's to himself”
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Build a Large Language Model (From Scratch)
Build a Large Language Model (From Scratch) by Sebastian Raschka is a technical programming guide that teaches readers how to construct and understand large language models.
Recommended“Sebastian is the author of two books I highly recommend for beginners and experts alike. First is Build a Large Language Model from Scratch and Build a Reasoning Model from Scratch.”
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Build a Reasoning Model (From Scratch)
Build a Reasoning Model (From Scratch) by Sebastian Raschka is a technical guide that explores the creation and implementation of advanced artificial intelligence reasoning models.
Recommended“Sebastian is the author of two books I highly recommend for beginners and experts alike. First is Build a Large Language Model from Scratch and Build a Reasoning Model from Scratch.”
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On the Road
On the Road by Jack Kerouac is a seminal autobiographical novel that chronicles the cross-country road trips of its protagonist and captures the restless energy of the Beat Generation.
Discussed“The end of On The Road by Kerouac: "Forlorn rags of growing... ...old." I just remember closing that and thinking, "What the fuck am I doing in this big... ...world?"”
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Abundance
Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson is a widely debated book that outlines a policy manifesto for progressives, arguing that the political left should embrace economic growth and the actual construction of physical infrastructure.
Recommended“Together they've written a new book, simply titled Abundance, that lays out a kind of manifesto for the left. It is already a controversial, widely debated book, but I think it puts forward a powerful vision”
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Siddhartha
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse is a classic philosophical novel that follows a young man's spiritual journey of self-discovery, asceticism, and ultimate enlightenment along the banks of a river in ancient India.
Discussed“The book is "Siddhartha" by Herman Hesse.”
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Deep Work
Deep Work by Cal Newport is a guide to cultivating undistracted focus and achieving peak productivity in an increasingly noisy world.
Recommended“And I'm very much with Cal Newport on this, he wrote "Deep Work," and a lot of other amazing books.”
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The Idiot
The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky is a profound 19th-century Russian novel that follows the compassionate, innocent, and deeply misunderstood Prince Myshkin as he navigates the cynical and corrupt high society of St.
Discussed“Dostoyevski said, "Beauty will save the world" in "The Idiot," one of my favorite books of his. What is beauty to you?”
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams's comedic science fiction masterpiece "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" follows the absurd interstellar travels of Arthur Dent after Earth is unexpectedly demolished to make way for a hyperspace bypass.
Recommended“And now let me leave you with some words from Douglas Adams in "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy": "Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun."”
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Life 3.0
Life 3.0 by Max Tegmark is a compelling exploration of artificial intelligence and its potential to radically reshape the future of human life, intelligence, and civilization.
Discussed“Well, allow me to briefly look at the book, which at this point is becoming more and more visionary that you've written, I guess over five years ago, "Life 3.0."”
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What's Our Problem?
What's Our Problem? by Tim Urban is a self-help book for societies that examines political tribalism, ideological extremism, and the breakdown of modern discourse through illustrated analysis.
Recommended“He's the author and illustrator of the amazing blog called Wait But Why, and is the author of a new book coming out tomorrow called What's Our Problem, A Self-Help Book For Societies. We talk a lot about this book in this podcast, but you really do need to get it and experience it for yourself.”
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The Unseen Body
The Unseen Body by Jonathan Reisman is a nonfiction book that explores human anatomy through unconventional perspectives.
Recommended“i should say for people that should uh read your book they will come face to face with the fact that you do not shy away from the weird and the wonderful of the human body it's like it's fun but it's honest”
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The Bitcoin Standard
Saifedean Ammous's "The Bitcoin Standard" offers a detailed exploration of the history of money and argues for the economic necessity of a hard, decentralized currency rooted in Austrian economic principles.
Discussed“People should know that you've written the book "The Bitcoin Standard" from 2018, I believe.”
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Projections
Projections by Karl Deisseroth is a remarkable exploration of human emotions and brain function told through stories of psychiatric practice and scientific research.
Recommended“actually uh Carl daero gu daero he he uh wrote the book projections one of my favorite first of all just as you said incredible writer just amazing just I mean if you wrote fiction if you wrote those kinds of things I'm curious to see where he goes with his writing”
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Fundamentals
Fundamentals: Ten Keys to Reality by Frank Wilczek is a concise exploration of core scientific principles that shape our understanding of the universe, the nature of reality, and our place within it.
Recommended“in your book fundamentals 10 keys to reality i'd really recommend people read it you uh you say that space and time are pretty big or very big”
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Seven and a Half Lessons about the Brain
Seven and a Half Lessons about the Brain by Lisa Feldman Barrett is an accessible and concise introduction to the human brain that explores neuroscience, emotions, and how the mind constructs reality.
Recommended“her new book called 7 and a half lessons about the brain is out now as of a couple of days ago so you should definitely support Lisa by buying it and sharing with friends if you like it it's a great short intro to the human brain”
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The War of Art
Steven Pressfield's The War of Art serves as a profound guide for creatives, entrepreneurs, and thinkers seeking to understand and conquer the psychological barriers that hinder productivity and inspiration.
Recommended“the following is a conversation with Steven Pressfield author of several powerful nonfiction and historical fiction books including the war of art a book that had a big impact on my life and the life of millions of people whose passion is to create an art science business sport and everywhere else”
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What It Takes
What It Takes by Stephen A.
Recommended“i recommend his recent book called what it takes that tells stories and lessons from his personal journey”
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Desperate Remedies
Desperate Remedies is an investigative and historical study examining psychiatry's long and often troubled efforts to understand, treat, and cure mental illness.
Recommended“and Desperate Remedies: Psychiatry's Turbulent Quest to Cure Mental Illness.”
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Madness in Civilization
Madness in Civilization is a comprehensive historical examination of how societies have perceived, categorized, and treated mental illness from biblical times through the era of Sigmund Freud and into the advent of modern psychiatric medicine.
Recommended“He has authored many books that I highly recommend including Madness in Civilization: A Cultural History of Insanity from the Bible to Freud, from the Madhouse to Modern Medicine”
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Junglekeeper
Paul Rosolie's memoir and exploration of the Amazon rainforest details harrowing encounters with uncontacted tribes and the high cost of environmental conservation.
Recommended“He has a new book coming out in a few days titled Jungle Keeper that you should definitely go pre-order now. It tells some intense stories about his time in the jungle over the past several years, building up to a few epic recent events, including a new extended encounter with a non-contacted tribe that we discuss in this podcast.”
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Man's Search for Meaning
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E.
Discussed“- And also, I mean, Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl. - Yeah. Oh, yeah.”
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Green Crime
Green Crime by Julia Shaw is a detailed investigation into the illicit global underworld of environmental offenses, exploring poachers, illegal gold miners, and corporate frauds.
Recommended“Her books include Evil, about the psychology of murder and sadism, The Memory Illusion, about false memories, Bi, about bisexuality, and her new book that you should definitely go order now called Green Crime, which is a study of the dark underworld of poachers, illegal gold miners, corporate frauds, hitmen, and all kinds of other environmental criminals.”
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Brave New World
Aldous Huxley's Brave New World is a chilling dystopian masterpiece that envisions a technologically advanced future society sustained by pharmacological distraction, engineered conformity, and the systematic eradication of deep human emotion and critical thought.
Discussed“Of course, "The Trial" is a work of fiction, but I think it is often useful to go to the surreal world of literature, even of the over-the-top dystopian variety like "1984," "Animal Farm," "Brave New World," "The Trial," "The Castle," "Metamorphosis," even "The Plague" by Albert Camus...”
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THE PLAGUE
The Plague by Albert Camus is a classic existentialist novel that uses the allegorical setting of a city struck by a deadly epidemic to explore profound themes of human suffering, absurdism, collective responsibility, and resilience.
Discussed“Of course, "The Trial" is a work of fiction, but I think it is often useful to go to the surreal world of literature, even of the over-the-top dystopian variety like "1984," "Animal Farm," "Brave New World," "The Trial," "The Castle," "Metamorphosis," even "The Plague" by Albert Camus...”
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A Hunger Artist
A Hunger Artist by Franz Kafka is a classic collection of short fiction featuring psychological depth, themes of isolation, and existential struggle.
Recommended“I can also highly recommend Kafka's "In the Penal Colony" and "Hunger Artist." Both are too interesting and weird to explain in depth here. But let me say, "The Hunger Artist" is a story that I think is relevant to our modern-day attention economy...”
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In the Penal Colony
In the Penal Colony is a classic short story by Franz Kafka that explores themes of justice, punishment, absolute authority, and the mechanics of a brutal execution apparatus on a remote island.
Recommended“I can also highly recommend Kafka's "In the Penal Colony" and "Hunger Artist."”
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The Trial
Franz Kafka's renowned novel "The Trial" tells the chilling story of Josef K., a respectable bank officer who is abruptly arrested on his birthday for an unspecified crime by an amorphous, incomprehensible judicial system.
Discussed“There's a story literally about the situation that he wrote, perhaps predicted, called "The Trial," where a person is arrested for no reason that anybody can explain and is stuck in the judicial system for a long time.”
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Slave Narratives a Folk History of Slavery in the United States
Slave Narratives a Folk History of Slavery in the United States by the Work Projects Administration compiles historical interviews and firsthand accounts from former slaves.
Recommended“By the way in this topic, firsthand accounts of slavery could be read in "Slave Narratives, A Folk History of Slavery in the United States", from interviews with former slaves.”
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Voices from slavery : 100 authentic slave narratives
Voices from slavery : 100 authentic slave narratives is a compilation of firsthand historical accounts detailing the experiences of individuals who lived through slavery.
Recommended“I can recommend the book that I've been reading, which is "Voices from Slavery, 100 Authentic Slave Narratives."”
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Life Ascending
Life Ascending by Nick Lane is an exploration of the ten greatest evolutionary inventions that shaped the history of life on Earth, ranging from DNA and photosynthesis to complex cells and consciousness.
Recommended“Really, we can go back to the entire history of life on Earth, and a previous podcast guest, Nick Lane, does a great job of this in his book, "Life Ascending," listing these 10 major inventions throughout the evolution of life on Earth, like DNA, photosynthesis, complex cells, sex, movement, sight, all those kinds of things.”
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Man's Search For Ultimate Meaning
Man's Search for Ultimate Meaning by Viktor Frankl is a profound psychological and philosophical work by a Holocaust survivor that explores how human beings can confront extreme suffering and find profound purpose in life.
Recommended“One is uh man's search for meaning about Victor Franco sort of this philosophical thing about how a human being can confront that and find meaning and what it mean what what does the human condition look like in the context of such uh evil.”
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The Metaverse
The Metaverse: And How It Will Revolutionize Everything by Matthew Ball is a comprehensive examination of the emerging digital frontier, detailing the technologies, economic structures, and cultural shifts that will define the next evolution of the internet.
Recommended“He wrote a really great book that I recommend people check out.”
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Confidence Man
Confidence Man by Maggie Haberman is a biography of Donald Trump that examines his career as a real estate developer in New York and his subsequent political trajectory.
Recommended“if you read, say, Maggie Haberman's great biography of Donald Trump, "Confidence Man"”
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Demian
Demian by Hermann Hesse is a classic coming-of-age psychological novel that explores a young protagonist's painful awakening from the illusions of conventional childhood into a deeper, more authentic understanding of the dualities inherent in human nature and morality.
Recommended“I would recommend to read "Demian" when you are younger,”
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Steppenwolf
Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse is a classic philosophical novel that delves deeply into the profound alienation of a man torn between his humanity and his inner wolfish nature, struggling intensely with bourgeois society and spiritual despair.
Recommended“"Steppenwolf" when you are older,”
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The Glass Bead Game
The Glass Bead Game by Hermann Hesse is a philosophical novel that explores an intellectual elite engaged in a complex, meditative game uniting all branches of knowledge and art.
Recommended“and "The Glass Bead Game" if you want to take on Hesse's magnum opus, that rigorously explores the ways the human mind and human civilization can engage in the pursuit of knowledge, wisdom, and meaning.”
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The Nvidia Way
The Nvidia Way by Tae Kim is a recent business and technology book that examines the corporate culture, strategic vision, and operational history of semiconductor giant Nvidia.
Recommended“There's this recent book, "The Nvidia Way" by Tae Kim, that details this and they're how they look for future opportunities”
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Milton Friedman
Milton Friedman by Jennifer Burns is a comprehensive biography exploring the life, ideas, and intellectual legacy of the influential conservative economist.
Recommended“She wrote two biographies, one on Milton Friedman and the other on Ayn Rand, both of which I highly recommend.”
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Russo-Ukrainian War
The Russo-Ukrainian War by Serhii Plokhy is a comprehensive historical analysis that examines the complex geopolitical roots, historical grievances, and unfolding events behind the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
Recommended“If forced to recommend two, at this moment, I would say the Russo-Ukrainian War by Serhii Plokhy and The Showman by Simon Schuster, which is a good personal behind-the-scenes biography of the President focused on 2022.”
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Fighting Soul
Why people recommend it: Fighting Soul by Ari Rabin-Havt is a compelling political book that chronicles the journey of Senator Bernie Sanders on the campaign trail.
Discussed“So Ari Rabin-Havt, who was a former deputy campaign manager, wrote a great book I would say about you, called The Fighting Soul, on the Road with Bernie Sanders.”
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Life As No One Knows It
Life As No One Knows It by Sara Imari Walker is an exploration of the physics behind the emergence of life and the complex principles governing biological systems across the universe.
Recommended“She has written an amazing new upcoming book titled, "Life as No One Knows It: The Physics of Life's Emergence." This book is coming out on August 6th, so please go pre-order it now.”
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Dune
Frank Herbert’s classic science fiction masterpiece Dune is widely celebrated as an epic space opera exploring ecology, religion, and political power on a desert planet.
Recommended“And now let me leave you with some words from Frank Herbert in "Dune".”
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Something Deeply Hidden
Something Deeply Hidden by Sean Carroll is an accessible yet rigorous exploration of quantum mechanics, focusing heavily on the many-worlds interpretation and the nature of emergent spacetime.
Discussed“You wrote the book "Something Deeply Hidden on the Mysteries of Quantum Mechanics" and a new book coming out soon, part of that, "Biggest Ideas in the Universe" series we mentioned called "Quanta and Fields."”
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Biggest Ideas in the Universe
Biggest Ideas in the Universe by Sean M.
Recommended“He is a theoretical physicist at Johns Hopkins, host of the Mindscape Podcast that I personally love and highly recommend, and author of many books, including the most recent book series called 'The Biggest Ideas in the Universe,' the first book of which is titled 'Space, Time, and Motion,' and it's on the topic of general relativity.”
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Quanta and Fields
Quanta and Fields is an accessible yet rigorous exploration of quantum mechanics and field theory, serving as the second installment in a specialized physics series.
Recommended“And the second coming out on May 14th, so you should definitely pre-order it, is titled "Quanta and Fields."”
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Elon Musk
Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson is a comprehensive biography exploring the tumultuous life, career, and complex psychology of one of the world's most prominent technology entrepreneurs.
Discussed“Walter Isaacson, in his new biography of you, wrote about your difficult childhood. Will you ever find forgiveness in your heart for everything that has happened to you during that period of your life?”
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Prisoners of Geography
Tim Marshall's Prisoners of Geography is an insightful geopolitical book that examines how physical features like mountains, rivers, and seas shape the destiny, conflicts, and political strategies of nations.
Recommended“- And I should mention, 'cause you mentioned geography, one of the many books you've recommended to me that gives a very interesting perspective on history, it's called "Prisoners of Geography" by Tim Marshall.”
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How to stay in love
How to Stay in Love by Charlie W.
Recommended“You write in the book, which everybody should get, it's a great book, it's a great read, it's a window into your soul.”
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The Myth of Sisyphus
The Myth of Sisyphus is a 1942 philosophical essay by Albert Camus exploring the concept of the absurd and the meaning of human existence through the mythological tale of a man condemned to roll a boulder up a hill for eternity.
Discussed“Camus said, I believe, in "Myth of Sisyphus," "the only way to deal with an unfree world, is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion."”
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A short history of nearly everything
A short history of nearly everything by Bill Bryson is an engaging and accessible popular science journey that breaks down the vast mysteries of the universe, evolution, and human discovery into terms anyone can understand.
Recommended“And now let me leave you some words from Bill Bryson in his book, "A Short History of Nearly Everything."”
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Love and Math
Love and Math by Edward Frenkel is a popular mathematics book that blends memoir with an accessible exploration of advanced concepts like the Langlands program, arguing that numbers possess an intrinsic beauty akin to art.
Discussed“You open your book "Love and Math" with a question. "How does one become a mathematician? There are many ways that this can happen. Let me tell you how it happened to me."”
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Our Mathematical Universe
Our Mathematical Universe by Max Tegmark is a popular science book exploring the hypothesis that ultimate reality is fundamentally mathematical in nature.
Discussed“- What do you think of Max Tegmark who wrote the book "Mathematical Universe"?”
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Project Hail Mary
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir is a gripping science fiction novel that chronicles a lone astronaut's desperate mission to save humanity from an extinction-level threat.
Recommended“have you read Andy we's project Hail Mary I have not no you're going to love it”
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Solaris
Solaris by Stanisław Lem is a classic science fiction novel about a scientific research station hovering above an enigmatic, sentient ocean planet that manifests the deeply repressed psychological traumas of the human crew.
Recommended“and now let me leave you with some words from stanislav Lam and Solaris how do you expect to communicate with the ocean when we can't even understand one another”
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Bloodlands
Bloodlands by Timothy Snyder is a historical account examining the mass violence and geopolitical conflicts that occurred in Europe between Hitler and Stalin.
Discussed“but another excellent book on on the topic and by the way thank you for recommending that to me”
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Stalin and Europe
Stalin and Europe by Timothy Snyder and Ray Brandon is a harrowing historical examination of the devastating mass killings, state-sponsored violence, and human suffering that occurred in the borderlands between Germany and the Soviet Union during the twentieth century.
Discussed“but another excellent book on on the topic and by the way thank you for recommending that to me”
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Cool it
Cool It by Bjrn Lomborg is a pragmatic environmental book that challenges conventional climate alarms and advocates for cost-effective, prioritized solutions to global issues.
Recommended“Bjørn Lomborg is the president of the Copenhagen Consensus Think Tank and the author of 'False Alarm', 'Cool It', and 'Skeptical Environmentalist'.”
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Transformer
Transformer by Nick Lane is a deep exploration of the chemistry of life and death, examining bioenergetics and the fundamental processes that animate biological systems.
Recommended“The following is a conversation with Nick Lane, a biochemist at University College London, an author of some of my favorite books on biology science and life ever written, including his two most recent, titled "Transformer: The Deep Chemistry of Life and Death" and "The Vital Question: Why is Life the Way it is?"”
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Vital Question
Vital Question by Nick Lane is a landmark biochemistry book exploring the deepest origins of life and how biological energy evolved.
Recommended“The following is a conversation with Nick Lane, a biochemist at University College London, an author of some of my favorite books on biology science and life ever written, including his two most recent, titled "Transformer: The Deep Chemistry of Life and Death" and "The Vital Question: Why is Life the Way it is?"”
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Superintelligence
Superintelligence by Nick Bostrom is a rigorous philosophical exploration of the potential existential risks, pathways, and ultimate consequences of creating artificial intelligence that vastly surpasses human cognitive capabilities.
Discussed“so you know if you read boston i'm sure you have you know bostrom nick bostrom”
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Debunking Neo-classical Economics
Debunking Neo-classical Economics is an academic critique by economist Steve Keen that challenges traditional economic models and mainstream neoclassical theories regarding market equilibrium, debt, and monetary dynamics.
Recommended“he has written several books I recommend including the new economics and Manifesto and debunking economics”
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The neuroscience of intelligence
The Neuroscience of Intelligence by Richard J.
Recommended“You give, first of all, you have a great book on the neuroscience of intelligence.”
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Deep Undercover
Deep Undercover by Jack Barsky and Cindy Coloma is a riveting memoir detailing Barsky's extraordinary life as an undercover KGB sleeper agent operating inside the United States during the Cold War.
Discussed“The following is a conversation with Jack Barsky, a former KGB spy, author of "Deep Undercover" and the subject of an excellent podcast series called "The Agent."”
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Story
Story by Robert McKee is a comprehensive guide to screenwriting and the fundamental structures of drama, comedy, and narrative across millennia, serving as an essential resource for writers and creators.
Recommended“have you ever read the book story no by robert mckee you should read this and this is what i read when it's 26. story by robert mckee and it's a book all about the waste due script writing the prototypical types of scripts drama comedy and how it's been shown over you know millennia how these stories are done”
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Surface Detail
Surface Detail by Iain M.
Recommended“Have you read 'Surface Detail' by Ian Banks?”
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The Art of War
The Art of War by Sun Tzu is an ancient military treatise on strategy, tactical awareness, and understanding adversaries that continues to guide modern readers in various fields.
Discussed“let me ask you this because you quote sun tzu in the art of war there's no instance of a country having benefited from prolonged warfare this is the main thesis”
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Sickening
Sickening by John Abramson is a critical examination of how the pharmaceutical industry influences American healthcare, scientific research, and medical practices.
Discussed“you wrote the book overdosed america and the new book coming out now called sickening about how big pharma broke american healthcare including science and research and how we can fix it”
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Principles
Principles by Ray Dalio is a prominent business and life guide outlining systematic approaches to decision-making, management, and understanding economic cycles.
Recommended“author of a book i highly recommend called principles and also a new book called principles for dealing with a changing world order that looks at the geopolitics of today”
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The culture code
The Culture Code by Daniel Coyle investigates the underlying dynamics of successful groups, arguing that effective organizational culture is built through psychological safety, vulnerability, and shared purpose.
Recommended“Have you read the book the talent code yeah it's great and that kind of talks about these talent hot spots all around the world”
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The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea is a classic novella by Ernest Hemingway about an aging Cuban fisherman who struggles with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream.
Discussed“there's probably echoes that represent the 20th century now in old man in the sea by hemingway that also has similar i guess themes”
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Siddhartha
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse is a philosophical novel that follows a young man's spiritual journey of self-discovery in ancient India.
Discussed“like with siddhartha there's more almost like a buddhist”
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2001, a Space Odyssey
2001, a Space Odyssey by Arthur C.
Recommended“and now let me leave you some words from arthur c clarke who is the author of 2001 a space odyssey it may be that our role on this planet is not to worship god but to create him”
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Why Do Moths Drink Elephants' Tears?
Matt Walker's exploration of sleep science provides deep insights into the biological necessity and restorative functions of slumber.
Recommended“the following is a conversation with matt walker sleep scientist professor of neuroscience and psychology at berkeley author of why we sleep and the host of a new podcast called the matt walker podcast”
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A Study of the Effects of Ego Dejection and Elation in an Academic Life Situation by the Psychogalvanic Technique
A Study of the Effects of Ego Dejection and Elation in an Academic Life Situation by the Psychogalvanic Technique is an academic research work written by Chris William Kyriazis.
Recommended“he has lived one hell of a life of hardship and triumph as he writes about in his book called the ego and the dragon”
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The Fighter's Mind
The Fighter's Mind by Sam Sheridan is a compelling non-fiction book that explores the psychology, mental toughness, and cognitive strategies employed by elite martial artists and fighters.
Recommended“He also has the book, what? 'A Fighter's Mind.' - Yeah, that was the third one. He's actually an excellent writer.”
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Duel at Dawn
Duel at Dawn by Amir Alexander is a historical book that investigates the intersection of mathematics, culture, and the tradition of dueling among intellectuals.
Recommended“i think i'm gonna pick up on something you said i think you would love a book called duel at dawn by amir alexander which i think some of the things you're responding to what i wrote i think i first got turned on to by amir's work”
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Free Will
Free Will is a concise philosophical book by Sam Harris that argues humans do not possess conscious control over their actions.
Recommended“and now let me leave you with some words from sam harris in his book free will you are not controlling the storm and you are not lost in it you are the storm”
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Hitler
Ian Kershaw's massive, definitive two-volume biography of Adolf Hitler provides an exhaustive historical examination of the dictator's life, rise to power, and the regime he forged.
Recommended“he showed up to this conversation with a gift of the second volume of ian kershaw's biography on hitler a two-volume set that is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest if not the greatest most definitive studies of hitler”
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A World Without Email
A World Without Email by Cal Newport is a productivity guide exploring how organizations and individuals can escape the trap of constant communication overhead and digital distraction.
Discussed“he has a new book out called a world without email where he argues brilliantly i would say that email is destroying productivity in companies and in our lives”
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Drinking: A Love Story
Drinking: A Love Story by Caroline Knapp is a powerful and candid memoir chronicling the author's complex, destructive, and ultimately transformative relationship with alcohol.
Recommended“people laughing that that sound is kind of like carolyn knapp who wrote a book called drinking a love story which is a really good book about not drinking drinking and then not drinking”
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Extraterrestrial
Extraterrestrial by Avi Loeb is a popular science book that presents the controversial theory that an interstellar object known as 'Oumuamua was actually a piece of advanced technology created by an alien civilization.
Recommended“he has authored over 800 papers and written eight books including his latest called extraterrestrial the first sign of intelligent life beyond earth”
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Creative Selection
Creative Selection by Ken Kocienda is an insider's account of working as a software engineer at Apple, detailing the iterative design processes and relentless product quality obsession that defined the company's culture under Steve Jobs.
Recommended“you as an engineer like there's that book uh creative selection i don't know if you read it by a apple engineer named ken cocienda”
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Calculating God
Calculating God by Robert J.
Recommended“You really need to be calculating god by sawyer It's a you'll read it in a night It's a very easy read But it's assuming you're that kind of reader But it's a it's a good story And it's kind of about this but not in a way that it appears And i uh really enjoyed the thought experiment um”
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The Better Angels of Our Nature
The Better Angels of Our Nature by Steven Pinker is a comprehensive historical study arguing that violence has steadily declined throughout human history.
Discussed“so you again i want to go back to pinker yeah and the better angels of our nature the whole concept that civilization and the act of civilizing has dramatically reduced violence dramatically”
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How Emotions Are Made
How Emotions Are Made by Lisa Feldman Barrett is a revolutionary neuroscience book exploring how the brain constructs emotions rather than merely reacting to them.
Discussed“So um maybe one way I could ask before we talk about the details you also have the author of another book is we talked about how emotions are made so it's interesting to talk about the process of writing”
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Proving Einstein Right
Proving Einstein Right is a science history book written by S.
Recommended“there's a great book that i recommend people read called proving einstein right by jim gates that talks about like the hard work that people try to do years after to try to experimentally validate the predictions that einstein made with with his theories”
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Sum
Sum by David Eagleman is a short, thought-provoking work of speculative fiction comprising forty imaginative tales from various afterlives.
Recommended“and now let me leave you with some words from david eagleman in his book some for details from the afterlife”
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Numero uno / Peak : Secrets from the New Science of Expertise
Peak : Secrets from the New Science of Expertise by Anders Ericsson explores the cognitive and physical mechanisms behind world-class performance and deliberate practice.
Recommended“a good book to read if you want that sense is peak which essentially talks about peak performance in a lot of different ways like you know chess london cab drivers of how many push-ups people can do short-term memory tasks and if there's one it's meant to be like a concrete manifesto about deliberate practice and such but the”
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The Worm at the Core
The Worm at the Core by Sheldon Solomon, Jeff Greenberg, and Tom Pyszczynski explores terror management theory and the foundational role that the fear of death plays in driving human behavior and societal creation.
Discussed“your view of the human condition is that death you've written the book warm with the core that death is at the core of our consciousness of everything of how we see the world of what drives us”
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Speak, Memory
Speak, Memory by Vladimir Nabokov is an autobiographical memoir that explores the author's early life as a Russian aristocrat prior to the Russian Revolution.
Recommended“and now let me leave you with some words from vladimir nabokov that sheldon uses in his book warm at the core the cradle rocks above and abyss and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness”
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The Smallest Lights in the Universe
The Smallest Lights in the Universe by Sara Seager is a deeply personal memoir that combines the author's academic journey as an astrophysicist searching for exoplanets with her grief following the sudden death of her husband.
Recommended“plus in a couple days august 18th her new book a memoir called the smallest lights in the universe is coming out i read it and i can recommend it highly especially if you love space”
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Can a Scientist Believe in Miracles?
Can a Scientist Believe in Miracles? by Ian Hutchinson is a book addressing complex inquiries concerning religion, science, and the rational defense of faith from a scientific perspective.
Recommended“on this latter topic i recommend two of his books his new one can a scientist believe in miracles where he answers more than 200 questions on all aspects of god and science and his earlier book on scientism called monopolizing knowledge”
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Monopolizing knowledge
Monopolizing Knowledge by Ian H.
Recommended“on this latter topic i recommend two of his books his new one can a scientist believe in miracles where he answers more than 200 questions on all aspects of god and science and his earlier book on scientism called monopolizing knowledge”
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Ethics in the Real World
Ethics in the Real World by Peter Singer is a collection of accessible essays exploring pressing moral issues, poverty, animal welfare, and applied ethics.
Discussed“he has written brilliantly from an ethical perspective on extreme poverty euthanasia human genetic selection sports doping the sale of kidneys and generally happiness including in his books ethics in the real world and the life you can save”
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Do the Work!
Steven Pressfield's Do the Work! serves as a practical, hard-hitting manual for overcoming creative blocks, self-sabotage, and the internal force of resistance.
Recommended“and others of his books on this topic including turning pro do the work”
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Gates of Fire
Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield is a historical novel detailing the heroic Spartan stand at the Battle of Thermopylae.
Recommended“also his books gets a fire about the Spartans and the Battle of Thermopylae the Lionsgate tides of war and others are some of the best historical fiction novels ever written”
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Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t
Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t by Steven Pressfield is a practical writing guide focused on overcoming creative resistance, engaging audiences, and mastering the craft of storytelling.
Recommended“nobody wants to read your shit and the Warrior Ethos”
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The lion's gate
The Lion's Gate by Steven Pressfield is a work of historical non-fiction that details the gripping events of the 1967 Six-Day War through the eyes of the soldiers and commanders who lived through it.
Recommended“also his books gets a fire about the Spartans and the Battle of Thermopylae the Lionsgate tides of war and others are some of the best historical fiction novels ever written”
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The Warrior Ethos
The Warrior Ethos by Steven Pressfield is a concise exploration of the warrior mindset, drawing on historical and philosophical examples from various ancient cultures to examine what it means to live and fight with honor, discipline, and a commitment to a code.
Recommended“nobody wants to read your shit and the Warrior Ethos”
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Tides of War
Tides of War by Steven Pressfield is a celebrated historical fiction novel that plunges readers into the brutal conflicts of ancient Greece, focusing on the Spartans and the historic Battle of Thermopylae.
Recommended“also his books gets a fire about the Spartans and the Battle of Thermopylae the Lionsgate tides of war and others are some of the best historical fiction novels ever written”
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Turning Pro
Turning Pro by Steven Pressfield is a motivational manual that challenges individuals to overcome internal resistance, drop amateur habits, and fully commit to their creative work.
Recommended“and others of his books on this topic including turning pro do the work”
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Tribe
Tribe by Sebastian Junger is a non-fiction book that explores the psychological need for community, human connection, and the challenges veterans face when reintegrating into modern society.
Recommended“have you ever read a Sebastian youngers book tribe yeah it's a great book on that I highly recommend it to people try to understand why that tribal connection”
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Reinforcement Learning
Reinforcement Learning: An Introduction by Richard S.
Recommended“I recommend a cent of money as a great book on this history”
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The Emperor's New Mind
Roger Penrose's influential work explores the intersections of physics, consciousness, and the philosophy of mind, famously challenging the notion that human brains operate merely like computers.
Discussed“in his book the emperor's new mind roger writes that quote children are not afraid to pose basic questions that may embarrass us as adults to ask”
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Einstein's Dreams
Einstein's Dreams by Alan Lightman is a short, imaginative novel by an MIT professor and physicist that playfully explores various alternate conceptions of time and its fundamental nature.
Recommended“There was an interesting book called Einsteins dreams Forge alternates between chapters on his life and descriptions of the way time might have been but isn't as linking between these being of course the ideas that Einstein might have had to think about the essence of time as he was thinking about time”
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Thinking, Fast and Slow
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman explores the dual systems of the human mind that drive how people think, make choices, and commit cognitive errors.
Recommended“he's the author of the popular book Thinking Fast and Slow that summarizes in an accessible way his research of several decades often in collaboration with Amos Tversky a cognitive biases prospect theory and happiness”
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The Book of Why
The Book of Why by Judea Pearl and Dana Mackenzie explores the science of cause and effect, revolutionizing how we understand data, probability, and human reasoning.
Recommended“I recommend his most recent book called "Book of Why" that presents key ideas from a lifetime of work in a way that is accessible to the general public.”
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Introduction to Linear Algebra
Introduction to Linear Algebra by Gilbert Strang is a foundational textbook widely used for learning matrices, vector spaces, and mathematical analysis.
Recommended“I remember doing the exercises in his book introduction of linear algebra and slowly realizing that the world of matrices of vector spaces of determinants and eigenvalues of geometric transformations and matrix decompositions reveal a set of powerful tools in the toolbox of artificial intelligence”
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Skunk Works
Skunk Works by Leo Janos and Ben R.
Discussed“I read several books on Lockheed Martin recently my favorite in particulars by Ben rich called skunkworks personal memoir”
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The Mathematics Experience
The Mathematics Experience by Mary Ann Haubner, Edward Rathmell, Doug Super, and Harold Asturias is an educational resource designed to engage students with mathematical concepts.
Recommended“He has written this amazing book I recommend to everybody called Love and Math. Two of my favorite words. (laughs) He says that if painting was taught like math, then students would be asked to paint a fence. It's just his analogy of essentially how math is taught.”
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Women and Men in Love
Women and Men in Love by Anthony Edward Waine is a scholarly exploration of interpersonal relationships and literary themes surrounding romance and gender dynamics.
Recommended“He has written this amazing book I recommend to everybody called Love and Math. Two of my favorite words. (laughs) He says that if painting was taught like math, then students would be asked to paint a fence. It's just his analogy of essentially how math is taught.”
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Flowers for Algernon
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes is a poignant science fiction novel about Charlie Gordon, a man with an intellectual disability who undergoes an experimental surgical procedure to dramatically enhance his intelligence, mirroring the earlier cognitive boost of a laboratory mouse named Algernon.
Discussed“Now that reminds me of Flowers for Algernon. That doesn't have a happy ending, and it's not about mental health necessarily, but it's about the journey of institution in relation to the health of a patient.”
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A Beautiful Mind
A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar is a biographical work chronicling the life of mathematician John Nash and his struggle with schizophrenia.
Discussed“One of the people who received insulin coma therapy—have you seen the film A Beautiful Mind? Mm-hmm, he did. Receive insulin coma therapy.”
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Mein Kampf
Mein Kampf by Adolf Hitler and Stephen R.
Discussed“We should read Mein Kampf.”
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe is a classic nineteenth-century novel that explores the harsh realities of slavery, migration, and human dignity, famously recognized for its immense historical impact on American social attitudes leading up to the Civil War.
Discussed“You have Uncle Tom's Cabin earlier in the decade in 18-- and what... And the impact that that had on attitudes towards slavery.”
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Streams of Gold, Rivers of Blood
Discussed“you have written one of the books is Streams of Gold, Rivers of Blood: The Rise and Fall of Byzantium, 955 AD to the First Crusade.”
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Echoes from Eden
Discussed“You've continuously spoken really highly of him, and he gave me this book that he has recently written, Echoes from Eden. Signed it.”
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Proof and the Art of Mathematics
Discussed“You've written a wonderful book about proofs and the art of mathematics. So what can you say about proving stuff in mathematics?”
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The Darkest Minds
Discussed“I think one useful one comes from the paper, A Technological Approach to Mind Everywhere. An experimentally grounded framework for understanding diverse bodies and minds.”
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Ordinary Men
Ordinary Men by Christopher R.
Discussed“I was just watching this, documentary based on a book, Ordinary Men, talking about the Germans in Nazi Germany that were taking part in the execution squads in Eastern Europe...”
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1984
George Orwell's classic dystopian novel 1984 presents a chilling vision of a totalitarian society characterized by perpetual war, pervasive government surveillance, and the systematic manipulation of historical truth and language.
Discussed“Of course, "The Trial" is a work of fiction, but I think it is often useful to go to the surreal world of literature, even of the over-the-top dystopian variety like "1984," "Animal Farm," "Brave New World," "The Trial," "The Castle," "Metamorphosis," even "The Plague" by Albert Camus, all to better understand our real world...”
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Animal Farm
Animal Farm by George Orwell is a classic allegorical novella that uses a farmyard setting to satirize the corruption of socialist ideals and the rise of totalitarianism following the Russian Revolution.
Discussed“Of course, "The Trial" is a work of fiction, but I think it is often useful to go to the surreal world of literature, even of the over-the-top dystopian variety like "1984," "Animal Farm," "Brave New World," "The Trial," "The Castle," "Metamorphosis," even "The Plague" by Albert Camus...”
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The Metamorphosis and Other Stories
The Metamorphosis and Other Stories by Franz Kafka is a collection of surreal fiction best known for its opening novella where a traveling salesman named Gregor Samsa wakes up transformed into a giant insect.
Discussed“Of course, "The Trial" is a work of fiction, but I think it is often useful to go to the surreal world of literature, even of the over-the-top dystopian variety like "1984," "Animal Farm," "Brave New World," "The Trial," "The Castle," "Metamorphosis," even "The Plague" by Albert Camus...”
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The Castle
The Castle by Franz Kafka is a surreal, unfinished novel that delves into the nightmarish nature of bureaucratic systems and the absurd inaccessibility of authority figures.
Discussed“Of course, "The Trial" is a work of fiction, but I think it is often useful to go to the surreal world of literature, even of the over-the-top dystopian variety like "1984," "Animal Farm," "Brave New World," "The Trial," "The Castle," "Metamorphosis," even "The Plague" by Albert Camus...”
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Enough Already
Enough Already by Scott Horton is a comprehensive political history and critique of the global war on terrorism spanning from the Jimmy Carter administration through the tenure of Donald Trump.
Discussed“So it was extremely costly for Americans and it was extremely costly for Afghans as you do in your book enough already.”
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Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford is a renowned historical biography that reexamines the legacy of the Mongol leader and his profound impact on global history.
Discussed“He has written a legendary book on his topic, titled "Genghis Khan and The Making of the Modern World."”
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Emperor of the Seas
Discussed“And he has written many other books, including "Emperor of the Seas, Kublai Khan and The Making of China", "Genghis Khan and the Quest for God", "The Secret History of the Mongol Queens", and other excellent books.”
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Genghis Khan and the Quest for God
Discussed“And he has written many other books, including "Emperor of the Seas, Kublai Khan and The Making of China", "Genghis Khan and the Quest for God", "The Secret History of the Mongol Queens", and other excellent books.”
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The Secret History of the Mongol Queens
Discussed“And he has written many other books, including "Emperor of the Seas, Kublai Khan and The Making of China", "Genghis Khan and the Quest for God", "The Secret History of the Mongol Queens", and other excellent books.”
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The MANIAC
Benjamín Labatut's biographical novel explores the complex lives of visionary scientists and mathematicians who reshaped the modern technological landscape.
Discussed“You mentioned to me the book 'The Maniac' by Benjamin Labatut, a book on, first of all, about you, there's a bio about you. It's strange, yeah. It's unclear, yes, sure. It's unclear how much is fiction, how much is reality. But I think the central figure that is John von Neumann.”
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KL
KL: A History of the Nazi Concentration Camps by Nikolaus Wachsmann is an exhaustive, definitive historical study of the entire concentration camp system in Nazi Germany.
Discussed“There's a book you've recommended, KL. Yes, it's just called KL. It's about the the whole concentration camp system. Um cuz K is concentration um in German. Laga is a is a camp. Um it's an exhaustive book and I'm I'm full of admiration for him for for writing it just because cheap as it must have been.”
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The War in the West - A New History
Discussed“In volume one of the war in the west, your book series on World War II, you write, "The Second World War witnessed the deaths of more than 60 million people from over 60 different countries.”
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The Black Hole War
Discussed“Lenny Susskind in his book "Black Hole Wars" says, his subtitle is "My Battle with Stephen Hawking to Make the World Safe for Quantum Mechanics."”
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The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel "The Handmaid's Tale" imagines a totalitarian society where individual liberties are stripped away and women's bodies are heavily controlled.
Discussed“I think there's a clarity to Orwell's '1984', there's a clarity to Margaret Atwood's 'The Handmaid's Tale,' similarly the construction of the elements.”
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On Democracies and Death Cults
On Democracies and Death Cults by Douglas Murray is a widely discussed bestseller examining the moral failures of the West and the geopolitical dynamics surrounding modern terrorist organizations and Israel.
Discussed“He just wrote a book on Israel and Hamas called "On Democracies and Death Cults."”
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War on the West
The War on the West by Douglas Murray is a cultural commentary examining contemporary criticisms of Western civilization and the ideological battles shaping modern political discourse in America and Britain.
Discussed“I interviewed Douglas Murray recently. He just wrote a book on Israel and Hamas called "On Democracies and Death Cults."”
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1948
Discussed“His words were the Zionist project always knew it was gonna involve transfer. That was Benny Morris' words.”
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The Bhagavad Gita
The Bhagavad Gita, translated by Jack Hawley, is an ancient Hindu scripture that presents a profound philosophical dialogue between Prince Arjuna and Lord Krishna on duty, righteousness, and spiritual liberation.
Discussed“Hesse immersed himself in translations of ancient Hindu and Buddhist texts, studying the "Upanishads" and the "Bhagavad Gita."”
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The Upanishads
The Upanishads by Swami Paramananda is a collection of ancient Hindu philosophical and spiritual texts that explore the nature of reality, consciousness, and the self.
Discussed“Hesse immersed himself in translations of ancient Hindu and Buddhist texts, studying the "Upanishads" and the "Bhagavad Gita."”
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The Ancient City
Discussed“You've mentioned in the past the book The Ancient City.”
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The Gulag Archipelago
The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn is a monumental historical exposé documenting the brutal realities of the Soviet forced labor camp system through personal testimony and archival research.
Discussed“so I'm I'm a big proponent of SOI nen's famous uh the the author of gulak archipelago that that the line between good and evil runs to the heart of every man that all of us have that in us”
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A Monetary History of the United States, 1867-1960
Discussed“So first, the book we're talking about is the 'A Monetary History of the United States,' in part for which Milton Friedman won the Nobel Prize.”
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Atlas Shrugged
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand is a philosophical novel that outlines the author's system of Objectivism through a dystopian narrative about a society collapsing under heavy government intervention.
Discussed“But can we stay in the mythic register with "The Fountainhead" and "Atlas Shrugged?"”
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Essays in positive economics
Essays in Positive Economics by Milton Friedman is a foundational collection of scholarly writings that establishes the methodological framework for modern economic theory and policy analysis.
Discussed“There's a lot of things to say here. So first, the book we're talking about is the "A Monetary History of the United States," in part for which Milton Friedman won the Nobel Prize.”
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The Alchemist
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho is a celebrated philosophical novel about a young Andalusian shepherd named Santiago who travels across the desert in search of a hidden Egyptian treasure, ultimately discovering his true personal legend.
Discussed“You know, people say that to me sometimes about certain books like Rand, but also about "The Alchemist."”
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We the Living
We the Living by Ayn Rand is a semi-autobiographical novel set in Soviet Russia that follows a young woman navigating life and romance under a totalitarian communist regime.
Discussed“You mentioned "We the Living" is one of the books that you like of hers the most.”
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Red Famine
Red Famine by Anne Applebaum is a detailed historical account documenting the Holodomor and the devastating state-sponsored famines orchestrated by the Soviet regime in Ukraine.
Discussed“So, for example, I read Red Famine by Anne Applebaum. It's about Holodomor.”
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Gulag
Anne Applebaum's Gulag provides a comprehensive historical examination of the Soviet forced labor camp system, detailing its origins, administration, and the devastating impact on millions of prisoners.
Discussed“For example, Anne Applebaum's book, Gulag, is very different from Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's Gulag Archipelago.”
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The Blind Spot
The Blind Spot by Adam Frank, Marcelo Gleiser, and Evan Thompson is a philosophical critique of Western science that examines the limitations of materialism and advocates for the inclusion of human experience in scientific inquiry.
Discussed“So this is something that you write about in "The Blind Spot: Why Science Cannot Ignore Human Experience," sort of trying to pull the fire into the process of science.”
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The Protocols of the Elders of Zion
The Protocols of the Elders of Zion by Victor E.
Discussed“You gave a lecture on 'The Protocols of the Elders of Zion.' It's widely considered to be the most influential work of anti-Semitism ever, perhaps. Can you describe this text?”
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It's OK to be Angry About Capitalism
Discussed“So you wrote a book, It's Okay To Be Angry About Capitalism.”
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Notes from Underground
Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky is a foundational existential novella that explores the depths of human alienation, paradoxical free will, and psychological spite.
Discussed“- If there's a young man in their twenties listening to this, how do they escape the pull of Dostoevsky's "Notes From Underground"?”
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Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Thus Spoke Zarathustra is a foundational philosophical masterpiece by Friedrich Nietzsche that introduces iconic concepts such as the Ubermensch, the eternal recurrence, and the death of God.
Discussed“the idea he first introduced in "Thus Spoke Zarathustra" of the Ubermensch.”
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Nation of Victims
Nation of Victims by Vivek Ramaswamy examines the rise of identity politics, the erosion of meritocracy, and the cultural shift toward a victimhood mindset in modern society.
Discussed“The 2020 election, and actually the 2020 election in the way you formulated in the "Nation of Victims." It's just the entirety of that process instead of focusing on winning, doing a lot of whining.”
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Das Capital Volume One
Das Capital Volume One by Karl Marx is a foundational theoretical text examining the critique of political economy, the mechanics of capitalism, and the dynamics of labor and surplus value.
Discussed“I would love to sort of talk about the works of Marx, "The Communist Manifesto" and the "Das Kapital."”
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Fifth Business
Fifth Business by Robertson Davies is a celebrated novel that forms the first installment of the author's acclaimed Deptford Trilogy.
Discussed“- "The Deptford Trilogy," "Fifth Business," "The Manticore," "World of Wonders," and he got a really nice beard.”
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The Communist Manifesto
The Communist Manifesto is a political pamphlet by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels that outlines class struggle and the core tenets of communism.
Discussed“I would love to sort of talk about the works of Marx, "The Communist Manifesto" and the "Das Kapital."”
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The Manticore
Discussed“- "The Deptford Trilogy," "Fifth Business," "The Manticore," "World of Wonders," and he got a really nice beard.”
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World of Wonders
Discussed“- "The Deptford Trilogy," "Fifth Business," "The Manticore," "World of Wonders," and he got a really nice beard.”
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The Long Shadow of Antiquity
Discussed“For leaders not to be learning lessons of history, you co-wrote a book precisely on this topic, "The Long Shadow of Antiquity: What Have the Greeks and Romans Done For Us?"”
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Rigged
Rigged by Mollie Hemingway is a political non-fiction book that investigates the controversies, administrative changes, and corporate involvements surrounding the 2020 United States presidential election.
Discussed“Can you steel man and maybe educate me on, there's a book "Rigged" that I started reading. Is there any degree to which the election was rigged?”
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The Lessons of History
The Lessons of History by Will Durant and Ariel Durant is a concise volume that distills major patterns from five millennia of human civilization into roughly one hundred pages.
Discussed“- Well, first of all, thank you for recommending Will and Ariel Durant's work. I've read the short one for now. - Oh, "The Lessons of History." - Lessons of History.”
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Lady Chatterley's Lover
Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.
Discussed“I had my English teacher in high school recommended a book from me by D. H. Lawrence. It's supposed to be a classic. She's like, "This is a classic you should read." It's called "Lady Chatterley's Lover."”
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The Creative Act
The Creative Act by Rick Rubin is a renowned exploration of the artistic process and a spiritual approach to cultivating a creative lifestyle.
Discussed“But you've also mentioned somebody you admire is Rick Rubin and his book of "The Creative Act." It has some really interesting ideas, and one of them is to accept self-doubt and imperfection.”
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In the Plex
In the Plex by Steven Levy is a comprehensive non-fiction history that chronicles the meteoric rise, corporate culture, and technological evolution of Google.
Discussed“I read that you looked up to Larry Page and Sergey Brin and that you can recite passages from 'In the Plex' and, like, that book was very influential to you and how Google works was influential.”
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The Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky is a complex philosophical novel that delves deeply into faith, doubt, free will, and morality through the turbulent relationships of the Karamazov family.
Discussed“Like these characters exist, authors exist, Dostoevsky exists, but also "Brothers Karamazov."”
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Hallucinogenic Plants
Discussed“– Yeah, he wrote the "Plants of the Gods: Their Sacred, Healing and Hallucinogenic Powers".”
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Plants of the Gods
Discussed“– Yeah, he wrote the "Plants of the Gods: Their Sacred, Healing and Hallucinogenic Powers".”
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The Bhagavad gita
Discussed“You have spoken about the value of religious faith in your life, particularly your Hindu faith, viewing the Bhagavad Gita as a spiritual guide. What role does faith in God play in your life?”
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Area 51
Area 51 by Annie Jacobsen is an investigative history and exploration of the top-secret military base, its operations, and government secrecy.
Discussed“The following is a conversation with Annie Jacobsen, an investigative journalist, Pulitzer Prize finalist, and author of several amazing books on war, weapons, government secrecy, and national security, including the books titled "Area 51", "Operation Paperclip", "The Pentagon's Brain Phenomena", "Surprise, Kill, Vanish", and her new book, "Nuclear War".”
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Nuclear War
Annie Jacobsen's nonfiction book Nuclear War: A Scenario provides a chilling, unsparing countdown and thorough examination of what a global nuclear exchange would actually look like.
Discussed“The following is a conversation with Annie Jacobsen, an investigative journalist, Pulitzer Prize finalist, and author of several amazing books on war, weapons, government secrecy, and national security, including the books titled "Area 51", "Operation Paperclip", "The Pentagon's Brain Phenomena", "Surprise, Kill, Vanish", and her new book, "Nuclear War".”
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Operation paperclip
Operation Paperclip by Annie Jacobsen is a meticulously researched investigative history detailing the secret US intelligence program that recruited former Nazi scientists after World War II.
Discussed“The following is a conversation with Annie Jacobsen, an investigative journalist, Pulitzer Prize finalist, and author of several amazing books on war, weapons, government secrecy, and national security, including the books titled "Area 51", "Operation Paperclip", "The Pentagon's Brain Phenomena", "Surprise, Kill, Vanish", and her new book, "Nuclear War".”
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Phenomena
Phenomena by Annie Jacobsen is a non-fiction book that explores the secret history of the United States government's investigations into extrasensory perception, psychokinesis, and remote viewing through declassified CIA files including Project Grill Flame and Project Stargate.
Discussed“You've written, like you said, the book "Phenomena" on the secret history of the US government's investigations into extrasensory perception and psychokinesis.”
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Surprise, Kill, Vanish
Surprise, Kill, Vanish by Annie Jacobsen is an investigative history book that chronicles the clandestine origins, evolution, and operations of the CIA's elite paramilitary Ground Branch.
Discussed“The following is a conversation with Annie Jacobsen, an investigative journalist, Pulitzer Prize finalist, and author of several amazing books on war, weapons, government secrecy, and national security, including the books titled "Area 51", "Operation Paperclip", "The Pentagon's Brain Phenomena", "Surprise, Kill, Vanish", and her new book, "Nuclear War".”
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Atoms and Ashes
Discussed“You wrote in the book, in Atoms and Ashes, a Global History of Nuclear Disaster. So technically nuclear energy is extremely safe.”
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Atoms and Ashes - a Global History of Nuclear Disasters
Discussed“You wrote in the book, in Atoms and Ashes, a Global History of Nuclear Disaster. So technically nuclear energy is extremely safe.”
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Documentary Sources for the History of the Rus' Metropolitanate
Discussed“It tells the story of an anonymous manuscript called the History of the Rus. It started being circulated in the 1820s.”
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Nuclear Folly
Discussed“Yes, you've authored a great book on the Cuban Missile Crisis, where we came alarmingly close to not just another world war but to a nuclear conflict that could obliterate human civilization as we know it.”
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On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians
Discussed“Maybe let's talk about in July, 2021, Putin publishing an essay titled On The Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians. Can you describe the ideas expressed in this essay?”
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Origins of the Slavic Nations
Discussed“You wrote a book, The Origins of The Slavic Nations. So let's go back into history.”
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The Cossack Myth
Discussed“You wrote the book, the Cossack Myth, History and Nationhood in the Age of Empires, it tells the story of an anonymous manuscript called the History of the Rus.”
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The Frontline
Discussed“You wrote in your book titled The Frontline, Essays on Ukraine's Past and Present, about the Russian question, I guess articulated by Solzhenitsyn first in 1994.”
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The last empire
Discussed“You call the Soviet Union the last empire. The book is called The Last Empire. So is there something fundamental about the way the world is that means it's not conducive to the formation of empires?”
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The intelligent investor
The Intelligent Investor by Benjamin Graham is a foundational guide to value investing that emphasizes long-term strategy, market analysis, and emotional discipline over speculation.
Discussed“In your lecture on the basics of finance and investing, you mention a book, "Intelligent Investor" by Benjamin Graham as being formative in your life.”
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A Modest Proposal
Jonathan Swift's satirical essay A Modest Proposal presents a savage critique of poverty and British indifference in Ireland by mockingly suggesting that impoverished parents sell their infants as food for the wealthy.
Discussed“Do the Jonathan Swift "Modest Proposal" from a few centuries ago, I think the 1700s, when he satirically suggested that, I think it's in Ireland, that the children of poor people are fed as food to the rich people.”
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Atlas: From the Streets to the Ring
Discussed“You wrote in the book that your father had a big influence on your life.”
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Invent and Wander
Invent and Wander by Walter Isaacson and Jeff Bezos is a compilation of the Amazon founder's shareholder letters, speeches, and writings accompanied by an introduction.
Discussed“There's a lot of books written about you. There's a book Invent and Wander where Walter Isaacson does an intro. It's mostly collective writings of yours. I've read that.”
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll is a classic nineteenth-century children's novel about a young girl named Alice who falls down a rabbit hole into a fantastical realm populated by peculiar creatures and nonsensical rules.
Discussed“One of my favorite quotes is from 'Alice in Wonderland,' where the Cheshire Cat says, 'If you don't know where you're going, it doesn't matter which path you take.'”
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The great degeneration
Discussed“So you also mentioned the book, "The Great Degeneration" by Niall Ferguson, an awesome historian, he's been on this podcast, it helped you understand the inefficiencies of government regulation.”
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The Guns of August
The Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman is a classic historical account detailing the diplomatic and military miscalculations that led to the outbreak of World War I.
Discussed“You told me about "The Guns of August" by Barbara Tuckman. It's a book on World War I, and I went down a whole rabbit hole there.”
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The Hundred-Year Marathon
The Hundred-Year Marathon by Michael Pillsbury is a geopolitical book examining China's long-term strategy to surpass the United States as a global superpower.
Discussed“- So you mentioned to me the book, "The Hundred-Year Marathon" by Michael Pillsbury when we discussed China.”
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Thirteen days in September
Thirteen Days in September by Lawrence Wright is a meticulously detailed chronological narrative that examines the intense diplomatic negotiations of the Camp David Accords.
Discussed“to do another book reference, you mentioned the book "Thirteen Days in September" by Lawrence Wright in discussing all the work you've done in in Israel and the Middle East.”
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Baldur's Gate
Baldur's Gate by Philip Athans is a fantasy novelization tied to the iconic role-playing video game franchise that immerses readers in epic adventures set along the Sword Coast of the Forgotten Realms.
Discussed“I love the idea of of playing I think you mentioned Baldur's Gate an incredible game just having an AI that you played together with and you I mean that could that seems like a small thing but it could deeply enrich the like gaming experience”
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How to Stay in Love
How to Stay in Love is a relationship book written by divorce lawyer James J.
Discussed“Yeah, you have a full section in your book on foot fetishes. - I do. (Lex laughs) I do, yeah.”
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True Romance - Love and Laughter
True Romance - Love and Laughter is a cultural artifact and romantic crime film depicting intense affection, eccentricity, and high-stakes chaos.
Discussed“I've seen the good stuff like with "True Romance." - I mean, you could make fun of the guys totally cringe wearing Elvis.”
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The Innovators
The Innovators by Walter Isaacson is a comprehensive historical account detailing the collaborative efforts of hackers, geniuses, and geeks who engineered the digital revolution and invented the computer.
Discussed“In 'Innovators,' another book of yours that I love, you write about individuals and groups. One of the questions the book addresses is whether it is individuals or groups that turn the tides of history.”
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The Alchemist Graphic Novel
Discussed“Do you think there's something to this whole manifestation thing, like focusing on a vision of what you want the world to become, and in that focusing you manifest it, like Paolo Coelho said in "The Alchemist," "When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it"?”
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War and Peace
War and Peace by Lev Tolstoy is a sweeping historical epic that chronicles Russian society during the Napoleonic era through the interconnected lives of several aristocratic families.
Discussed“Lenny Bernstein, "War and Peace," Tolstoy. You tweeted a Tolstoy quote from "War and Peace," as of course you would: "Everything I know, I know because of love."”
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Rifqa
Discussed“in rivka you wrote my father told me anger is a luxury we cannot afford be composed calm still laugh when they ask you smile when they talk answer them educate them”
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Sapiens
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari is a sweeping exploration of how Homo sapiens evolved, dominated the planet, and constructed complex imaginary orders like religion, money, and nations.
Discussed“author of several highly acclaimed, highly influential books, including Sapiens, Homo Deus, and 21 Lessons for the 21st Century.”
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21 Lessons for the 21st Century
21 Lessons for the 21st Century is a thought-provoking book by Yuval Noah Harari that examines contemporary technological, political, and existential challenges facing humanity.
Discussed“author of several highly acclaimed, highly influential books, including Sapiens, Homo Deus, and 21 Lessons for the 21st Century.”
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Homo Deus
Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari explores the future of humankind, charting how societies might evolve and addressing the rise of artificial intelligence and transhumanism.
Discussed“author of several highly acclaimed, highly influential books, including Sapiens, Homo Deus, and 21 Lessons for the 21st Century.”
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La Peste
La Peste by Albert Camus is a profound philosophical novel that depicts a devastating plague sweeping through the Algerian city of Oran, using the sudden catastrophe to explore human suffering, existential dread, collective responsibility, and the quiet heroism of ordinary people facing absurd and insurmountable circumstances.
Discussed“You mentioned 'The Plague' by Camus—there are different interpretations of that book, particularly considering its context.”
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Life of the party
Life of the Party by Bert Kreischer is a comedic memoir chronicling the stand-up comedian's wild college days, touring adventures, and outrageous personal anecdotes.
Discussed“Marc Maron wrote something about your book many, many, many ages ago. 'Life of the Party' I think is, there's an interesting question in there.”
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For Discrimination Race Affirmative Action And The Law
Discussed“You wrote a book on the topic, Titled "For Discrimination: Race, Affirmative, Action, and the Law."”
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Race, crime, and the law
Discussed“You wrote a book on the topic, Titled "For Discrimination: Race, Affirmative, Action, and the Law."”
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The Tyranny of Merit
The Tyranny of Merit by Michael J.
Discussed“Of course, there's, I guess, a colleague of yours, Michael Sandel, with 'Tyranny of Merit.'”
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Carbon Queen
Discussed“If I could just mention that you interviewed Mildred Dresselhaus of "Carbon Queen: The Remarkable Life of the Nanoscience Pioneer." Is there something you could say about the magic of carbon and the magic of Millie?”
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Get Trump
Alan Dershowitz's book Get Trump: The Threat to Civil Liberties, Due Process, and Our Constitutional Rule of Law examines the legal battles and constitutional implications surrounding the prosecution of former President Donald Trump.
Discussed“The title of that book is, "Get Trump: the Threat to Civil Liberties, Due Process and Our Constitutional Rule of Law". Can you summarize this book and your review of it?”
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The shadow university
Discussed“"Betrayal of Liberty on America's Campuses: The Shadow University". A book you co-authored with Alan Charles.”
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Three felonies a day
Three Felonies a Day by Harvey A.
Discussed“On the Wikipedia page for "Nothing to hide", you're cited. In fact, your book that you gave me today, "Three Felonies A Day", is cited.”
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The Real Anthony Fauci
The Real Anthony Fauci by Robert F.
Discussed“Well, he also wrote the book, The Real Anthony Fauci, is that the name of the book?”
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The Godfather
The Godfather by Mario Puzo is an iconic crime novel chronicling the Corleone mafia family, examining power, loyalty, and the American criminal underworld.
Discussed“Well, there's this godfather quote that I wrote down, I recently re-watched it. From the Don, from Don Corleone, Vito Corleone. "The strength of a family, like the strength of an army lies in its loyalty to each other."”
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Good Power
Discussed“Your book is called 'Good Power: Leading Positive Change in Our Lives, Work and World.'”
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Consider Phlebas
Consider Phlebas by Iain M.
Discussed“The dream is to have the good overpower the bad — have you ever read the Culture Series by Iain Banks? Not yet, but I get criticized daily by mutual friends for not having done so, and I feel like a lesser man as a result.”
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Dreams of a final theory
Dreams of a Final Theory by Steven Weinberg is a popular science book that examines the grand quest of modern physics to discover a single, all-encompassing unified theory.
Discussed“So Weinberg has this book called 'Dreams of a Final Theory.' Yeah. And I had this conversation with him; I said, 'Why do you think there’s ever going to be a final theory?”
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The Denial of Death
The Denial of Death by Ernest Becker is a Pulitzer Prize-winning psychological and philosophical study arguing that human civilization is ultimately driven by an unconscious terror of mortality.
Discussed“Burley brilliant previous guest on this podcast she just released a video where on her bedside was the book denial of death uh by owners Becker which of course you would have on her bedside”
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Stranger in a Strange Land
Stranger in a Strange Land is a seminal science fiction novel by Robert A.
Discussed“that's been one of my goals for this year to catch up on some science fiction so uh Robert Highland uh from Stranger in a Strange Land has this quote about love which is love is that condition where another person's happiness is is essential to your own”
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Civil War by Other Means
Discussed“the the main case that you make in your new book Civil War by other means America's long and unfinished fight for democracy”
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Stalin's citizens
Discussed“Perhaps I'll sort of reveal my bias here as I've been reading too much, maybe not enough, but a lot about, you know, books like 'Stalin's War in Ukraine,' and just I've been reading a lot about the 30s and 40s for personal reasons related to my travels in Ukraine and all that kind of stuff.”
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Stalin's war
Discussed“as I've been reading a I was going to say too much maybe not enough but a lot about you know books like Stalin's war in Ukraine and just I've been reading a lot about the 30s and the 40s”
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The Socialist Manifesto
Discussed“you also wrote the book that we mentioned a few times the Socialist Manifesto the case for radical politics in an era of extreme inequality”
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Dear Reader
Dear Reader by Michael Malice is an insightful, dark exploration of North Korea through the lens of its propaganda and the personality cult surrounding Kim Jong Il.
Discussed“dear reader the uh unauthorized autobiography Kim Jong-il”
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New Right
New Right by Michael Malice is an exploration of the extremes of American political movements and the journey to the fringe of politics.
Discussed“the new right to Journey To The Fringe of American politics that's the story of uh the extremes of the United States uh political movements”
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The Anarchist Handbook
The Anarchist Handbook is an edited anthology compiled by Michael Malice that explores the diverse ideologies, histories, and varying philosophical flavors of anarchism.
Discussed“and then the anarchist handbook that's talking about the ideologies the different flavors of ideologies of anarchism”
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The White Pill
The White Pill by Michael Malice is a compelling historical non-fiction work that examines the collapse of totalitarian regimes and tyrannical systems through compelling narratives of resistance and historical turnaround.
Discussed“so this this episode is announcing the release of the white pill a book you wrote which is um I've gotten the honor the privilege the pleasure of being one of the first people to read it”
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Steppenwolf
Steppenwolf is a celebrated philosophical novel by Nobel Prize winner Hermann Hesse that explores alienation, duality, and the search for meaning in modern society.
Discussed“I think in Steppenwolf said, learn what is to be taken seriously and laugh at the rest.”
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False Alarm
False Alarm by Bjørn Lomborg is a controversial and best-selling book that argues mainstream climate change policies and panic impose massive financial costs, disproportionately harm the world's poorest populations, and ultimately fail to effectively fix environmental problems.
Discussed“so Bjorn you wrote one of the books you wrote the most recent one called false alarm how climate change Panic costs us trillions hurts the poor and fails to fix the planet”
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Fossil Future
Fossil Future by Alex Epstein argues that fossil fuels are essential for human flourishing and that eliminating them prematurely would cause widespread societal collapse and death.
Discussed“so he wrote a book uh moral case of fossil fuels and uh fossil future where he makes the case that as a subtitle says Global human flourishing requires oil coal and natural gas or more oil coil and natural gas not less”
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How to Spend $75 Billion to Make the World a Better Place
How to Spend $75 Billion to Make the World a Better Place by Bjørn Lomborg is an analytical and pragmatic guide that evaluates global challenges and applies cost-benefit analysis to determine the most effective ways to allocate resources for maximum humanitarian and economic impact.
Discussed“you wrote the book how to spend 75 billion dollars to make the world a better place”
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The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels
The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels by Alex Epstein is a controversial energy book that argues that the widespread use of oil, coal, and natural gas has drastically improved global human flourishing and environmental safety rather than hindered it.
Discussed“so he wrote a book uh moral case of fossil fuels and uh fossil future where he makes the case that as a subtitle says Global human flourishing requires oil coal and natural gas or more oil coil and natural gas not less”
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There Is Nothing for You Here
Discussed“She has made it to the White House from humble beginnings in the North of England, a story she tells in her book, "There's Nothing For You Here."”
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New Breed
Discussed“you are the author of The New Breed what our history with animals reveals about our future with robots”
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The Case Against Reality
The Case Against Reality by Donald David Hoffman is a scientific exploration arguing that human perception is an evolutionary interface rather than a direct window into objective truth.
Discussed“yes uh in his bookcase against reality yeah many more than a few”
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Conscious
Conscious by Annaka Harris is a brief guide to the fundamental mystery of the mind that investigates the nature of consciousness and reality from the perspectives of neuroscience and physics.
Discussed“The following is a conversation with Annaka Harris, author of "Conscious: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind," who writes and thinks a lot about the nature of consciousness and reality, especially from the perspectives of physics and neuroscience.”
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Power hold'em strategy
Discussed“You also wrote a book, I think 10 years ago, "Power Hold 'Em Strategy". It's interesting to think how much of the stuff in that book still applies, how much doesn't. - Listen, I still think the book holds up to a certain degree.”
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Girl Decoded
Girl Decoded by Rana el Kaliouby and Carol Colman is a compelling memoir that chronicles the author's journey as a pioneer in Emotion AI and technology.
Discussed“in the book you write I am who I am because I was raised by a particular set of parents both modern and conservative forward-thinking yet locked in Tradition”
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Danielle: Chronicles of a Superheroine
Discussed“in danielle one of your books you write about someone who has the courage to question assumptions that limit human imagination to solve problems”
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Singularity Is Nearer
Singularity Is Nearer by Ray Kurzweil is a forward-looking technological treatise that explores the imminent approach of the technological singularity, arguing that exponential advancements in artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and computing will radically transform human existence.
Discussed“uh and uh one of the themes outside of just discussing the increasing exponential growth of technology one of the themes is that things are getting better in all aspects of life”
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The Singularity Is Near
The Singularity Is Near by Ray Kurzweil is a speculative technology book examining the future where artificial intelligence merges with human biology and the technological singularity unfolds.
Discussed“eighteen years ago in the book singularity is near he predicted that the onset of the singularity will happen in the year 2045.”
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Blitzed
Blitzed by Norman Ohler is a historical non-fiction book examining the widespread and systemic use of drugs, particularly methamphetamine, by soldiers and leadership within Nazi Germany during World War II.
Discussed“there's a book called blitzed drugs in the third reich by norman ohler it makes the case that drugs played a very large meth essentially played a very large role in world war ii”
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Bound by War
Discussed“nevertheless you wrote the book bound by war that describes a century of war in the pacific”
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Searching for Bobby Fischer
Searching for Bobby Fischer by Fred Waitzkin is a compelling biographical book that chronicles the early life and chess prodigy journey of Josh Waitzkin.
Discussed“i wonder is it there's that movie searching for bobby fisher was that related because didn't have a young somebody who's supposed to be kind of like bobby fischer played by josh wadeskin yeah i think he ended up being an international master it wasn't based on bobby fischer was based on another player but i liked how they told”
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The Queen's gambit
The Queen's Gambit by Walter S.
Discussed“is there some factual um hallucination like uh to the uh queen's gambit like those scenes”
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Oxygen
Discussed“So first you wrote "Oxygen: The Molecule that Made the World," as we've talked about this idea of the role of oxygen in life on Earth. Then, wait for it, "Power, Sex, Suicide: Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life."”
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POWER, SEX, SUICIDE: MITOCHONDRIA AND THE MEANING OF LIFE
Discussed“In your book 'Power, Sex, Suicide.'”
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Leviathan
Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes is a foundational political treatise arguing that in the absence of a powerful central authority, human life would exist in a state of perpetual and violent conflict.
Discussed“The Book of Ecclesiastes states that 'it's all vanity; it's all meaningless.'”
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On Bullshit
On Bullshit by Harry G.
Discussed“You have an excellent 50-part lecture series online on the meaning crisis, and I think you describe in modern times an increase in depression, loneliness, cynicism, and, wait for it, the term used technically by Harry Frankfurt and adopted by you.”
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Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky is a psychological masterpiece that explores the crushing guilt, moral torment, and eventual redemption of a destitute former student who commits a brutal murder in St.
Discussed“is it better than crime and punishment”
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Identity in a Post-communist Balkan State
Identity in a Post-communist Balkan State by Douglas Saltmarshe is an academic work that explores shifting social identities, though guests and hosts frequently invoke Douglas Murray's similarly themed cultural critique, The Madness of Crowds, under conversational cross-reference.
Discussed“well one is your book broadly applied of the madness of crowds”
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The Madness of Crowds
The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity by Douglas Murray is a provocative contemporary commentary that investigates the cultural, social, and political shifts surrounding modern identity politics, intersectionality, and public discourse.
Discussed“well one is your book broadly applied of the madness of crowds that's one lesson”
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Build
Build by Tony Fadell provides practical frameworks, mentorship insights, and hard-earned lessons on entrepreneurship, product design, and leadership from a veteran tech innovator.
Discussed“so in build i write a chapter called yes and you lay out beautifully the types of and uh maybe you could speak to the constructive and the destructive types of okay”
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Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone
Fear and Loathing at Rolling Stone by Hunter S.
Discussed“and you mentioned fear and loathing in las vegas by hunter s thompson”
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S.
Discussed“and you mentioned fear and loathing in las vegas by hunter s thompson”
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Evolutionary Psychology : The New Science of the Mind
Discussed“You authored the textbook titled evolutionary psychology the new science of mind in its uh sixth edition”
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Why Women Have Sex
Discussed“you wrote a book called why women have sex understanding sexual motivations from adventure to revenge”
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All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque is a classic anti-war novel that depicts the profound physical and mental stress of German soldiers during World War I.
Discussed“remember that book um All Quiet on the Western Front by World War I there's this line in there I forget what it is about how war is like the smell of a skunk like a little bit is actually a little is slightly um there's something slightly delicious of it”
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Born to Run
Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen is a critically acclaimed rock memoir that chronicles the legendary musician's life and career.
Discussed“did you read Born to Run? Great book amazing book”
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Finnegans Wake
Finnegans Wake by James Joyce is a famously experimental and notoriously dense modernist novel that challenges traditional narrative structures with its idiosyncratic language and dreamlike logic.
Discussed“so you quote finnegan's wake uh mad props for that james joy's book i took a class on james joyce in college”
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The Secret
The Secret by Rhonda Byrne is a bestselling self-help phenomenon centered on the law of attraction, which posits that positive visualization and focused intention can manifest wealth, health, and happiness directly into a person's life.
Discussed“I think the mind—it’s like, you know I guess that's what like books like 'The Secret' plug into. They kind of make a whole industry out of it, but there is something about the mind believing something, making it a reality.”
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A Clash of Kings
A Clash of Kings is a widely known epic fantasy novel by George R.
Discussed“And now, let me leave you with some words from George RR Martin. from "A Clash of Kings." "A good act does not wash out the bad, nor a bad act, the good.”
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If--
If-- by Rudyard Kipling is a celebrated Victorian-era poem offering enduring advice on stoicism, character, and personal integrity.
Discussed“Like the poem If by Roger Kipling says, "If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, or walk with kings, nor lose the common touch. If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you, if all men count with you, but none too much."”
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Why Faith Matters
Why Faith Matters by David J.
Discussed“You wrote in your book Why Faith Matters quote Walt Wittman wrote that in order for there to be a great books there must be great readers.”
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Agnotology
Discussed“you are edited a book titled agnetology this is an interesting term so you mentioned it earlier the making and unmaking of ignorance where you explore the topic of ignorance”
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The Nazi war on cancer
Discussed“you uh also wrote the book titled the nazi war on cancer right what is the main storyline and thesis of this book”
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This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends
Discussed“so you wrote the book this is how they tell me the world ends as we've been talking about of course referring to cyber war cyber security what gives you hope about the future of our world”
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Capitalism and freedom
Capitalism and Freedom by Milton Friedman is a foundational economic text arguing for the preeminence of competitive capitalism and limited government intervention as prerequisites for individual liberty.
Discussed“so you mentioned milton friedman and you mentioned his book called capitalism and freedom”
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Overdosed America
Overdosed America by John Abramson is a critical investigative book examining how pharmaceutical companies and commercial interests have negatively influenced medical research, healthcare practices, and public health policies in the United States.
Discussed“you wrote the book overdosed america and the new book coming out now called sickening about how big pharma broke american healthcare including science and research and how we can fix it”
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Galileo's Error
Galileo's Error by Philip Goff is an exploration of panpsychism and the philosophy of mind, arguing that standard physical science struggles to account for the intrinsic nature of human consciousness.
Discussed“and then obviously the popular book is uh galileo's era foundations for a new science of consciousness”
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Losing the Nobel Prize
Discussed“you mentioned time machine i think in your book losing the nobel prize you talk about time machines”
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The Virtue of Nationalism
The Virtue of Nationalism by Yoram Hazony is a political theory book that defends the nation-state and examines the historical and philosophical roots of nationalism against global governance and empires.
Discussed“you wrote the book the virtue of nationalism contrasting nation states with empires and with global governance like united nations and so on”
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Six-Word Memoirs on Love and Heartbreak
Discussed“there's this book called six word memoirs right where all these different personalities are awesome were you in it”
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The Machiavellians
The Machiavellians by James Burnham is a classic political science text that examines the realities of power, elite theory, and the mechanics of governance through the lens of thinkers like Machiavelli, Mosca, Sorel, Michels, and Pareto.
Discussed“in terms of resist you often bring up the book uh machiavellians by james burnham and uh so as i was looking through i was reading different parts”
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The talent code
Daniel Coyle's The Talent Code explores how talent hot spots are formed around the world and demonstrates that skills and confidence are developed through disciplined practice rather than innate magic gifts.
Discussed“have you read the book the talent code yeah it's great and that kind of talks about these talent hot spots all around the world”
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Cryptonomicon
Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson is a sweeping, multi-layered novel that weaves together themes of cryptography, World War II codebreaking, and the modern digital age of cryptocurrency.
Discussed“cryptonomicon published in 1999 set in the late 90s and involves hackers who build essentially cryptocurrency bitcoin white paper came out in 2008”
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Termination Shock
Termination Shock by Neal Stephenson is a near-future science fiction novel that explores the dramatic consequences of unilateral geoengineering and climate change.
Discussed“so in your new book termination shock it's set here in texas part of it is”
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Doom
Niall Ferguson's Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe is a sweeping historical analysis of why human societies fail to anticipate and mitigate disasters.
Discussed“in the book doom the politics of catastrophe your newest book you describe wars pandemics and the terrible disasters in human history”
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The Big Rig
Discussed“the following is a conversation with steve vaseli formerly a truck driver and now a sociologist at the university of pennsylvania who studies freight transportation his first book the big rig trucking in the decline of the american dream explains how long-haul trucking went from being one of the best blue collar jobs to one of the toughest”
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Drug Use for Grown-Ups
Drug Use for Grown-Ups by Carl L.
Discussed“so um in your new book uh drug use for grown-ups you write for the findings section i discovered that the predominant effects produced by the drugs discussed in this book are positive”
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High Price
High Price by Carl Hart is an autobiographical book that details the author's journey from a difficult upbringing in a high-crime neighborhood to becoming a trailblazing neuroscientist and professor at Columbia University.
Discussed“in your previous book high price you talk about rap and djing chapter five”
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The elegant universe
The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene is a bestselling exploration of string theory, quantum mechanics, and the quest for the ultimate physical theory of reality.
Discussed“the following is a conversation with brian greene theoretical physicist at columbia and author of many amazing books on physics including his latest until the end of time mind matter and our search for meaning in an evolving universe”
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Until the End of Time
Until the End of Time by Brian Greene is a sweeping exploration of mind, matter, and humanity's search for meaning in an evolving universe through the lens of theoretical physics.
Discussed“i think you mentioned your book that it's just like almost like a side effect”
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What is Life?
What is Life? by Erwin Schrödinger is a foundational 1944 work by the physicist that examines biological systems through the lens of thermodynamics and quantum mechanics.
Discussed“i mean so i have to ask as you described in your book once again uh schroedinger wrote the book what is life based on the few lectures he gave in 1944”
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Do the F*cking Work
Discussed“I'm looking at a book that you gave me Do the fucking work It's very motivating Good fucking design advice That's their company called good fucking design advice That's great I know they're great website because good gfda Okay So the f is the f is uh for friendship something like that They are a design company They've worked with”
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Catching Fire
Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human by Richard Wrangham is a provocative anthropological study arguing that the harnessing of fire and the invention of cooking were the primary driving forces behind human biological and social evolution.
Discussed“You also wrote the book titled Catching Fire, How Cooking Made Us Human. What's the central idea in this book?”
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The Goodness Paradox
The Goodness Paradox by Richard Wrangham is an evolutionary biology book that investigates the complex relationship between human kindness and meticulously planned violence.
Discussed“What is your book titled Goodness Paradox? What are the main ideas in this book?”
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The Tao of Wu
The Tao of Wu by RZA is a philosophical memoir by the leader of the Wu-Tang Clan that blends martial arts wisdom, chess strategies, and deep spiritual reflections on life and society.
Discussed“life in the tao of wu you write something about confusion which i really like confusion is a gift from god”
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All Things Shining
Discussed“you wrote with him the book titled all things shining reading the western classics to find meaning in a secular age first can you maybe speak about who that man was what you learned from him”
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MOBY-DICK; or, THE WHALE
Herman Melville's Moby-Dick; or, The Whale explores the obsessive, destructive quest of Captain Ahab to hunt down the white whale that maimed him, weaving a sprawling narrative that blends high-seas adventure, philosophical inquiry, and encyclopedic maritime lore.
Discussed“one of my failings in life one of many failings is i've never gotten through moby dick or or any of melville's works”
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Siddhartha by Herman Hesse Illustrated Edition
Discussed“and for him uh i'm starting to forget steppenwolf i think is uh humor”
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Parallel Distributed Processing
Discussed“for for another brief minute you wrote parallel distributed processing books that explored ideas of neural networks in the 1980s together with a few folks”
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The Dead
The Dead by James Joyce is the famous closing novella of his 1914 collection Dubliners, widely celebrated as a masterpiece of modernist fiction and short story craftsmanship.
Discussed“and i kept reading like i think so his short stories the dead I think it's called was very good”
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Ulysses
James Joyce's landmark modernist novel Ulysses chronicles an ordinary day in the life of Leopold Bloom in Dublin, mapping human consciousness and daily existence through a revolutionary stream-of-consciousness technique.
Discussed“but then ulysses was I I I got through ulysses with the help of some cliff notes and so on”
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey is a classic novel set in a psychiatric hospital that explores themes of institutional control, rebellion, and individual freedom through the conflict between Randle McMurphy and Nurse Ratchet.
Discussed“what do you make of the idea of somebody like ken kizi who wrote one flew over the cuckoo's nest in part under the influence of lsd”
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Ancient brews
Discussed“and he's the author of a bunch of books one of which is ancient bruise”
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Immortality Key
The Immortality Key by Brian C.
Discussed“can we step back and just kind of look at your work with the the book immortality key what is the story that you tell in this book”
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Galileo's for the Social and Cognitive Legitimation of Science
Discussed“um there's a a really interesting book on this topic called gaming the metrics It's a book by a researcher called mario biagioli it goes a lot into like how these the impact factor and metrics affect science negatively”
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Mathematics is the Poetry of Science
Discussed“i also read a book by cedric villani uh these cedric velani is this mathematician the fields medalist and in his book he tries to explain how he got from like a phd student to the fields metal”
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A Thousand Brains
Discussed“and recently a new book called a thousand brains which presents a new theory of intelligence that richard dawkins for example has been raving about calling the book quote brilliant and exhilarating”
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The Origin of Species
The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin is a foundational 1859 scientific text that introduced the theory of evolution by natural selection, forever altering humanity's understanding of biology and the natural world.
Discussed“so darwin wrote about the origin of species so what is the origin of intelligence”
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The Black Cloud
The Black Cloud by Fred Hoyle is a classic 1957 hard science fiction novel by the renowned astronomer that depicts a massive, intelligent interstellar gas cloud entering our solar system and cutting off sunlight, leading to catastrophic global cooling.
Discussed“about the black clouds book i think this by fred hoyle this is like this has great connections with sort of a lot of the advancements that are happening in nlp”
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The Usefulness of Useless Knowledge
Discussed“that's brilliant I didn't come up with this this was this is a little book by the guy who started the institute for advanced studies”
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Smuggler
Discussed“he recently got out of prison where for many years he worked on his memoir called smuggler”
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The Shawshank Redemption
The Shawshank Redemption is a cinematic drama directed by Frank Darabont that chronicles the decades-long imprisonment and eventual escape of an innocent banker named Andy Dufresne.
Discussed“red morgan freeman's character in the shawshank redemption says the following”
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In Order to Live
In Order to Live is a memoir by Yeonmi Park and Maryanne Vollers that chronicles the author's harrowing escape from North Korea and her journey to freedom.
Discussed“can you tell your story from north korea to today as you describe in your 2015 book and with the extra perspective on life love and freedom you've gained since then”
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A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century
A Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the 21st Century by Heather Heying and Bret Weinstein is an evolutionary biology book exploring how human ancient biology clashes with hyper-novel modern life.
Discussed“this is uh a hunter-gatherer's guide to the 21st century co-authored that's right”
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On Writing
Stephen King's On Writing is a celebrated hybrid of memoir and practical manual that chronicles the author's formative struggles and recovery while offering direct, invaluable advice for aspiring writers on craft, discipline, and the mechanics of prose.
Discussed“if we could take a little bit of a tangent stephen king on writing you as a great writer you you're dropping a hint here that the ideas don't come to you that it's a grind of sort of it's almost like you're mining for gold”
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How Not to Be Wrong
How Not to Be Wrong by Jordan Ellenberg is an engaging popular science book that explores the hidden mathematical structures underneath the messy surface of everyday life.
Discussed“and now let me leave you with some words from jordan in his book how not to be wrong knowing mathematics is like wearing a pair of x-ray specs that reveal hidden structures underneath the messy and chaotic surface of the world”
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A Beautiful Question
Discussed“let's put it that way in your uh book a beautiful question you ask does the world embody beautiful ideas”
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Henry Kissinger and the American Century
Henry Kissinger and the American Century by Jeremi Suri examines the life, career, and complex legacy of the prominent American diplomat and statesman.
Discussed“speaking of war you wrote a book on henry kissinger”
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Slouching Toward Nirvana
Discussed“maybe it's silly but i look for the magic that charles bukowski writes about in his poem nirvana”
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Big Business
Big Business by Tyler Cowen is an economic defense of large corporations that challenges conventional criticisms and highlights the immense societal benefits generated by major companies.
Discussed“big business speaking of iran big business a love letter to an american anti-hero you make the case for uh the benefit that large businesses bring to society”
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The Selfish Gene
The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins is a seminal science book that popularizes a gene-centric view of evolution and explores the biological origins of selfishness and altruism.
Discussed“and yeah because it's it's so clearly it's like the selfish gene with darkest”
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Digital Minimalism
Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport is a thoughtful manifesto that advocates for a targeted, intentional approach to personal technology use, encouraging individuals to reclaim their time and attention from constant digital stimulation.
Discussed“he doesn't use social media and in his book digital minimalism he encourages people to find the right amount of social media usage that provides value and joy”
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Teaching Tricks to Canaries and Cage Birds
Discussed“people laughing that that sound is kind of like carolyn knapp who wrote a book called drinking a love story which is a really good book about not drinking drinking and then not drinking”
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The Giver
The Giver is a dystopian young adult novel by Lois Lowry set in a tightly controlled society that has eliminated pain, fear, and deep emotional experiences.
Discussed“the first one i remember reading in english was the giver that sort of helped me start thinking about this world”
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The Brain in Context
Discussed“so this is the book which it's not even a book it's a it's an essay by uh jonathan neumann called the computer and the brain and that was the thing the book he was writing knowing that he he was dying of cancer”
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The World Computer
Discussed“so this is the book which it's not even a book it's a it's an essay by uh jonathan neumann called the computer and the brain and that was the thing the book he was writing knowing that he he was dying of cancer”
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A Wrestling Life
Discussed“so if if in your i think the first wrestling life you wrote about chad zappato who lost i mean incredible wrestler but lost in three finals in the nationals”
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The Sun Also Rises
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway is a classic Lost Generation novel chronicling the disillusionment, travels, and romantic entanglements of a group of American and British expatriates in Europe.
Discussed“so i don't know if you know there's a book by hemingway called old man in the sea and part of it and uh ernest hemingway ernest hemingway”
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Wrestling Tough
Wrestling Tough by Mike Chapman is a notable sports book detailing the intense mental discipline, psychology, and physical demands required of elite wrestlers.
Discussed“and uh in wrestling tough the book that you just got from mike chapman uh the new addition talks about bill cole undefeated northern iowa wrestler”
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American Cosmic
American Cosmic by Diana Walsh Pasulka is a fascinating exploration by a religious studies professor that investigates the intersection of unidentified anomalous phenomena, modern technology, religion, and cultural mythology.
Discussed“they have a book on purgatory that came before your uh american cosmic yes i wrote a book on purgatory”
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The Fountainhead
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand is a classic philosophical novel that explores individualism, artistic integrity, and the conflict between independent creators and collectivist societal pressures.
Discussed“and then from that you can derive an ethics about how to live life like what is the what is the good ethical life and all the virtue of selfishness”
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The Evolution of Beauty
The Evolution of Beauty by Richard O.
Discussed“so i think you're talking about the evolution of beauty the um book that was written recently by was it from um without his name richard from i think no”
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Ostracism
Discussed“i read a book called ostracism and this wasn't scientific but basically the author was a psychiatrist at college whatever”
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Snow Crash
Neal Stephenson's groundbreaking science fiction novel "Snow Crash" blends cyberpunk aesthetics, linguistic theory, and virtual reality, popularizing the concept of the metaverse long before it became a mainstream technological goal.
Discussed“the books on my list are the foundation series by isaac asimov dune snow crash by neil stephenson and ender's game like you mentioned”
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Lost in Math
Lost in Math by Sabine Hossenfelder is a science book that critiques the modern theoretical physics community's obsession with mathematical beauty and elegance, arguing that this aesthetic preference has led the field astray and hindered scientific progress.
Discussed“so there's uh uh Sabine Hassen Felder I don't know if you're familiar with her she uh she wrote this book uh that I need to read”
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Introduction To Algorithms
Discussed“the first thing that popped into my crazy mind which is the introduction to algorithms book also called clrs for the first letters of the last name of its four authors”
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Livewired
Livewired by David Eagleman is a popular science book that explores the concept of neuroplasticity, detailing how the human brain constantly rewires itself and adapts to experiences throughout life.
Discussed“can you give a high level overview of the book it's called live wired by the way”
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A Book Review of Carl Becker's Book on the Declaration of Independence
Discussed“you said you picked up becker's book and you know it felt like it was onto something that's the same thing i felt when i picked up becker's book”
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On Intelligence
On Intelligence by Jeff Hawkins and Sandra Blakeslee is a groundbreaking book that outlines the hierarchical temporal memory theory and proposes that the human neocortex operates primarily as a prediction system.
Discussed“is it all just building on top of each other in terms of the higher level ideas especially the ones jeff wrote about in the book if you if you blur out right you know yeah on intelligence right on intelligence if you if you blur out the details”
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The C Programming Language
Discussed“you're you wrote a book C programming language”
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The Go Programming Language
Discussed“so you've also written a book on go language I'd have to admit so I worked at Google for a while and I've never used go”
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Unix
Discussed“but you know if you had to pick a single person that would be can see if written in you book UNIX a history and a memoir are there some memorable human stories funny or profound from that time they just kind of stand out”
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Animal Liberation
Animal Liberation by Peter Singer is a foundational philosophy text that galvanized the modern animal rights movement by arguing against the moral permissibility of animal exploitation.
Discussed“the following is a conversation with Peter Singer professor of bioethics at Bristol University best known for his 1975 book Animal Liberation that makes an ethical case against eating meat”
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The life you can save
The Life You Can Save: How to Play Your Part in Ending World Poverty by Peter Singer is a foundational work of moral philosophy and effective altruism that argues affluent individuals have an ethical obligation to alleviate extreme global suffering.
Discussed“he has written brilliantly from an ethical perspective on extreme poverty euthanasia human genetic selection sports doping the sale of kidneys and generally happiness including in his books ethics in the real world and the life you can save”
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Interview with Steven Schwartzman
Discussed“and now let me leave you with some words from steven schwartzman's book what it takes”
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Outgrowing God
Outgrowing God by Richard Dawkins is a book designed to help young readers and inquiring minds navigate questions of religion, faith, and secularism by encouraging critical thinking and skepticism.
Discussed“so that's a really clean idea and you've articulate that in your new book and and I'll grow God and in God Delusion is the early indoctrination”
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The God Delusion
The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins is a prominent polemical work that argues against the existence of a creator deity and critiques the societal impacts of religion.
Discussed“so that's a really clean idea and you've articulate that in your new book and and I'll grow God and in God Delusion is the early indoctrination”
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Cycles of Time
Discussed“in your 2010 book cycles of time you suggest that another universe may have existed before the big bang”
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Leaders Eat Last
Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek is a popular leadership book that examines what it takes to be a good leader by focusing on empathy, trust, and the reduction of internal ego.
Discussed“and start with why leaders elast your books you kind of you but you basically talk about what it what it takes to be a good leader”
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Start with Why
Start with Why by Simon Sinek is a widely influential business and leadership book that emphasizes the importance of establishing a clear sense of purpose before engaging in tactical execution.
Discussed“and start with why leaders elast your books you kind of you but you basically talk about what it what it takes to be a good leader”
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The Infinite Game
The Infinite Game by Simon Sinek is a business and leadership book that contrasts finite games, which have known players, fixed rules, and an agreed-upon endpoint, with infinite games, which involve known and unknown players, changeable rules, and no defined end.
Discussed“and now here's my conversation with simon Sinek in the infinite game your most recent book you describe the finite game in the infinite game”
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Einstein's Unfinished Revolution
Einstein's Unfinished Revolution by Lee Smolin explores the conceptual limitations of quantum mechanics and investigates potential paths toward a unified theory of physics.
Discussed“he's the author of several books including one that critiques the state of physics and string theory called the trouble with physics and his latest book Einsteins unfinished revolution the search for what lies beyond the quantum”
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The Trouble with Physics
Discussed“he's the author of several books including one that critiques the state of physics and string theory called the trouble with physics and his latest book Einsteins unfinished revolution the search for what lies beyond the quantum”
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Pale Blue Dot
Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space by Carl Sagan offers a profound philosophical reflection on humanity's place in the universe, inspired by the famous photograph of Earth taken from the edge of the solar system.
Discussed“if you listen to this podcast you may know that Elon Musk is as well he graciously agreed to read Carl Sagan's words about the pale blue dot in my second conversation with him”
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The mind is flat
Discussed“Nicholas Chater wrote an interesting book I think the saw delivers the mind is flat flat”
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Morphology of the Folktale
Discussed“So you're talking about Vladimir Propp, who in 1928 published a book, Morphology of the Folk Tale.”
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The Road Not Taken, and Other Poems
The Road Not Taken, and Other Poems by Robert Frost is a celebrated collection featuring some of the most widely recognized and frequently quoted verses in American literature.
Discussed“do the Robert Frost poem road less taken”
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Black Elk Speaks
Black Elk Speaks by John G.
Discussed“this book on black elk man it details his life from he was a young boy when during custer's last stand”
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A Mathematician's Lament
Discussed“in in a mathematicians limit Paul Lockhart writes the first thing to understand is that mathematics is an art the difference between math and the other arts such as music and painting is that our culture does not recognize it as such so I think I speak for millions of people myself included in saying thank you for revealing to”
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Stalin
Stephen Kotkin's multi-volume biography of Stalin examines the life of the Soviet dictator and the nature of totalitarian power.
Discussed“he has written many books on Stalin in the Soviet Union including the first to of a three-volume work on Stalin and he's currently working on volume three”
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American Pastoral
American Pastoral is a critically acclaimed 1997 novel by Philip Roth that examines the disintegration of a successful American family during the turbulent social upheavals of the late twentieth century.
Discussed“the conversation I've heard mentioned a Philip Roth's American pastoral which I love as a book”
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The Art of Computer Programming
The Art of Computer Programming by Donald E.
Discussed“so let's go to the art of computer programming in 1962 you set the table of contents for this magnum opus right yeah it was supposed to be a single book for 12 chapters now today what is it 57 years later you're in the middle of volume 4 of 7 and in the middle of going for B is”
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Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans by Melanie Mitchell offers a comprehensive examination of artificial intelligence, separating current technological achievements from science fiction hype while exploring how algorithms learn and perceive the world.
Discussed“the name of your new book is artificial intelligence subtitle a guide for thinking humans”
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I'm Fine...And Other Lies
I'm Fine...And Other Lies by Whitney Cummings is a candid memoir where the comedian and writer shares personal struggles, insights into human behavior, and reflections on anxiety, relationships, and neurology through a comedic and vulnerable lens.
Discussed“she also has some fascinating ideas about human behavior psychology and neurology some of which she explores in her book called um fine and other lies”
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The Ethical Algorithm
Discussed“well in your new book ethical algorithm you kind of sneak up from a algorithmic perspective on these deep profound philosophical questions of fairness of privacy in thinking about these topics”
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The Future of the Mind
Discussed“you describe brain that in feature of the mind this is an interesting concept”
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Artificial Intelligence: a Modern Approach
Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach by Stuart Russell and Peter Norvig is widely recognized as the definitive academic textbook on artificial intelligence, providing a comprehensive overview of the field's foundational concepts and methodologies.
Discussed“the following is a conversation with peter norvig he's a director of research at google and the co-author with stuart russell of the book artificial intelligence and modern approach that educated and inspired a whole generation of researchers including myself to get into the field of artificial intelligence”
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The Emperor of All Maladies
The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee is a Pulitzer Prize-winning biography of cancer that traces the disease from its earliest historical mentions through modern scientific efforts to cure it.
Discussed“yeah and and the other interesting question is in the early days of particular discipline I think you mentioned in in that book was is ultimately a book of cancer it's called the Emperor of all maladies”
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I, Robot
I, Robot by Isaac Asimov is a classic science fiction collection of interconnected short stories exploring the ethical and practical implications of artificial intelligence and robotics.
Discussed“and now here's my conversation with Colin angle in his 1942 short story runaround from his iRobot collection as a Asimov proposed the Three Laws of Robotics in order don't harm humans obey orders protect yourself”
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Perceptrons, Reissue of the 1988 Expanded Edition with a new foreword by Léon Bottou
Discussed“he's the guy who co-authored the book perceptron with Marvin Minsky that kind of killed the first wave”
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The Odyssey
Homer's epic poem The Odyssey recounts the arduous ten-year journey of the Greek hero Odysseus as he strives to return home to Ithaca following the Trojan War, facing mythical monsters, divine wrath, and profound personal trials along the way.
Discussed“well you said you just read The Odyssey The Odyssey is full of robots”
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Securitising Identity
Discussed“I read several books on Lockheed Martin recently my favorite in particulars by Ben rich called skunkworks personal memoir”
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AI Superpowers
AI Superpowers by Kai-Fu Lee examines the dramatic rise of artificial intelligence in China and Silicon Valley, comparing the distinct technological ecosystems and future economic trajectories of both superpowers.
Discussed“he's the author of seven best-selling books in Chinese and most recently the New York Times bestseller called AI superpowers China Silicon Valley and the New World Order”
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Ender's Game
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card is a military science fiction novel following a gifted child trained through brutal war games to fight an alien species.
Discussed“I've had a similar experience reading some science fiction books connecting with the character Orson Scott Card and you know just amazing writing and Ender's Game and and speaker for the dead terrible title”
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Speaker for the Dead
Discussed“I've had a similar experience reading some science fiction books connecting with the character Orson Scott Card and you know just amazing writing and Ender's Game and and speaker for the dead terrible title”
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The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences
Discussed“So let me just step back a little bit first to talk about, you mentioned which I read last night the parts of the 1960 paper by Eugene Wigner, Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences.”
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Enlightenment Now
Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker is a data-driven defense of reason, science, humanism, and progress that argues humanity is living in an era of unprecedented health, prosperity, and safety.
Discussed“this I talked to Steve Pinker is enlightenment now mmm-hmm his book kind of highlights that that”
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How the Mind Works
How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker is a comprehensive exploration of evolutionary psychology that investigates how the human brain evolved, how it processes information, and how these mechanisms shape modern human behavior.
Discussed“so twenty years ago in the book you've written on how the mind works”
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One, Two, Three-- Infinity
One, Two, Three-- Infinity by George Gamow is a classic popular science book that explores complex scientific concepts, ranging from mathematics and relativity to atomic physics and cosmology, in an engaging and accessible manner for general readers.
Discussed“the what about early on if we look back when you're maybe a teenager loved a book called one two three infinity”
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Questions about Lex Fridman’s book recommendations
What book does Lex Fridman recommend most?
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer. Lex Fridman recommended it in 18 episodes, with 4 explicit recommendations.
How many books has Lex Fridman recommended on podcasts?
We have found 376 books Lex Fridman recommended or discussed, across 274 episodes of 3 podcasts. Ad reads and passing mentions are not counted.
What books are on Lex Fridman's reading list?
The books Lex Fridman has recommended most on podcasts are The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. Shirer, A new kind of science by Stephen Wolfram, Meditations by Aurelius Marcus, Build a Large Language Model (From Scratch) by Sebastian Raschka and Build a Reasoning Model (From Scratch) by Sebastian Raschka. The full book list below has all 376.
What did Lex Fridman recommend on Lex Fridman Podcast?
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, A new kind of science and Meditations, among 372 books in all.
What is the latest book Lex Fridman recommended?
Madness in Civilization, recommended on Lex Fridman Podcast (2026-09-17).
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- Desperate Remedies
- The Sea Wolves
- The Normans
- Evil
- The memory illusion
- Bi
- Blitzed
- Tripped
- Secrets
- How the Universe Got Its Spots
- A madman dreams of Turing machines
- Black hole blues
- Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space
- Black Hole Survival Guide
- War on the West
- The Madness of Crowds
- On Democracies and Death Cults
- Why We're Polarized
- The Little Book of Aliens
- Justice Is Coming
- Protocols
- AI
- Why We Remember
- Biggest Ideas in the Universe
- The Game
- Syntax
- For Love of Country
- The Tragedy of Great Power Politics
- Breaking History
- The Coddling of the American Mind
- The Canceling of the American Mind
- How to Stay in Love
- Greenlights
- Nigger - The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word
- For Discrimination
- Mother of God
- Never Split the Difference
- Good Power
- What's Our Problem?
- Trauma : the Invisible Epidemic
- The White Pill
- The Network State
- New Breed
- Girl Decoded
- Maps of Meaning
- 12 Rules for Life
- Beyond Order
- Catholicism
- The Unseen Body
- Identity in a Post-communist Balkan State
- Build
- The Case Against Reality
- Untold History of the United States
- The Bitcoin Standard
- The Fiat Standard
- This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends
- Sickening
- Losing the Nobel Prize
- Into the Impossible : Think Like a Nobel Prize Winner
- Until the End of Time
- The Tao of Wu
- Limitless Mind
- Immortality Key
- Puzzles to Unravel the Universe
- The Anarchist Handbook
- Way of the Warrior Kid
- How Not to Be Wrong
- Shape
- Lifespan
- Extraterrestrial
- A Wrestling Life
- Coaching Wrestling Successfully
- New Right
- Heaven Can Wait
- How Emotions Are Made
- Dear Reader
- Livewired
- The Smallest Lights in the Universe
- Proving Einstein Right
- Principles
- The Ethical Algorithm
- Something Deeply Hidden
Appearances
Other mentions (392: passing, ad reads, own books)
“Your own Desperate Remedies: Psychiatry's- - Yeah. Yeah - ... Turmoil in Quest to Cure Mental Illness.”
“Can you steel man the case that you are in fact experiencing in a state of delusion, like One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, and can you argue against it?”
“and it's very hard to know, it's like with "The Hobbit" or something, what to do with it, and I find myself truly overwhelmed with the multitasking,”
“- The following is a conversation with Lars Brownworth, a historian and author of many excellent history books, including The Sea Wolves”
“- The following is a conversation with Lars Brownworth, a historian and author of many excellent history books, including The Sea Wolves: A History of the Vikings and The Normans: From Raiders to Kings.”
“He is also the author of several books, including Proof in the Art of Mathematics and Lectures on the Philosophy of Mathematics.”
“He is also the author of several books, including Proof in the Art of Mathematics and Lectures on the Philosophy of Mathematics.”
“You picked five fiction books, one for each decade of your life. For the audience, they should go listen to that conversation. But you picked Winter Holiday by Arthur Ransome.”
“Second one was Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë. Then Tender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald...”
“Then Tender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Thin Red Line by James Jones...”
“Then Tender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Thin Red Line by James Jones, and Middlemarch by George Eliot.”
“The Thin Red Line by James Jones, and Middlemarch by George Eliot. But just zooming out, reflecting back on that conversation, what do you think”
“- And the book I've read more than any other book is Animal Farm by George Orwell.”
“- And you also mentioned that the three great World War II books are The Thin Red Line, Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman.”
“- And you also mentioned that the three great World War II books are The Thin Red Line, Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman. And The End of the Affair, Graham Greene.”
“Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman. And The End of the Affair, Graham Greene. What makes for a great war book?”
“So there's, like you said, 1984 is pretty. I mean, it's a caricature.”
“Her books include Evil, about the psychology of murder and sadism, The Memory Illusion, about false memories, Bi, about bisexuality, and her new book that you should definitely go order now called Green Crime”
“Her books include Evil, about the psychology of murder and sadism, The Memory Illusion, about false memories, Bi, about bisexuality, and her new book that you should definitely go order now called Green Crime”
“Her books include Evil, about the psychology of murder and sadism, The Memory Illusion, about false memories, Bi, about bisexuality, and her new book that you should definitely go order now called Green Crime”
“You wrote the book Evil: The Science Behind Humanity's Dark Side.”
“The following is a conversation with Norman Ohler, author of Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich. A book that investigates what role psychoactive drugs, particularly stimulants such as methamphetamine, played in the military history of World War II.”
“He also wrote Tripped: Nazi Germany, the CIA, and the Dawn of the Psychedelic Age.”
“Also, he wrote a book on autism and about his life story, called Secrets of the Autistic Millionaire, where he gives really interesting insights about how to navigate relationships, career, and day-to-day life with autism.”
“She wrote the highly lauded book on China titled "The New China Playbook: Beyond Socialism and Capitalism," that details China's economic transformation since 1978 to today. And it dispels a lot of misconceptions about China's economy that people in the West have.”
“He is a "New York Times" bestselling author, together with his co-author, Jason Fried of four books, "Rework," "Remote," "Getting Real," and "It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work."”
“He is a "New York Times" bestselling author, together with his co-author, Jason Fried of four books, "Rework," "Remote," "Getting Real," and "It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work."”
“He is a "New York Times" bestselling author, together with his co-author, Jason Fried of four books, "Rework," "Remote," "Getting Real," and "It Doesn't Have to Be Crazy at Work."”
“And now let me leave you with some words from "Rework" by DHH and Jason Fried. What you do is what matters, not will you think or say, or plan.”
“He has a bunch of books "Peddling peril," "Iran's Perilous Pursuit of Nuclear Weapons." "Plutonium and highly enriched uranium 1996, " and so on.”
“He has a bunch of books "Peddling peril," "Iran's Perilous Pursuit of Nuclear Weapons." "Plutonium and highly enriched uranium 1996, " and so on.”
“He has a bunch of books "Peddling peril," "Iran's Perilous Pursuit of Nuclear Weapons." "Plutonium and highly enriched uranium 1996, " and so on.”
“She has also written some incredible books, including "How the Universe Got Its Spots" on the topic of the shape and the size of the universe, "A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines" on the topic of genius, madness, and the limits of knowledge, "Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space" on the topic of LIGO and the detection”
“She has also written some incredible books, including "How the Universe Got Its Spots" on the topic of the shape and the size of the universe, "A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines" on the topic of genius, madness, and the limits of knowledge, "Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space" on the topic of LIGO and the detection”
“She has also written some incredible books, including "How the Universe Got Its Spots" on the topic of the shape and the size of the universe, "A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines" on the topic of genius, madness, and the limits of knowledge, "Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space" on the topic of LIGO and the detection”
“She has also written some incredible books, including "How the Universe Got Its Spots" on the topic of the shape and the size of the universe, "A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines" on the topic of genius, madness, and the limits of knowledge, "Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space" on the topic of LIGO and the detection”
“She has also written some incredible books, including "How the Universe Got Its Spots" on the topic of the shape and the size of the universe, "A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines" on the topic of genius, madness, and the limits of knowledge, "Black Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space" on the topic of LIGO and the detection”
“And the very fact that we're able to detect gravitational waves from the early universe is effing wild. Can you explain what gravitational waves are? And we should mention, you wrote a book about the humans, about the whole journey of detecting gravitational waves and LIGO with "Black Hole Blues" is the book.”
“And the very fact that we're able to detect gravitational waves from the early universe is effing wild. Can you explain what gravitational waves are? And we should mention, you wrote a book about the humans, about the whole journey of detecting gravitational waves and LIGO with "Black Hole Blues" is the book.”
“So, speaking of the human story, you also wrote the book "A Madman Dreams of Turing Machines." It connects two geniuses of the 20th century, Alan Turing and Gödel.”
“The following is a conversation with Jeffrey Wasserstrom, a historian of modern China. This is the 'Lex Fridman Podcast.'”
“The following is a conversation with Jeffrey Wasserstrom, a historian of modern China. This is the 'Lex Fridman Podcast.'”
“The following is a conversation with Jeffrey Wasserstrom, a historian of modern China. This is the 'Lex Fridman Podcast.'”
“The following is a conversation with Jeffrey Wasserstrom, a historian of modern China. This is the 'Lex Fridman Podcast.'”
“And I hope for future where both Hong Kong and Beijing have bookstores that carry '1984,' 'Brave New World,' and all of your books.”
“And I hope for future where both Hong Kong and Beijing have bookstores that carry '1984,' 'Brave New World,' and all of your books.”
“conversation with Douglas Murray, author of "The War on the West," "The Madness of Crowds," and his new book, "On Democracies and Death Cults."”
“The following is a conversation with Douglas Murray, author of "The War on the West," "The Madness of Crowds," and his new book, "On Democracies and Death Cults."”
“The following is a conversation with Douglas Murray, author of "The War on the West," "The Madness of Crowds," and his new book, "On Democracies and Death Cults."”
“The following is a conversation with Douglas Murray, author of "The War on the West," "The Madness of Crowds," and his new book, "On Democracies and Death Cults."”
“He is a columnist for The New York Times, author of Why We're Polarized, and host of The Ezra Klein Show.”
“He is a columnist for "The New York Times", author of "Why We're Polarized", and host of "The Ezra Klein Show."”
“Derek is a writer at The Atlantic, author of Hitmakers, and On work, and host of the Plain English Podcast.”
“Derek is a writer at The Atlantic, author of Hitmakers, and On work, and host of the Plain English Podcast.”
“The non-linearity of it akin to "Ulysses" or "Finnegans Wake" by James Joyce.”
“The non-linearity of it akin to "Ulysses" or "Finnegans Wake" by James Joyce.”
“the non-linearity of it akin to "Ulysses" or "Finnegans Wake" by James Joyce.”
“the non-linearity of it akin to "Ulysses" or "Finnegans Wake" by James Joyce.”
“For the critics in the stands, chanting the latest slogans of the mass hysteria machine like sheep in Animal Farm.”
“For the critics in the stands, chanting the latest slogans of the mass hysteria machine like sheep in 'Animal Farm'. I love you too.”
“You wrote a book about aliens. So the big question, how many alien civilizations are out there?”
“So from my perspective, the answer to that is most of your wealth has been earned from writing books. - Right. - And selling those books.”
“Yet, it can be summoned, as depicted in '1984' with the concept of the two minutes of hate; with the right rhetoric, our primal selves can be unleashed, leading to destruction.”
“The following is a conversation with Vivek Ramaswamy about the future of conservatism in America. He has written many books on this topic, including his latest called "Truths: The Future of America First."”
“You wrote a book? - Yeah. - A manifesto, that outlines the progressive vision for America.”
“- Like from Clockwork Orange. (laughs) - Yeah, yeah. Is that top three Kubrick film for you? - Clockwork Orange, it's pretty good. I mean, it's demented. Jarring, I'd say.”
“- No, it was more like a "Game of Thrones" kind of dragons.”
“I didn't aim for it; I hoped it was a tangential benefit, but aimed at something else. That was the lessons I got from "The Gulag Archipelago."”
“The following is a conversation with Ivanka Trump, businesswoman, real estate developer, and former senior advisor to the President of the United States.”
“Also, he has a book coming out next year that you should pre-order now called "Protocols: An Operating Manual for the Human Body."”
“The following is a conversation with Roman Yampolskiy, an AI safety and security researcher and author of a new book titled "AI: Unexplainable, Unpredictable, Uncontrollable".”
“Now, let me leave you with some words from Frank Herbert in 'Dune': 'I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little death that brings total obliteration.”
“He's the author of "Why We Remember: Unlocking Memory's Power to Hold on to What Matters."”
“He is a theoretical physicist at John Hopkins, host of the Mindscape Podcast that I personally love and highly recommend, and author of many books, including the most recent book series called "The Biggest Ideas in the Universe,"”
“I reckon that warrants some comparison to The Lord of the Rings, , , , , , .”
“So in the book 'A Game of Throws,' you have a chapter titled 'Lessons and Losing.'”
“Also, he should have a book titled "Syntax, a Cognitive Approach," published by MIT Press, coming out this fall. So look out for that.”
“She served in the U.S. military for many years, achieving the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, and now she's the author of a new book called "For Love of Country."”
“She served in the U.S. military for many years, achieving the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, and now she's the author of a new book called 'For Love of Country.'”
“Solzhenitsyn of course is the author of Gulag Archipelago. He's half Ukrainian.”
“And now let me leave you with some words from Mario Puzo, author of "The Godfather," "Behind every successful fortune there's a crime."”
“what is it, the magic theater, what book is that from? Hermann Hesse, "Steppenwolf," I think.”
“The following is a conversation with Michael Malice, anarchist and author of "Dear Reader", "The New Right", "The Anarchist Handbook", "The White Pill", and he is the host of the podcast "YOUR WELCOME".”
“The following is a conversation with Michael Malice, anarchist and author of "Dear Reader", "The New Right", "The Anarchist Handbook", "The White Pill", and he is the host of the podcast "YOUR WELCOME".”
“The following is a conversation with Michael Malice, anarchist and author of "Dear Reader", "The New Right", "The Anarchist Handbook", "The White Pill", and he is the host of the podcast "YOUR WELCOME".”
“The following is a conversation with Michael Malice, anarchist and author of "Dear Reader", "The New Right", "The Anarchist Handbook", "The White Pill", and he is the host of the podcast "YOUR WELCOME".”
“Can you explain your view on power in international politics as outlined in your book, "The Tragedy of Great Power Politics" and in your writing since then? -”
“- The following is a conversation with Jared Kushner, former senior advisor to the President during the Donald Trump administration, and author of Breaking History, a White House memoir.”
“And he's the author of "Unlearning Liberty", co-author with Jonathan Haidt of "Coddling of the American Mind" and co-author with Rikki Schlott of a new book coming out in October that you should definitely pre-order now called "The Canceling of the American Mind"”
“And he's the author of "Unlearning Liberty", co-author with Jonathan Haidt of "Coddling of the American Mind" and co-author with Rikki Schlott of a new book coming out in October that you should definitely pre-order now called "The Canceling of the American Mind" which is a definitive accounting of the history, present and future of cancel culture.”
“And he's the author of "Unlearning Liberty", co-author with Jonathan Haidt of "Coddling of the American Mind" and co-author with Rikki Schlott of a new book coming out in October that you should definitely pre-order now called "The Canceling of the American Mind"”
“And I highly recommend if you're listening to this go pre-order the book now. When does it come out? - October 17th. - Okay, "The Canceling of the American Mind."”
“The following is a conversation with James Sexton, divorce attorney and author of "How to Stay in Love A Divorce Lawyer's Guide to Staying Together"”
“The following is a conversation with James Sexton, a divorce attorney and the author of 'How to Stay in Love: A Divorce Lawyer's Guide to Staying Together.'”
“By the way, "Yellowstone" is just so great. - Oh, it's so good, right?”
“Oh, and she also brought me a present, "War and Peace" by Tolstoy, and "Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius. It doesn't get better than that.”
“Oh, and she also brought me a present, "War and Peace" by Tolstoy, and "Meditations" by Marcus Aurelius. It doesn't get better than that.”
“This external source of coherence and inspiration of how to take the leap into the unknown that we humans do. Man search for meaning. LLMs search for meaning.”
“The following is a conversation with Yuval Noah Harari, a historian, philosopher, and author of several highly acclaimed, highly influential books, including 'Sapiens', 'Homo Deus', and '21 Lessons for the 21st Century'.”
“The following is a conversation with Yuval Noah Harari, a historian, philosopher, and author of several highly acclaimed, highly influential books, including 'Sapiens', 'Homo Deus', and '21 Lessons for the 21st Century'.”
“- My father was a great historian, he taught me several things.”
“And obviously, a shout out to the Hitchhiker's Guide and all that kind of stuff.”
“In his book called "Greenlights" and his new video course called Roadtrip, where Matthew expands on the philosophy in his book and shows how to apply to your life in order to find more happiness, success, and love.”
“In his book called 'Greenlights' and his new video course called Roadtrip, Matthew expands on the philosophy in his book and shows how to apply it to your life in order to find more happiness, success, and love.”
“Randall has written a book titled 'Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word.'”
“Randall has written a book with this word as the title "N word: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word."”
“You wrote a book on the topic titled For Discrimination: Race, Affirmative Action, and the Law.”
“The following is a conversation with Harvey Silverglate, a legendary free speech advocate, co-founder of FIRE, the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, and the author of several books on the freedom of speech and criminal justice, including "The Shadow University: The Betrayal of Liberty on America's Campuses".”
“And I'll also ask about your review of his most recent book.”
“About the topics as well, we recently had a schoolteacher present on teaching immigrants with a book called 'Making Americans.' We had a presidential advisor to four presidents discuss changing US politics.”
“And now let me leave you some words from Bill Bryson, in his book, "A Short History of Nearly Everything".”
“Okay, I just want to snapshot that quote and put it on my LinkedIn and the back of my book. When is your autobiography coming out?”
“He also is the author of "Love and Math, the Heart of Hidden Reality."”
“- To the political complexity of two plus two equals five in George Orwell's "1984."”
“"Blade Runner" was based on a novel by Philip K. Dick, "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"”
“Oh boy. - the book "Mother of God" with a passage that I think beautifully paints a scene.”
“The power to suffocate the human spirit in the totalitarian way of George Orwell's "1984" or the pleasure-fueled mass hysteria of "Brave New World"”
“The power to suffocate the human spirit in the totalitarian way of George Orwell's "1984" or the pleasure-fueled mass hysteria of "Brave New World" where, as Huxley saw it, people come to love their oppression”
“The power to suffocate the human spirit in a totalitarian way like in George Orwell's '1984', or the pleasure-fueled mass hysteria of 'Brave New World', where, as Huxley saw it, people come to love their oppression and adore the technologies that undermine their capacities to think.”
“The power to suffocate the human spirit in a totalitarian way like in George Orwell's '1984', or the pleasure-fueled mass hysteria of 'Brave New World', where, as Huxley saw it, people come to love their oppression and adore the technologies that undermine their capacities to think.”
“As the host of the "Making Sense Podcast," creator of the Waking Up App, and the author of many seminal books on human nature and the human mind, including "The End of Faith," "The Moral Landscape," "Lying," "Free Will," and "Waking Up."”
“As the host of the "Making Sense Podcast," creator of the Waking Up App, and the author of many seminal books on human nature and the human mind, including "The End of Faith," "The Moral Landscape," "Lying," "Free Will," and "Waking Up."”
“As the host of the "Making Sense Podcast," creator of the Waking Up App, and the author of many seminal books on human nature and the human mind, including "The End of Faith," "The Moral Landscape," "Lying," "Free Will," and "Waking Up."”
“As the host of the "Making Sense Podcast," creator of the Waking Up App, and the author of many seminal books on human nature and the human mind, including "The End of Faith," "The Moral Landscape," "Lying," "Free Will," and "Waking Up."”
“As the host of the "Making Sense Podcast," creator of the Waking Up App, and the author of many seminal books on human nature and the human mind, including "The End of Faith," "The Moral Landscape," "Lying," "Free Will," and "Waking Up."”
“As the host of the "Making Sense Podcast," creator of the Waking Up App, and the author of many seminal books on human nature and the human mind, including "The End of Faith," "The Moral Landscape," "Lying," "Free Will," and "Waking Up," he has had a significant impact.”
“As the host of the "Making Sense Podcast," creator of the Waking Up App, and the author of many seminal books on human nature and the human mind, including "The End of Faith," "The Moral Landscape," "Lying," "Free Will," and "Waking Up," he has had a significant impact.”
“The following is a conversation with Chris Voss, former FBI hostage and crisis negotiator and author of, "Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It."”
“She's the author of a new book on power, leadership, and her life story called 'Good Power' coming out on March 7th.”
“He's the author and illustrator of the amazing blog called "Wait But Why," and is the author of a new book coming out tomorrow called "What's Our Problem, A Self-Help Book For Societies." We talk a lot about this book in this podcast, but you really do need to get it and experience it for yourself.”
“with another book I'm reading next week tune in Marcus Aurelius meditations”
“not just about the topic of trauma which Paul wrote an amazing book about but broadly about human nature”
“To support this podcast, please check out our sponsors in the description, and now let me leave you with some words from Carl Sagan: 'Perhaps the aliens are here but are hiding because of some galactic ethic of non-interference with emerging civilizations.'”
“and the author of the Socialist Manifesto the case for radical politics and an era of extreme inequality”
“He's a Democratic Socialist, a political writer, the founding editor of Jacobin, the president of The Nation, a former Vice Chair of the Democratic Socialists of America, and the author of The Socialist Manifesto: The Case for Radical Politics in an Era of Extreme Inequality.”
“As I often do, please allow me to read a few lines from the poem 'If' by Rudyard Kipling: 'If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you, if you can trust yourself when all men doubt you but make allowance for their doubting too, if you can wait and not”
“Hey, you know, leisure should mean civic activity too, right? I mean, there's that famous book by Robert Putnam, 'Bowling Alone,' or whatever—he describes it for now.”
“Now, let me leave you with some words from Stanislav Lem's Solaris: 'How do you expect to communicate with the ocean when we can't even understand one another?'”
“this is a special holiday episode and it is made extra special because it's announcing the release of Michael's new book called the white pill a tale of Good and Evil”
“and now let me leave you with some words from Sun Tzu and the Art of War”
“Now, let me leave you with some words from Sun Tzu in the Art of War: 'The whole secret lies in confusing the enemy so that he cannot fathom our real intent.' Thank you for listening, and hope to see you next time.”
“It's a world that you escaped to in the way, like your favorite book like Lord of the Rings, you, it was just some, it was unlike anything else.”
“Not all of it, but when he is just silly, I found that silliness-- I think Hermann Hesse said something paraphrased, one of my favorite writers-- ANDREW HUBERMAN: Yeah, same. LEX FRIDMAN: I think in Steppenwolf he said, learn what is to be taken seriously and laugh at the rest.”
“Bjorn lomborg is the president of Copenhagen consensus Think Tank and author of false alarm cool it and skeptical environmentalists”
“Bjorn lomborg is the president of Copenhagen consensus Think Tank and author of false alarm cool it and skeptical environmentalists”
“Bjorn lomborg is the president of Copenhagen consensus Think Tank and author of false alarm cool it and skeptical environmentalists”
“please check out his work at lombard.com that includes his books articles and other writing”
“please check out his work at lombard.com that includes his books articles and other writing”
“please check out his work at lombard.com that includes his books articles and other writing”
“The following is a conversation with Ben Shapiro, a conservative political commentator, host of the Ben Shapiro Show, co-founder of The Daily Wire, and author of several books, including The Authoritarian Moment, The Right Side of History, and Facts Don't Care About Your Feelings.”
“The following is a conversation with Ben Shapiro, a conservative political commentator, host of the Ben Shapiro Show, co-founder of The Daily Wire, and author of several books, including The Authoritarian Moment, The Right Side of History, and Facts Don't Care About Your Feelings.”
“The following is a conversation with Ben Shapiro, a conservative political commentator, host of the Ben Shapiro Show, co-founder of The Daily Wire, and author of several books, including The Authoritarian Moment, The Right Side of History, and Facts Don't Care About Your Feelings.”
“You wrote How to Debate the Leftist and Destroy Them.”
“the following is a conversation with bology s Nason an angel investor Tech founder philosopher and author of the network State how to start a new country”
“she's a research scientist at MIT media lab interested in human robot interaction and robot ethics which she writes about in her recent book called The New Breed what our history with animals reveals about our future with robots”
“She's a research scientist at MIT Media Lab interested in human-robot interaction and robot ethics, which she writes about in her recent book called 'The New Breed: What Our History with Animals Reveals About Our Future with Robots.'”
“You are the author of 'The New Breed: What Our History with Animals Reveals About Our Future with Robots.'”
“the following is a conversation with Annika Harris author of conscious a brief Guide to the fundamental mystery of the mind and is someone who writes and thinks a lot about the nature of Consciousness and of reality especially from the perspectives of physics and Neuroscience”
“and then so your book and then and then it has the rise and fall of the Third Reich”
“and then so your book and then and then it has the rise and fall of the Third Reich uh bloodlands by Timothy Snyder probably the most upsetting book I've ever read”
“and then so your book and then and then it has the rise and fall of the Third Reich uh bloodlands by Timothy Snyder probably the most upsetting book I've ever read”
“and then so your book and then and then it has the rise and fall of the Third Reich uh bloodlands by Timothy Snyder probably the most upsetting book I've ever read”
“I read sojunitsen's um go like archipelago and what else”
“red famine which is um um and applebum is that that hurt”
“she is the founder of effectiva Deputy CEO of Smart Eye author of girl decoded and one of the most brilliant kind inspiring and fun human beings”
“checks out my high I admire him very much”
“[Laughter] So what is it, Queen's Gambit on the ceiling?”
“the following is a conversation with jordan peterson an influential psychologist lecturer podcast host and author of maps of meaning 12 rules for life and beyond order”
“the following is a conversation with jordan peterson an influential psychologist lecturer podcast host and author of maps of meaning 12 rules for life and beyond order”
“the following is a conversation with jordan peterson an influential psychologist lecturer podcast host and author of maps of meaning 12 rules for life and beyond order”
“The following is a conversation with Jordan Peterson, an influential psychologist, lecturer, podcast host, and author of 'Maps of Meaning,' '12 Rules for Life,' and beyond.”
“The following is a conversation with Jordan Peterson, an influential psychologist, lecturer, podcast host, and author of 'Maps of Meaning,' '12 Rules for Life,' and beyond.”
“it's you know it's like editing james joyce like finnegan's wake or something because it doesn't make any sense”
“And now let me leave you some words from Sun Tzu in the "Art of War." "Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt."”
“And now let me leave you some words from Sun Tzu in 'The Art of War.' 'Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.'”
“the following is a conversation with bishop robert barron founder of ward on fire and one of the greatest educators in the world on the beauty and wisdom within catholicism christianity and religious faith in general”
“now you give first of all you have a great book on the neuroscience of intelligence”
“You've looked back at the predecessors and the history in writing your book; is there some way in which the KGB is grounded in the culture, the spirit, the soul of its predecessors? Oh, absolutely.”
“the following is a conversation with jonathan weissman a physician and writer of the unseen body a doctor's journey through the hidden wonders of human anatomy”
“The following is a conversation with Jonathan Reisman, a physician and the writer of "The Unseen Body: A Doctor's Journey Through the Hidden Wonders of Human Anatomy."”
“You wrote a book called "Unseen Body," all about the human body: the messy, the weird, the beautiful, and the fascinating details.”
“You talk about the wisdom of a design in the book. What are the important things about the hand?”
“the following is a conversation with douglas murray author of the madness of crowds gender race and identity and his most recent book the war on the west”
“the following is a conversation with douglas murray author of the madness of crowds gender race and identity and his most recent book the war on the west”
“the following is a conversation with douglas murray author of the madness of crowds gender race and identity and his most recent book the war on the west how to prevail in the age of unreason”
“The following is a conversation with Douglas Murray, author of The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race, and Identity, and his most recent book, The War on the West: How to Prevail in the Age of Unreason.”
“The following is a conversation with Douglas Murray, author of The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race, and Identity, and his most recent book, The War on the West: How to Prevail in the Age of Unreason.”
“and he's the author of the new book build an unorthodox guide to making things worth making more than almost any human ever”
“He's also the author of the new book titled 'Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making'",”
“He's the author of over 120 scientific papers on these topics, and his most recent book, titled "The Case Against Reality, Why Evolution Hid The Truth From Our Eyes."”
“He is the co-author of a book titled "The Elephant in the Brain: Hidden Motives in Everyday Life," "The Age of Em: Work, Love, and Life When Robots Rule the Earth," and a fascinating recent paper I recommend on "Grabby Aliens," titled "If Loud Aliens Explain Human Earliness, Quiet Aliens Are Also Rare.”
“he has brilliantly discussed these topics in his writing including in his book the coddling of the american mind and in his recent long article in the atlantic titled why the past 10 years of american life have been uniquely stupid”
“so you've been thinking about the human mind for quite a long time you wrote the happiness hypothesis the righteous mind the coddling of the american mind”
“so you've been thinking about the human mind for quite a long time you wrote the happiness hypothesis the righteous mind the coddling of the american mind”
“so you've been thinking about the human mind for quite a long time you wrote the happiness hypothesis the righteous mind the coddling of the american mind”
“And he has written what is widely considered to be the definitive biography of Stalin in three volumes, two of which have been published, and the third focused on World War II and the years after, he is in the midst of writing now.”
“You've said that you did a lot of reading when you were growing up, and you mentioned 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas' by Hunter S. Thompson.”
“i have one of his books the hero deer reader dear reader”
“And now let me leave you with some words from Oliver Stone in the untold history of the United States: 'To fail is not tragic; to be human is.'”
“He's an Austrian economist, an anarchist, and the author of "The Bitcoin Standard" and the new book, "The Fiat Standard."”
“He's an Austrian economist, an anarchist, and the author of "The Bitcoin Standard" and the new book, "The Fiat Standard."”
“you've written the the book bitcoin standard from 2018 i believe yeah”
“And now, let me leave you with some words from Stannislav Lem and Solaris. Man has gone out to explore other worlds and other civilizations without having explored his own labyrinth”
“sort of beyond over there in sugar candy mountain as uh crow says that in animal farm”
“Now, if you have no idea what I'm talking about when I say deep work, you should read a book called deep work by Cal Newport. It's brilliant. It makes you understand that there's a very difficult and proper way to work and it should be exhausting. But then if you learn to work that way, you can work less.”
“i don't know what to call you but uh there's drafts of finn can squake yeah i actually saw pictures of this from um i think it was on instagram or something”
“because i read oliver twist does that encapsulate you personally”
“And now, let me leave you with some words from George RR Martin from 'A Clash of Kings.' 'A good act does not wash out the bad, nor a bad act the good.”
“Like the poem 'If' by Rudyard Kipling says, 'If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, or walk with kings, nor lose the common touch; if neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you; if all men count with you, but none too much,' this is a really, really important thing to me that I try to live”
“Now, let me leave you with the end of the poem 'If' by Rudyard Kipling: If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, or walk with kings and lose the common touch, If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you, if all men count with you but none too much, If you can fill the unforgiving minute”
“the following is a conversation with nicole pearl roth cyber security journalist and author of this is how they tell me the world ends the cyber weapons arm race”
“it's uh you know like a bunch of sports have the definitive movies unboxing has rocky maybe folk style collegiate wrestling has uh vision quest”
“the following is a conversation with john abramson faculty at harvard medical school a family physician for over two decades and author of the new book sickening about how big pharma broke american healthcare and how we can fix it”
“The following is a conversation with John Abramson, faculty at Harvard Medical School, a family physician for over two decades, and author of the new book 'Sickening' about how Big Pharma broke American healthcare and how we can fix it.”
“You wrote the book 'Overdosed America' and the new book coming out now called 'Sickening' about how Big Pharma broke American healthcare, including science and research, and how we can fix it.”
“and now let me leave you with some words from stanislav lem in solaris how do you expect to communicate with the ocean when we can't even understand one another”
“He is a panpsychist, which means he believes that consciousness is a fundamental and ubiquitous feature of physical reality; of all matter in the universe. He is the author of 'Galileo's Error: Foundations for a New Science of Consciousness' and is the host of an excellent podcast called 'Mind Chat.'”
“and now let me leave you some words for miyamoto musashi there's nothing outside yourself that can ever enable you to get better stronger richer quicker or smarter everything is within everything exists seek nothing outside of yourself”
“the following is a conversation with brian keating experimental physicist at ussd and author of losing the nobel prize and into the impossible”
“the following is a conversation with brian keating experimental physicist at ussd and author of losing the nobel prize and into the impossible”
“and the co-author of free market revolution and equal is unfair”
“and the co-author of free market revolution and equal is unfair”
“author of the virtue of nationalism and an upcoming book called conservatism a rediscovery”
“author of the virtue of nationalism and an upcoming book called conservatism a rediscovery”
“kerouac any of this stuff i have on the road i read and i read a biography of him”
“i think this life this world this our human civilization is beautiful and as dostoyevsky said beauty will save the world”
“I think this life this world this our human civilization is beautiful and as dostoyevsky said beauty will save the world”
“and now let me leave you with some words from marcus aurelius the art of living is more like wrestling than dancing”
“exploring ideas in mathematics science cryptography money linguistics philosophy and virtual reality from his early book snow crash to his new one called termination shock”
“exploring ideas in mathematics science cryptography money linguistics philosophy and virtual reality from his early book snow crash to his new one called termination shock”
“you write both historical fiction like world war ii in kryptonomicon and science fiction looking both into the past and the future so let me ask does history repeat itself”
“and now let me leave you with some words from neil stevenson himself in his novel snow crash the world is full of things more powerful than us”
“his first book the big rig trucking in the decline of the american dream explains how long-haul trucking went from being one of the best blue collar jobs to one of the toughest”
“the following is a conversation with brian greene theoretical physicist at columbia and author of many amazing books on physics including his latest until the end of time mind matter and our search for meaning in an evolving universe”
“the following is a conversation with rizza the rapper record producer filmmaker actor writer philosopher kung fu scholar and the mastermind of the legendary hip-hop group wu-tang clan this is the lex friedman podcast to support it please check out our sponsors in the description and now here's my conversation with rizza in the tao of wu”
“is uh you talk about creativity a little bit and flexibility in your book limitless what's the role of that”
“the following is a conversation with jay mcclelland a cognitive scientist at stanford and one of the seminal figures in the history of artificial intelligence and specifically neural networks having written the parallel distributed processing book with david rommelhart who co-authored the backpropagation paper with jeff hinton in their collaborations they've paved the way for many of the ideas at”
“having written the parallel distributed processing book with david rommelhart who co-authored the backpropagation paper with jeff hinton in their collaborations”
“So you have the Eloy who only program in the epistemological higher order logic language yes and then you have the morlocks who are like under the under the ground figuring out what the Machinery is that will make this efficiently operate”
“don is a legendary computer scientist touring award winner father of algorithm analysis author of the art of computer programming creator of tech”
“don is a legendary computer scientist touring award winner father of algorithm analysis author of the art of computer programming creator of tech that led to late tech and one of the kindest and most fascinating human beings i've ever got a chance to talk to”
“wait are you talking about cat in the hat”
“and now let me leave you with the three laws of robotics from isaac asimov”
“vincent is one of the best educators in biology and in general that i've ever had the pleasure of speaking with i highly recommend you check out his this week in virology podcast and watch his introductory lectures on youtube”
“and now let me leave you some words from arthur c clarke, who is the author of 2001 a space odyssey it may be that our role on this planet is not to worship god but to create him”
“the following is a conversation with brian muirescu author of the immortality key the secret history of the religion with no name a book that reconstructs the forgotten history of psychedelics in the development of western civilization”
“he previously wrote the seminal book on the subject titled on intelligence and recently a new book called a thousand brains”
“he has lived one hell of a life of hardship and triumph as he writes about in his book called the ego and the dragon”
“you have uh a few examples that are geometric in nature in your book how can geometry in ancient times or today be used to understand reality”
“and you also in your book have this kind of through the space of puzzles through the space of ideas have a brief history of physics of physical ideas”
“and now let me leave you with some words from douglas adams in the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the galaxy lies a small unregarded yellow sun orbiting this at a distance of roughly 92 million miles is an utterly insignificant little blue green”
“you've assembled uh a number of essays from anarchist thinkers in a new book called the anarchist handbook”
“you've assembled a number of essays from anarchist thinkers in a new book called the anarchist handbook”
“the following is a conversation with jaco willink a retired u.s navy seal co-author of extreme ownership dichotomy of leadership discipline equals freedom and many other excellent books”
“the following is a conversation with jaco willink a retired u.s navy seal co-author of extreme ownership dichotomy of leadership discipline equals freedom and many other excellent books”
“the following is a conversation with jaco willink a retired u.s navy seal co-author of extreme ownership dichotomy of leadership discipline equals freedom and many other excellent books”
“the following is a conversation with jaco willink a retired u.s navy seal co-author of extreme ownership dichotomy of leadership discipline equals freedom and many other excellent books”
“the following is a conversation with yon mi park a north korean defector human rights activist and author of the book in order to live”
“like in uh heer's guide there's I think like a paragraph or a couple sentences”
“the following is a conversation with jordan ellenberg a mathematician at university of wisconsin and an author who masterfully reveals the beauty and power of mathematics in his 2014 book how not to be wrong”
“in his new book just released recently called shape the hidden geometry of information biology strategy democracy and everything else”
“he's the author of the book lifespan and co-founder of several biotech companies”
“he's a professor in the department of genetics at harvard and co-director of the paul f glenn center for the biology of aging at harvard medical school he's the author of the book lifespan and co-founder of several biotech companies”
“he's the host of the making sense podcast and the author of many seminal books on human nature and the human mind including the end of faith the moral landscape lying free will and waking up”
“he's the host of the making sense podcast and the author of many seminal books on human nature and the human mind including the end of faith the moral landscape lying free will and waking up”
“he's the host of the making sense podcast and the author of many seminal books on human nature and the human mind including the end of faith the moral landscape lying free will and waking up”
“he's the host of the making sense podcast and the author of many seminal books on human nature and the human mind including the end of faith the moral landscape lying free will and waking up”
“he's the host of the making sense podcast and the author of many seminal books on human nature and the human mind including the end of faith the moral landscape lying free will and waking up”
“you've uh written a book about how the role and power of the presidency has changed”
“author of many books including the great stagnation average is over and his most recent big business a love letter to an american anti-hero”
“author of many books including the great stagnation average is over and his most recent big business a love letter to an american anti-hero”
“author of many books including the great stagnation average is over and his most recent big business a love letter to an american anti-hero”
“and now let me leave you with some words from frank herbert in dune i must not fear”
“yeah and now one of the beautiful and you know people can read about in your book deep work”
“you talk about this in in the new email book is the process”
“a lot of your work is what inspired this deep thinking about productivity from all the different angles”
“and now let me leave you with some words from sun tzu in the art of war the supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting thank you for listening and hope to see you next time”
“what do you hope your legacy is when there's a when there's a book like a hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy and this is like a one sentence entry ball”
“the following is a conversation with jason calacanis who's an entrepreneur investor author of angel how to invest in technology startups and as many people may know he's a fun brilliant long time podcast host of this week in startups and co-host of the all in podcast with chamath palahapatia david sax and david friedberg who all happen to be”
“the following is a conversation with jason calacanis who's an entrepreneur investor author of angel how to invest in technology startups”
“uh i like the i wrote this down uh the marcus aurelius quote Love the people with whom fate brings you together and do so with all of your heart”
“he is a physicist and artificial intelligence researcher at mit co-founder of the future of life institute and author of life 3.0 being human in the age of artificial intelligence”
“he has authored over 800 papers and written eight books including his latest called extraterrestrial the first sign of intelligent life beyond earth it'll be released in a couple of weeks so go pre-order it now to show support for what i think is truly an important book”
“he's the author of several books including wrestling life 1 and 2 and coaching wrestling successfully”
“he's the author of several books including wrestling life 1 and 2 and coaching wrestling successfully”
“He's the author of several books including wrestling life 1 and 2 and coaching wrestling successfully”
“He's the author of several books including wrestling life 1 and 2 and coaching wrestling successfully”
“well for people who don't know this is out of context that you have written a great book that includes some of these concepts called the new right which is not includes these concepts but talks about”
“the following is a conversation with diana walsh basulka a professor of philosophy and religion at uncw and author of american cosmic ufos religion and technology”
“They have a book on purgatory that came before your uh american cosmic”
“um by the guy who did the martian who wrote the martian mm-hmm you know matt damon no the book”
“i've been reading as i don't shut up about the the rise and fall of the third reich and you know there there's economic effects uh that uh take a decade to you know there's going to be long lasting effects that may”
“he wrote a book called deep work he's a computer science professor and he's currently working on a book about email”
“since this is episode number 142 and 42 as we all know is the answer to the ultimate question of life the universe and everything according to the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy”
“you also have the author of another book is we talked about how emotions are made”
“objectivism is the philosophical system developed by Ein Rand that she first expressed in her fiction books The Fountain Head and Atlas Shrugged and later in non-fiction essays and books”
“objectivism is the philosophical system developed by Ein Rand that she first expressed in her fiction books The Fountain Head and Atlas Shrugged and later in non-fiction essays and books”
“yaron is the current chairman of the board at the IR Rand Institute host of the Yan Brook show and the co-author of free market Revolution equal is unfair and several other books where he analyzes systems of government human behavior and The Human Condition from the perspective of objectivism”
“yaron is the current chairman of the board at the IR Rand Institute host of the Yan Brook show and the co-author of free market Revolution equal is unfair and several other books where he analyzes systems of government human behavior and The Human Condition from the perspective of objectivism”
“as a side note let me say that I first read Atlas Shrugged and the Fountain Head early in college along with many other literary and philosophical works from n haiger Kant lock Fuko wienstein and of course all the great existentialists from kard to kamu”
“as a side note let me say that I first read Atlas Shrugged and the Fountain Head early in college along with many other literary and philosophical works from n haiger Kant lock Fuko wienstein and of course all the great existentialists from kard to kamu”
“Bible the Bible”
“that's I was actually recently just complaining that there's not enough content on the the famine the 30s of you know of of Stu there's so much on Hitler like I love yeah the reading I'm reading it's so long it's been taking me forever the the rise and Falls the Third Reich”
“and you Newton's great work right the prinkipia”
“first sponsor is blinkist an app that summarizes key ideas from thousands of books I use it almost every day to learn new things or to pick which books I want to read or listen to”
“she is the author of a book that revolutionized our understanding of emotion in the brain called how emotions are made and she's coming out with a new book called seven and a half lessons about the brain”
“he is the author of dear reader the unauthorized autobiography of kim jong-il and the new right a journey to the fringe of american politics”
“he is the author of dear reader the unauthorized autobiography of kim jong-il and the new right a journey to the fringe of american politics”
“i'm aware through wikipedia and through surface reading of things that like a book called the republic was written once”
“and actually that brings me to another dune”
“i the the poem if uh by kipling okay i'd love to read it Sure it's okay it's a minute okay”
“he's the author of several books including a new kind of Science and the new book a project to find the fundamental Theory of physics”
“it's like a hitchhiker's guide i know”
“he is an author a lot of amazing books about the human mind and his new one called livewired”
“i recommend ascent of money as a great book on this history”
“and it shows you that the fineman that we've all seen in like surely you're joking is different from the feynman in reality”
“the following is a conversation with sheldon solomon a social psychologist a philosopher co-developer of terror management theory and co-author of the warm at the core on the role of death and life”
“and now let me leave you with some words from vladimir nabokov that sheldon uses in his book warm at the core the cradle rocks above and abyss and common sense tells us that our existence is but a brief crack of light between two eternities of darkness”
“plus in a couple days august 18th her new book a memoir called the smallest lights in the universe is coming out”
“i recommend the scent of money as a great book on this history”
“42 is obviously the answer to life the universe and everything from the hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy”
“and now let me leave you with some words from prince mishkin and the idiot by dostoyevsky beauty will save the world”
“he co-authored the C programming language with Dennis Ritchie the creator of C and has written a lot of books on programming computers and life including the practice of programming the goal programming language and his latest UNIX a history and a memoir”
“he co-authored the C programming language with Dennis Ritchie the creator of C and has written a lot of books on programming computers and life including the practice of programming the goal programming language and his latest UNIX a history and a memoir”
“he co-authored the C programming language with Dennis Ritchie the creator of C and has written a lot of books on programming computers and life including the practice of programming the goal programming language and his latest UNIX a history and a memoir”
“I recommend a cent of money as a great book in this history”
“he's also one of the great educators of computer science in the world his book with John Hennessy is how I first learned about and was humbled by the inner workings of machines at the lowest level”
“his book with John Hennessy is how I first learned about and was humbled by the inner workings of machines at the lowest level”
“I recently listened to his conversation with Frank Abagnale author of catch me if you can one of the world's most famous Kahneman”
“I recommend the scent of money as a great book on this history also the audio book is amazing”
“I recommend a cent of money as a great book on this history”
“i recommend ascent of money as a great book on this history both the book and audiobook are great”
“let me mention that cryptocurrency in the context of the history of money is fascinating i recommend ascent of money as a great book on this history”
“I recommend a cent of money as a great book on this history debits and credits on Ledger's started around 30,000 years ago”
“Let me mention that cryptocurrency in the context of the history of money is fascinating I recommend a cent of money as a great book on this history debits and credits on Ledger's started around 30,000 years ago the US dollar created over two hundred years ago and Bitcoin the first decentralized cryptocurrency released just over ten years ago”
“is the author of several books including a new kind of science which on a personal note was one of the most influential books in my journey in computer science and artificial intelligence”
“sort of you know a book title is something like a new kind of science”
“the following is a conversation with Richard Dawkins an evolutionary biologist and author of The Selfish Gene the blind watchmaker The God Delusion the magic of reality and the greatest show of Earth and his latest Al growing God”
“the following is a conversation with Richard Dawkins an evolutionary biologist and author of The Selfish Gene the blind watchmaker The God Delusion the magic of reality and the greatest show of Earth and his latest Al growing God”
“the following is a conversation with Richard Dawkins an evolutionary biologist and author of The Selfish Gene the blind watchmaker The God Delusion the magic of reality and the greatest show of Earth and his latest Al growing God”
“the following is a conversation with Richard Dawkins an evolutionary biologist and author of The Selfish Gene the blind watchmaker The God Delusion the magic of reality and the greatest show of Earth and his latest Al growing God”
“the following is a conversation with Richard Dawkins an evolutionary biologist and author of The Selfish Gene the blind watchmaker The God Delusion the magic of reality and the greatest show of Earth and his latest Al growing God”
“the following is a conversation with Richard Dawkins an evolutionary biologist and author of The Selfish Gene the blind watchmaker The God Delusion the magic of reality and the greatest show of Earth and his latest Al growing God”
“and now let me leave you with some words of wisdom from Richard dokins We are going to die and that makes us the lucky ones Most people are never going to die because they're never going to be born”
“and now let me leave you with some words of wisdom from Richard dokins We are going to die and that makes us the lucky ones Most people are never going to die because they're never going to be born”
“most people have read like in him in high school for there's a book called the stranger but that one in particular seems so connected to us”
“let me mention that cryptocurrency in the context of the history of money it's fascinating I recommend a cent of money as a great book on this history”
“he has worked on fascinating and important ideas in existential risk simulation hypothesis human enhancement ethics and the risks of super intelligent AI systems including in his book super intelligence”
“the following is a conversation with simon Sinek author of several books including start with why leaders eat last and his latest the infinite game”
“the following is a conversation with simon Sinek author of several books including start with why leaders eat last and his latest the infinite game”
“the following is a conversation with simon Sinek author of several books including start with why leaders eat last and his latest the infinite game”
“i recommend a cent of money as a great book on this history debits and credits on Ledger's started around 30,000 years ago the US dollar created over two hundred years ago”
“let me mention that cryptocurrency in the context of the history of money is fascinating I recommend a cent of money as a great book on this history”
“I recommend a cent of money as a great book on this history”
“I recommend a cent of money as a great book on this history”
“I recommend a cent of money as a great book on this history”
“and you've also mentioned this hilarious idea maybe tongue-in-cheek maybe not that there may be simulations within simulations arbitrarily stacked levels and that there may be that we may be in level 42 oh yeah along those stacks referencing Hitchhiker's Guide to the universe”
“and now let me leave you some words from Adam Smith in the wealth of nations one of the most influential philosophers and economists in our history”
“there have you happen to have ever seen Space Odyssey 2001 Space Odyssey”
“he's the author of the popular book Thinking Fast and Slow that summarizes in an accessible way his research of several decades”
“he's the author of the multi-volume work the magnum opus the art of computer programming”
“from her doctoral work with her advisers Douglas Hofstadter and John Holland - today she has contributed a lot of important ideas to the field of AI including her recent book simply called artificial intelligence a guide for thinking humans”
“he's now the co-author of a new book titled proving Einstein right about the scientists who set out to prove in Stein's theory of relativity”
“his ideas that are applicable to everyone are brilliantly summarized in his book principles”
“Ernest Becker explored it. In general do you ponder the value of mortality?”
“he's a professor at the University of Pennsylvania and a co-author of the new book ethical algorithm”
“you mentioned reading Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas in high school and having more or a bit more of a literary mind”
“this time we focus on quantum mechanics and the many-worlds interpretation that he details elegantly in his new book titled something deeply hidden I own and enjoy both the ebook and audiobook versions of it”
“gary is also a pro-democracy political thinker and leader a fearless human rights activist and author of several books including how life imitates chess which is a book on strategy and decision-making”
“winter is coming which is a book articulating his opposition to the Putin regime”
“and deep thinking which is a book on the role of both artificial intelligence and human intelligence in defining our future”
“they include Einsteins cosmos physics of the impossible feature of the mind parallel worlds and his latest the future of humanity terraforming Mars interstellar travel immortality and our destiny beyond earth”
“they include Einsteins cosmos physics of the impossible feature of the mind parallel worlds and his latest the future of humanity terraforming Mars interstellar travel immortality and our destiny beyond earth”
“they include Einsteins cosmos physics of the impossible feature of the mind parallel worlds and his latest the future of humanity terraforming Mars interstellar travel immortality and our destiny beyond earth”
“he's the author of many fascinating books that explored the nature of our reality and the future of our civilization they include Einsteins cosmos physics of the impossible feature of the mind parallel worlds and his latest the future of humanity terraforming Mars interstellar travel immortality and our destiny beyond earth”
“they include Einsteins cosmos physics of the impossible feature of the mind parallel worlds and his latest the future of humanity terraforming Mars interstellar travel immortality and our destiny beyond earth”
“they include Einsteins cosmos physics of the impossible feature of the mind parallel worlds and his latest the future of humanity terraforming Mars interstellar travel immortality and our destiny beyond earth”
“and now here's my conversation with Colin angle in his 1942 short story runaround from his iRobot collection as a Asimov proposed the Three Laws of Robotics in order don't harm humans obey orders protect yourself”
“her books include machines who think in 1979 the fifth generation in 1983 with Edie foggy and mom who's considered to be the father of expert systems the edge of chaos the features of women and many more books”
“her books include machines who think in 1979 the fifth generation in 1983 with Edie foggy and mom who's considered to be the father of expert systems the edge of chaos the features of women and many more books”
“her books include machines who think in 1979 the fifth generation in 1983 with Edie foggy and mom who's considered to be the father of expert systems the edge of chaos the features of women and many more books”
“he's the author of several popular books one on the arrow of time called from eternity to here one on the Higgs boson called particle at the end of the universe and one on science of philosophy called the big picture on the origins of life meaning in the universe itself”
“he's the author of several popular books one on the arrow of time called from eternity to here one on the Higgs boson called particle at the end of the universe and one on science of philosophy called the big picture on the origins of life meaning in the universe itself”
“he's the author of several popular books one on the arrow of time called from eternity to here one on the Higgs boson called particle at the end of the universe and one on science of philosophy called the big picture on the origins of life meaning in the universe itself”
“he's the author of several popular books one on the arrow of time called from eternity to here one on the Higgs boson called particle at the end of the universe and one on science of philosophy called the big picture on the origins of life meaning in the universe itself”
“in this 2004 book titled on intelligence and in the research before and after he and his team have worked to reverse-engineer the neocortex and proposed artificial intelligence architectures”
“he's the author of the popular textbook on deep learning simply titled deep learning”
“Do you have a favorite Monty Python moment or a moment Hitchhiker's Guide or any other literature show a movie that cracks you up when you think about it”
“In particular, The Better Angels of Our Nature and Enlightenment Now have instilled in me a sense of optimism grounded in data, science, and reason.”
“In particular, The Better Angels of Our Nature and Enlightenment Now have instilled in me a sense of optimism grounded in data, science, and reason.”
“he's the author of several books the quest for consciousness and your biological approach and a more recent book consciousness confessions of a romantic reductionist”
“he's the author of several books the quest for consciousness and your biological approach and a more recent book consciousness confessions of a romantic reductionist”