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Every book Liv Boeree recommended on podcasts
Across 2 podcasts. Every show Liv Boeree appears on, in one place — not just one.
Olivia "Liv" Boeree is a British science communicator, philanthropist, host of the Win-Win podcast, and professional poker player. She is a World Series of Poker (WSOP) and European Poker Tour (EPT) champion, and is the only female player in history to win both a WSOP bracelet and an EPT event. Boeree is a 3× winner of the Global Poker Index European Female Player of the year. As of December 2024, having first retired in late 2019, Boeree still ranks among the top five women in poker history in terms of all-time money winnings, sitting at fourth all-time in the female category, and currently holds the record for the highest pay-out in a poker tournament for a woman at $2,800,000. During podcast appearances, Boeree recommended Julia Galef's The Scout Mindset as a resource for rational thinking and motivated reasoning, and Eliezer Yudkowsky's online book Inadequate Equilibria to discuss societal traps and Nash equilibria. She also highlighted James Lovelock's Novacene to talk about gaia theory and silicon-based intelligence, and mentioned Allen Ginsberg's poem Howl.
Books recommended by Liv Boeree
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Inadequate Equilibria
Inadequate Equilibria by Eliezer Yudkowsky is an online book exploring game theory, societal traps, and the reasons why civilizations often remain stuck in suboptimal states.
Recommended“So there's this really incredible short online book called Inadequate Equilibria. By the guy who wrote most of the stuff on Less Wrong, Eliezer Yudkowsky.”
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The Scout Mindset
The Scout Mindset by Julia Galef is a popular book that explores cognitive biases and examines why certain people perceive reality clearly while others fall victim to motivated reasoning.
Recommended“The scout mindset. Yes. I mean, she did a TED Talk on it, but she's just written a book on it as well.”
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Novacene
Novacene is a profound exploration of gaia theory, silicon-based intelligence, and the future of humanity written by James Lovelock.
Recommended“one of my favorite books i've ever read is nova scene by james lovelock who sadly just died um he wrote it when he was like 99. he died aged 102 so it's a fairly new book”
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Howl
Howl by Allen Ginsberg is a seminal Beat generation poem that critiques modern industrial society, materialism, and conformity.
Discussed“and then alan ginsberg wrote a poem in the 60s um which incredible poem called howl about this thing”
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