Every book Pavel Durov recommended on podcasts

Books recommended by Pavel Durov

Who said what is determined automatically. In hand-checked samples, at least 6% of mentions were credited to the wrong speaker — sometimes an interviewer’s line recorded as the guest’s, sometimes the reverse. Every entry below quotes the words and links to the episode, so you can check it.

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   Illusion of Paradise

   Joanna Mansell · Discussed · 1 episode

   Discussed

   “When I was 11 years old, my biochemistry teacher, he gave me this book he wrote, it was called The Illusion of Paradise.”

   Lex Fridman Podcast #482 – Pavel Durov: Telegram, Freedom, Censorship, Money, Power & Huma… 2025-10-01 Listen at 6:58

   Where to get it

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