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Peter Diamandis's book recommendations
Across 6 podcasts. Every show Peter Diamandis appears on, in one place — not just one.
Peter Diamandis’s most recommended books
- The Spirit of St. Louis by Charles A. Lindbergh
- The Singularity Is Near by Ray Kurzweil
- Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker
- Lifespan by David A. Sinclair, Matthew D. LaPlante
- Fantastic Voyage by Ray Kurzweil, Terry Grossman
- Our Next Reality by Alvin Wang Graylin
- Singularity Is Nearer by Ray Kurzweil
Peter Diamandis is an American engineer, physician, and entrepreneur. He is best known as the founder and chairman of the XPRIZE Foundation, and the cofounder and executive chairman of Singularity University. During podcast appearances, Diamandis has recommended several notable books. On Modern Wisdom and The Rich Roll Podcast, he recommended Matthew Walker's Why We Sleep while discussing sleep habits, longevity, and the importance of rest. On The Rich Roll Podcast, he also cited David Sinclair's Lifespan while explaining sirtuins and the epigenome. Discussing literature on StarTalk Radio, Diamandis described reading Charles A. Lindbergh's The Spirit of St. Louis, which was given to him by a friend to encourage him to finish his pilot's license. He noted that making notes in the margins and reading about the Orteig prize directly inspired him to create the XPRIZE for space flight. Additionally, on Big Technology Podcast, he brought up Alvin Wang Graylin and Louis Rosenberg's Our Next Reality while discussing leadership and open-mindedness.
Books recommended by Peter Diamandis
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The Spirit of St. Louis
The Spirit of St.
Discussed“and I was given a book by a dear friend Greg marinac the Spirit of St Louis and I'm reading the book he gave it to me to encourage me to finish my pilot's license”
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The Singularity Is Near
Ray Kurzweil's The Singularity Is Near is a visionary technological work that explores the impending merging of human biology and artificial intelligence, mapping an accelerating trajectory for civilization.
Discussed“I was carrying Ray's book The Singularity is near um which is an interesting title and it just came out with a new book”
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Why We Sleep
Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker is an acclaimed exploration of sleep neurobiology and the critical importance of rest for overall health and cognitive function.
Recommended“um uh there's a great book called why uh why we sleep um which is amazing”
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Lifespan
Lifespan by David A.
Recommended“And he then goes on and talk about what a system called a Sirtuin systems, right? There are seven Sirtuin genes...”
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Abundance
Abundance by Peter H.
Discussed“it was about eight or nine years ago i just published my first book called abundance uh the future is better than you think”
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Fantastic Voyage
Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever by Ray Kurzweil and Terry Grossman explores advanced longevity science, biotechnology, and proactive health strategies designed to extend human life span until radical medical breakthroughs achieve longevity escape velocity.
Discussed“And it gets you thinking, which is, to use a phrase from one of Ray's books, "Fantastic Voyage," it's living long enough to live forever.”
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Our Next Reality
Discussed“You know, if you look, there was a study done by a friend of mine, Alvin Graylin, in his latest book, The New Reality. And he looked at leaders around the world who were sort of the despots and the greatest leaders.”
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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“The Singularity Singularity is nearer yes so yes it's not very imaginative but but but it works”
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The Future Is Faster Than You Think
The Future Is Faster Than You Think by Peter H.
Discussed“and i write about in the futures fast you think that the world is getting faster for a number of reasons”
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Books by Peter Diamandis
Appearances
Other mentions (13: passing, ad reads, own books)
“and that's really that's that's what you know this new book is really all about it's kind of like a how to practical like incorporate into your life version of Life Force which was a very thick book”
“It's fantastic voyage from the movie and the book. You know, there are companies like Paradromics.”
“So I've written two books in the longevity space, one with Tony Robbins called Life Force, and one behind my shoulder here called Longevity, Your Practical Playbook.”
“So I've written two books in the longevity space, one with Tony Robbins called Life Force, and one behind my shoulder here called Longevity, Your Practical Playbook.”
“But there's another point, and I make it in my longevity book, which is the majority of the stuff that you can do today is effectively free.”
“And we were in massive growth, and books like The Population Bomb were written and so forth. But the reality is we are now, we've dropped from 5.7 children per family down to below 2.4 globally.”
“wait but you have a book that I have a book that just came out tell me the name it's called Longevity your practical Playbook”
“one of the concepts we talk about that I was in an earlier book I wrote called bold how to go big create wealth and impact the world the six D's of exponentials”
“yeah it's so one of the concepts I I wrote my first book uh with Stephen kotler in 2012 called abundant... yeah he's brilliant um uh you know the book is called abundance the future is better than you think”
“um and I mean I I wrote abundance for that purpose and uh you know it's the story behind abundance”
“So, yeah David, when we wrote our book, "Life Force," we say David Sinclair is two ages, he's chronologically 53, and his biological age was 33.”
“So abundance mindset is something I got that out of Singularity University and it got me to write my first book, "Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think."”
“The final mindset that I'm enamored with and it's what gave birth to this book, "Life Force" to bring it back is the longevity mindset.”