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Every book Robert Breedlove recommended on podcasts
Across 2 podcasts. Every show Robert Breedlove appears on, in one place — not just one.
Robert Breedlove’s most recommended books
- The Sovereign Individual by James Dale Davidson
- Lila by Robert Pirsig
- Maps of Meaning by Jordan B. Peterson
- Human Action by Ludwig von Mises, Bettina Bien Greaves
- The Creature from Jekyll Island by G. Edward Griffin
- Seeing Like a State by James C. Scott
- The Case Against Reality by Donald David Hoffman
- Gold Wars by Ferdinand Lips
- Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
- The Blocksize War by Jonathan Bier
On podcast appearances including The Rubin Report and the Lex Fridman Podcast, Robert Breedlove has recommended and discussed several foundational books exploring economics, philosophy, and historical trends. He recommended G. Edward Griffin's The Creature from Jekyll Island to illustrate the top-down origins and maneuverings behind the establishment of the Federal Reserve. Breedlove also suggested Jonathan Bier's The Blocksize War to demonstrate historical attempts by powerful groups to seize control of Bitcoin and how those attacks were successfully resisted. To examine government efforts against precious metals, he recommended Ferdinand Lips's Gold Wars, which outlines how governments have waged a cold war against gold over the past fifty years. In addition, Breedlove recommended James Dale Davidson and Lord William Rees-Mogg's The Sovereign Individual for its accurate 1997 predictions regarding social media and decentralized digital cash. Rounding out his philosophical and worldview recommendations, he pointed listeners to Jordan Peterson's Maps of Meaning, Robert Linssen's Zen in the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, and the author's lesser-known follow-up work, Leela, to argue that value is fundamental.
Books recommended by Robert Breedlove
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The Sovereign Individual
The Sovereign Individual by James Dale Davidson and Lord William Rees-Mogg is a visionary late-twentieth-century book that anticipates the decline of the nation-state and the rise of decentralized digital economies, remote work, and cryptocurrencies.
Recommended“there is a great book uh the sovereign individual that was written in 1997 and it predicted the emergence of a number of things like social media”
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Lila
Lila is a philosophical novel written by Robert Pirsig that explores the concepts of dynamic quality versus static quality and a metaphysics centered on value.
Discussed“but this dovetailed nicely with another book called Leela um the the author is Robert perig so he wrote Zen In The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance which is a very popular book book 20 years later he wrote Leela which no one's heard of which is crazy and he basically says he was wrong about his first book and he”
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Maps of Meaning
Maps of Meaning by Jordan B.
Discussed“we did a a book club on his book maps of meaning and he engaged with us about it so hoping to deliver the orange pill to Mr Peterson”
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Human Action
Human Action by Ludwig von Mises is a foundational and dense treatise on Austrian economics, methodological individualism, and human decision-making.
Recommended“I would challenge them to read the book Human Action WR by written by misus I think in 1949 he published the English version it's essential essentially the the Bible of Austrian economics”
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The Creature from Jekyll Island
The Creature from Jekyll Island by G.
Recommended“so although I think you know you could read a book like the creature from Jackal Island about the Inception of the Federal Reserve which is the Central Bank of the United States”
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Seeing Like a State
James C.
Discussed“so this is from the book uh seeing like a state he said that the state tries to make taxpayers legible”
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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“most of my thinking is shaped by a book I read recently called the case against reality um which introduced me to this concept”
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Gold Wars
Gold Wars by Ferdinand Lips is an investigative book that examines the historical and financial conflicts surrounding precious metals.
Recommended“There's a great book on this called the gold Wars um that that outlines how governments have been waging a cold war against gold for the past 50 years”
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Man's Search for Meaning
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E.
Recommended“and as I argue in a lot of my writing actually think that sovereignty inheres within the individual and that we each have our own interiorized space of choice which is something like Victor Frankle called the final human freedom and that we no matter what our circumstances are no matter what exogenous situation we Face we always have this”
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The Blocksize War
The Blocksize War by Jonathan Bier is an analytical deep dive into the intense scaling conflicts and ideological battles that tested the decentralized governance of Bitcoin.
Recommended“you could read a book like the blog siiz wars of 2017 where a very influential group and well-healed group of people tried to take control of Bitcoin”
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The Constitution of the United States and related documents
The Constitution of the United States and related documents establishes the foundational framework of the American government, outlining the separation of powers and the supreme law of the land.
Recommended“and then the last one would be I think I mentioned this at the beginning was that book Leela by Robert pers where he's you know making the case that value is fundamental”
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Zen
Zen by Robert Linssen is a philosophical book that explores Eastern spiritual traditions and their practical applications to everyday human consciousness.
Recommended“Robert perig so he wrote Zen In The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance which is a very popular book book 20 years later he wrote Leela which no one's heard of”
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Honest Money
Discussed“so there's a great book on this called honest money by Gary North and in that book he gives the parable of the wine maker”
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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.
Discussed“That's one of my favorite books is U man for meeting maybe we can break that apart a little bit”
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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“but he had written um the forward to a really important book in Bitcoin called the Bitcoin standard for safety in a moose and then I think they had a little Twitter beef because safe was is very much against covid mask and state intervention whereas tb's on the other side of the fence”
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The Book of Five Rings
The Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi is a classic treatise on strategy, tactics, and philosophy written by a legendary seventeenth-century Japanese swordsman.
Discussed“uh who wrote Masashi wrote the book of five rings”
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Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M.
Discussed“but this dovetailed nicely with another book called Leela um the the author is Robert perig so he wrote Zen In The Art of Motorcycle Maintenance which is a very popular book book 20 years later he wrote Leela which no one's heard of”
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