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Shane Parrish's book list: the books mentioned on The Knowledge Project
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Theory of Games and Economic Behavior
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Critique of Pure Reason
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Mastermind
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Thinking in Bets
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Misbehaving
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Think and Grow Rich
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Blink
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Blink
Malcolm Gladwell's book Blink was mentioned by Philip Tetlock on the December 8, 2015 episode of The Knowledge Project. Tetlock brought up the book to debate the merits of intuition against analytical thinking, noting a contrasting psychological rejoinder book titled Think.
Discussed“Malcolm Gladwell wrote a book called Blink. And some psychologists wrote a rejoinder book, much less widely read, called Think.”
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Critique of Pure Reason
Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant was mentioned on The Knowledge Project during an episode featuring guest Maria Konnikova. Konnikova discussed encountering a specific section of Kant's philosophical work and explained how excited she was to find that she could apply its principles directly to decision-making and playing poker.
Discussed“Yes, he did, he did, he did, and I was so excited when I found that section of critique of pure reason, and was able to apply it to poker.”
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Mastermind
On The Knowledge Project, Shane Parrish brought up Maria Konnikova's book Mastermind. Parrish mentioned the book to provide context, noting that it served as his first real exposure to Konnikova's work.
Discussed“Mastermind, just for context, was my first real exposure to your work.”
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Misbehaving
On The Knowledge Project in July 2018, guest Annie Duke mentioned Richard H. Thaler's Misbehaving. Duke brought up the book early in the text where Thaler discusses theories of learning and feedback.
Discussed“Here's this thing, you know, actually a place I just saw it was in Richard Thaler's misbehaving and he's got it right there pretty early in the book, like this sentence about, you know, how you learn.”
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Theory of Games and Economic Behavior
On The Knowledge Project, guest Maria Konnikova discussed Theory of Games and Economic Behavior by John von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern. Konnikova mentioned that she picked up the foundational text of game theory while conducting research and gathering material for her own writing.
Discussed“So I picked up Theory of Games, which is the foundational text of game theory.”
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Think and Grow Rich
On The Knowledge Project episode "#6 Philip Tetlock: How to See the Future" (2015-12-08), Philip Tetlock referenced a rejoinder book to Malcolm Gladwell's work during a conversation about intuition.
Discussed“Malcolm Gladwell wrote a book called Blink. And some psychologists wrote a rejoinder book, much less widely read, called Think.”
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Thinking in Bets
On The Knowledge Project, Shane Parrish introduced his interview with Annie Duke by mentioning her new book, Thinking in Bets. He noted that the book is about how people can make smarter decisions when they do not have all the facts.
Discussed“Her book, Thinking in Bats, is about how we can make smarter decisions when we don't have all the facts.”
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“So I picked up Theory of Games, which is the foundational text of game theory.”
“Yes, he did, he did, he did, and I was so excited when I found that section of critique of pure reason, and was able to apply it to poker.”
“Mastermind, just for context, was my first real exposure to your work.”
“Her book, Thinking in Bats, is about how we can make smarter decisions when we don't have all the facts.”
“Here's this thing, you know, actually a place I just saw it was in Richard Thaler's misbehaving and he's got it right there pretty early in the book, like this sentence about, you know, how you learn.”
“Malcolm Gladwell wrote a book called Blink. And some psychologists wrote a rejoinder book, much less widely read, called Think.”
“Malcolm Gladwell wrote a book called Blink. And some psychologists wrote a rejoinder book, much less widely read, called Think.”
Episodes
| Episode | Date | Books |
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| #89 Maria Konnikova: Less Certainty, More Inquiry | 2020-08-04 | 3 |
| #37 Annie Duke: Getting Better by Being Wrong | 2018-07-25 | 2 |
| #6 Philip Tetlock: How to See the Future | 2015-12-08 | 2 |