Books first mentioned on podcasts in week 2021-W09

“So we're going to talk about this book that i wrote a couple years ago on automation and utopia which is kind of a very you know abstract philosophical look at the meaning of life in a post-work world”

“i actually i'm a co-author on a a new book which looks at a lot of these themes... called the a citizen's guide to artificial intelligence which looks like that out now”

“he doesn't use social media and in his book digital minimalism he encourages people to find the right amount of social media usage that provides value and joy”

“i mean aristotle talked about this if you go back and and read the ethics he's trying to understand the meaning of life”

“well in the case of scott anderson he's good he's able to turn on like the inner troll and comedian and so on”

“to be perfectly honest i mean reading the hagakure going back to philosophy books This was really impactful on me as a younger adult Because here's a book written in the 19th century about someone who lived through the 19th and 18th century at times as a samurai now a monk And his objections to society at the time the”

“there's a book called wrestling tough Yeah this is a really good book there's i've encountered in my life a few uh especially in wrestling people who really tried to find a way to use anger to get really angry at their opponent Not like stupid anger but just like intense pointed uh anger uh distilled into something uh that”

“well there was an example in the spoke zarathustra about a snake being down the person's throat and biting it and then having this maniacal laughter erupting and you know to me it was at least i read it as yeah okay there's this insane moment that isn't forever but that it is life and death”

“derived from a book by called the outfit by ah what is his name uh i forget but darwin cook the comics illustrator he did donald westlake wrote so darwin cooked is does an amazing comic book send up of darwin cook's novels And they are fucking incredible”

“part of the reason why i like no country for old men so much which i felt was a great great great movie even better book but uh i remember talking to my friend and i go you know anton chigger is the most pure human being in that whole book”

“You can't be like indian in the cupboard you got to be you know indian in the closet who left a note”