Week 2021-W12

Books first mentioned on podcasts in week 2021-W12

8 books, grouped by podcast.

Lex Fridman Podcast

Discussed The Richest Man in Babylon
“i read when i was 20 actually sitting in the desert of iraq um rich dad poor dad think and grow rich and the richest man in babylon”
Discussed When Breath Becomes Air
“and then i think one of the best books probably ever written is uh i think it's called when breath becomes air um or air becomes breath i can't remember uh but it's basically a doctor or a medical professional who's dying and he essentially writes about the experience and thoughts and kind of all the stuff”
Discussed Jason Williams Book
“there is uh bitcoin uh money you can't fuck with uh it's written by our friend jason williams uh as you can imagine it's basically what it talks about”
Discussed Bitcoin & Black America
“there's a book called bitcoin in black america written by a guy isaiah jackson and he basically lays out the argument for why the black community can benefit in a asymmetric way from something like bitcoin”
Discussed The Price of Tomorrow
“there's the uh i think it's called the cost of tomorrow a guy uh jeff booth uh jeff booth wrote it”
Discussed The Dao of Capital
“is a book called the dao of capital by mark spitznagel and so what he essentially does is he just reiterates over and over and over again long-term thinking outliers disruption all the stuff”
Discussed Prophets of Human Solidarity
“so uh i i'll give you a a couple uh so one is uh contingency irony and solidarity by richard wardy he's a he's passed away now but was a philosopher at some of our major institutions princeton harvard stanford um contingency irony and solidarity at least that's a book that really helped me work through um a series of”
Discussed Crime and Punishment
“but the the other book i was going to say is dostoevsky's crime and punishment and uh i mean i've always wanted to go to saint pete's uh just to sort of see with my own eyes what the word pictures that dostoevsky created in crime and punishment”