Books first mentioned on podcasts in week 2022-W31

“The term 'Metaverse' originates from Neal Stephenson’s book 'Snow Crash,' a formative title for those of us from the '90s. Back in the Doom and Quake era, we contemplated how to create interconnected realms that users could traverse, akin to emerging web technologies.”

“Even a utility of randomness in an increase sounds like a book title you should write. What would be a good band name?”

“In 2020, I learned of Dr. Balcetis's book, which was written for the general public and is entitled 'Clearer, Closer, Better: How Successful People See the World.'”

“So that was a pretty monumental finding for motivation scientists, to understand that creating these dream boards, these vision boards, or to-do lists, might actually backfire, because it in and of itself is the creation of a goal and the satisfaction of the goal, and then people understandably give themselves some time to just enjoy that positive experience. So much”

“Well, one of them is my dad's book, Bean Fate, which I finally read, and it's amazing. I'm so proud of my dad, Jim Arnett, who wrote a book, actually.”

“It's written by a Vietnamese American author, it's about the Vietnam War. And he's of Vietnamese descent.”

“When you're on the beach, reading in the sun makes me want to—what I do is write, and I'm sorry, then I just started—I’m now reading this Splendid and the Vile, which a lot of people have read.”