Books first mentioned on podcasts in week 2023-W10

“I received an email this morning from Melanie Notkin, who has written a book called 'Otherhood,' and she summarized this issue succinctly, stating that women are pursuing education and career paths, ultimately hoping to find love and have families.”

“And just by the way, I should call this out: Ehrlich set up an organization, uh, author of the Population Bomb, of course, called ZPG, which evolved into your population growth.”

“So what happens immediately after the flood in the Genesis narrative is the emergence of the Tower of Babel. You could think about it as an antidote to the flood: too much chaos—what will we do? Well, we'll build a tower of technological artifacts that stretches to the sky so that we won’t need God.”

“Economist Vladimir Blotkatch, author of The Economics of Airlines, says that by some estimates, each new generation of jet engines has been about 20 percent more fuel-efficient than the previous one.”

“Yeah, exactly, that's like some Game of Thrones stuff. Dude, oh, it's heartbreaking, man.”

“Well, there's this quote from The Godfather that I wrote down; I recently re-watched it. From Don Corleone, Vito Corleone: "The strength of a family, like the strength of an army, lies in its loyalty to each other."”

“Lewis was recognized by the White House and President Obama as one of the top 100 entrepreneurs in the country under 30, and his new book is right here.”

“You wrote your first book, The School of Greatness, and your second book, The Mask of Masculinity.”