#326 – Annaka Harris

05 Oct 2022

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #326:

Conscious: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind by Annaka Harris
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany by William L. Shirer
Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin by Timothy Snyder
The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Red Famine: Stalin’s War on Ukraine by Anne Applebaum
The Case Against Reality: Why Evolution Hid the Truth from Our Eyes by Donald Hoffman
Spooky Action at a Distance: The Phenomenon That Reimagines Space and Time—and What It Means for Black Holes, the Big Bang, and Theories of Everything by George Musser

Annaka Harris (@annakaharris) is an author, editor and consultant for science writers, specializing in neuroscience, meditation, mind, consciousness andphysics.

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#325 – Michael Levin

01 Oct 2022

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #325:

The Music of Life: Biology Beyond Genes by Denis Noble
Dance to the Tune of Life. Biological Relativity by Denis Noble
The Evolution of Beauty: How Darwin’s Forgotten Theory of Mate Choice Shapes the Animal World – and Us by Richard O. Prum

Michael Levin (@drmichaellevin) is a developmental and synthetic biologist at Tufts Universit.

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#324 – Daniel Negreanu

27 Sep 2022

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #324:

Modern Poker Theory: Building an unbeatable strategy based on GTO principles by Michael Acevedo
Power Hold’em Strategy by Daniel Negreanu

Daniel Negreanu (@realkidpoker) is a professional poker player. He has won six World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelets and two World Poker Tour (WPT) championship titles.

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#323 – Will Sasso

24 Sep 2022

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #323:

Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse

Will Sasso (@WillSasso) is an actor, comedian and co-host of the Dudesy podcast.

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#322 – Rana el Kaliouby

21 Sep 2022

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #322:

Girl Decoded: A Scientist’s Quest to Reclaim Our Humanity by Bringing Emotional Intelligence to Technology by Rana el Kaliouby, Carol Colman
Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned: The Myth of the Objective by Kenneth O. Stanley, Joel Lehman

Rana el Kaliouby (@kaliouby) is a computer scientist and entrepreneur in the field of emotion recognition research, human-centric AI and technology development. She is the founder of Affectiva and deputy CEO of Smart Eye.

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#321 – Ray Kurzweil

17 Sep 2022

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #321:

The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology by Ray Kurzweil

Ray Kurzweil is a computer scientist, author, inventor, and futurist.

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#320 – Christopher Capozzola

14 Sep 2022

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #320:

Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich by Norman Ohler
Bound by War: How the United States and the Philippines Built America’s First Pacific Century by Christopher Capozzola

Christopher Capozzola is associate professor of history at MIT. He teaches courses in political and legal history, war and the military, and the history of international migration.