#303 – Steve Keen

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #303:

  1. The New Economics: A Manifesto by Steve Keen
  2. Advanced Quantitative Economics with Python by Thomas J. Sargent, John Stachurski
  3. Marx and Contradiction by Lawrence Wilde
  4. Phenomenology of Spirit by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
  5. Mao’s Last Dancer by Li Cunxin
  6. Earth Abides by George R. Stewart
  7. Capital: A Critique of Political Economy by Karl Marx
  8. Dynamic Economic Systems:c A Post Keynesian Approach by John M. Blatt

Steve Keen (@profstevekeen) is an economist and author.


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#302 – Richard Haier

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #302:

  1. The Neuroscience of Intelligence by Richard J. Haier
  2. The Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi
  3. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reichс: A History of Nazi Germany by William L. Shirer
  4. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
  5. The Bell Curve: Intelligence and Class Structure in American Life by Richard J. Herrnstein, Charles Murray
  6. The Mismeasure of Man by Jay Gould
  7. Human Diversity: The Biology of Gender, Race, and Class by Charles Murray
  8. Facing Reality: Two Truths about Race in America by Charles Murray

Richard J. Haier is a psychologist specializing in the science of human intelligence.


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#301 – Jack Barsky

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #301:

  1. Deep Undercover: My Secret Life and Tangled Allegiances as a KGB Spy in America by Jack Barsky
  2. Memoirs by Mikhail Gorbachev
  3. The Sword and the Shield: The Mitrokhin Archive and the Secret History of the KGB by Christopher Andrew, Vasili Mitrokhin

Jack Barsky (@deepcoverbarsky) is an author and former sleeper agent of the KGB.


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#300 – Joe Rogan

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #300:

  1. Endure: How to Work Hard, Outlast, and Keep Hammering by Cameron Hanes
  2. Deep Undercover: My Secret Life and Tangled Allegiances as a KGB Spy in America by Jack Barsky
  3. Lady Chatterley’s Lover by D. H. Lawrence

Joseph James Rogan is an American UFC color commentator, podcaster, comedian, actor, and former television presenter. He hosts The Joe Rogan Experience, a podcast in which he discusses current events, comedy, politics, philosophy, science, and hobbies with a variety of guests. Wikipedia

Other appearances: #127


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#299 – Demis Hassabis

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #299:

  1. The Chess Computer Handbook by David N.L. Levy
  2. The Emperor’s New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics by Roger Penrose
  3. Life Ascending: The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution by Nick Lane

Demis Hassabis CBE FRS FREng FRSA is a British artificial intelligence researcher and entrepreneur. In his early career he was a video game AI programmer and designer, and an expert board games player. He is the chief executive officer and co-founder of DeepMind and Isomorphic Labs, and a UK Government AI Advisor. Wikipedia


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#298 – Susan Cain

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #298:

  1. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain
  2. Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole by Susan Cain
  3. On the Road by Jack Kerouac
  4. A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway

Susan Horowitz Cain is an American writer and lecturer. She is the author of the 2012 non-fiction book Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, which argues that modern Western culture misunderstands and undervalues the traits and capabilities of introverted people. Wikipedia


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#297 – Jonathan Reisman

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #297:

  1. The Unseen Body: A Doctor’s Journey Through the Hidden Wonders of Human Anatomy by Jonathan Reisman
  2. Mountains Beyond Mountains: Healing the World: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer by Tracy Kidder

Jonathan Reisman is a physician and author of The Unseen Body who has practiced medicine in some of the most remote places in the world.


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#296 – Douglas Murray

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #296:

  1. The Strange Death of Europe: Immigration, Identity, Islam by Douglas Murray
  2. The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity by Douglas Murray
  3. The War on the West: How to Prevail in the Age of Unreason by Douglas Murray
  4. The Genealogy of Morals by Friedrich Nietzsche
  5. Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman
  6. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany by William L. Shirer
  7. The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  8. Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky
  9. The Doors of Perception and Heaven and Hell by Aldous Huxley
  10. Lord of the Flies by William Golding
  11. September 1, 1939 by W. H. Auden
  12. High Windows by Philip Larkin
  13. The World of Yesterday by Stefan Zweig

Douglas Kear Murray is a British author and political commentator. He founded the Centre for Social Cohesion in 2007, which became part of the Henry Jackson Society, where he was associate director from 2011 to 2018. Wikipedia


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#295 – Richard Wolff

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #295:

  1. Economics by Paul A. Samuelson
  2. Class Theory and History: Capitalism and Communism in the USSR by Stephen A. Resnick, Richard D. Wolff

Richard David Wolff is an American Marxian economist known for his work on economic methodology and class analysis. He is a professor emeritus of economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a visiting professor in the graduate program in international affairs of the New School. Wikipedia


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#294 – Tony Fadell

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #294:

  1. Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making by Tony Fadell
  2. Story: Substance, Structure, Style and the Principles of Screenwriting by Robert McKee

Anthony Michael Fadell is an American engineer, designer, entrepreneur, and investor. He was senior vice president of the iPod division at Apple Inc. and founder and former CEO of Nest Labs. Fadell joined Apple Inc. in 2001 and oversaw all iPod hardware, software, and accessories development. Wikipedia


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