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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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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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.
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09 Sep 2022
Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #319:
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Alexandra and Andrea Botez aka Botez Sisters (@alexandravbotez , @itsandreabotez ) are chess players, commentators and streamers.
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07 Sep 2022
Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #318:
Transformer: The Deep Chemistry of Life and Death by Nick Lane
The Vital Question by Nick Lane
Power, Sex, Suicide: Mitochondria and the Meaning of Life by Nick Lane
21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari
The Act of Creation by Arthur Koestler
The Black Cloud by Fred Hoyle
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Nick Lane is a British biochemist and writer. He is a professor in evolutionary biochemistry at UCL.
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05 Sep 2022
Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #317:
The Denial of Death by Ernest Becker
John Vervaeke (@vervaeke_john ) is a psychologist and cognitive scientist. He is a professor of cognitive science at the University of Toronto.
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01 Sep 2022
Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #316:
Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of the Mass Media by Edward S. Herman, Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, historical essayist, social critic, and political activist. Sometimes called “the father of modern linguistics”, Chomsky is also a major figure in analytic philosophy and one of the founders of the field of cognitive science. Wi k ipedia
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27 Aug 2022
Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #315:
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Magnus Carlsen (@MagnusCarlsen ) is a chess grandmaster who is the reigning five-time World Chess Champion. He is the highest ranked chess player in the world.
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24 Aug 2022
Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #314:
POSITIVITY: You Are Always In The Right Place At The Right Time by Phil Hellmuth
Novacene: The Coming Age of Hyperintelligence by James Lovelock
Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth by James Lovelock
Olivia “Liv” Boeree (@liv_boeree ) is a science educator and former professional poker player.
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19 Aug 2022
Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #313:
The Language of Creation: Cosmic Symbolism in Genesis: A Commentary by Matthieu Pageau
The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
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