#330 – Hikaru Nakamura

John Danaher is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu and mixed martial arts instructor and coach from New Zealand. He is widely regarded as one of the best instructors and coaches in these sports. Wikipedia

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#327 – GothamChess

07 Oct 2022

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #327:

Game Changer: AlphaZero’s Groundbreaking Chess Strategies and the Promise of AI by Matthew Sadler, Natasha Regan
Playing the Caro-Kann: A Counter-Attacking Repertoire by Lars Schandorff

Levy Rozman aka Gotham Chess (@GothamChess) is a professional chess player, chess teacher and streamer.

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#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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