Lex Fridman Podcast Book List - Page 20

#305 – Martin Rees

23 Jul 2022

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #305:

If Science is to Save Us by Martin Rees
The End of Astronauts: Why Robots Are the Future of Exploration by Donald Goldsmith, Martin Rees
On the Future: Prospects for Humanity by Martin Rees

Martin Rees is a cosmologist and astrophysicist.

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#304 – Robert Barron

20 Jul 2022

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #304:

The Bible

Robert Barron is a bishop and founder of Word on Fire Catholic Ministries.

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#303 – Steve Keen

17 Jul 2022

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #303:

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

Steve Keen is an economist and author.

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#302 – Richard Haier

14 Jul 2022

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #302:

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

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

https://x.com/rjhaier

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#301 – Jack Barsky

09 Jul 2022

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #301:

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

Jack Barsky is an author and former sleeper agent of the KGB.

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#300 – Joe Rogan

04 Jul 2022

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #300:

Endure: How to Work Hard, Outlast, and Keep Hammering by Cameron Hanes
Deep Undercover: My Secret Life and Tangled Allegiances as a KGB Spy in America by Jack Barsky
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

01 Jul 2022

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #299:

The Chess Computer Handbook by David N.L. Levy
The Emperor’s New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics by Roger Penrose
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

https://x.com/demishassabis

Other appearances: #475

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#298 – Susan Cain

28 Jun 2022

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #298:

Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain
Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole by Susan Cain
On the Road by Jack Kerouac
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

25 Jun 2022

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #297:

The Unseen Body: A Doctor’s Journey Through the Hidden Wonders of Human Anatomy by Jonathan Reisman
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

21 Jun 2022

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #296:

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

Other appearances: #463

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