#241 – Boris Sofman

17 Nov 2021

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #241:

No books mentioned.

Boris Sofman is the Senior Director Of Engineering and Head of Trucking at Waymo, formerly the Google Self-Driving Car project. He was also the CEO and co-founder of Anki, a home robotics company.

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#240 – Neal Stephenson

11 Nov 2021

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #240:

Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson
The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer by Neal Stephenson
Termination Shock by Neal Stephenson
The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Moby Dick by Herman Melville
Have Space Suit, Will Travel by Robert A. Heinlein
Gravitation by Charles W. Misner, Kip S. Thorne, John Archibald Wheeler
The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe by Roger Penrose
The Beginning of Infinity: Explanations That Transform the World by David Deutsch

#239 – Niall Ferguson

08 Nov 2021

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #239:

The Age of AI: And Our Human Future by Henry A Kissinger, Eric Schmidt, Daniel Huttenlocher
The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World by Niall Ferguson
Blueprint: The Evolutionary Origins of a Good Society by Nicholas A. Christakis
Doom: The Politics of Catastrophe by Niall Ferguson
The Pity Of War: Explaining World War I by Niall Ferguson
The Road Less Traveled: The Secret Battle to End the Great War, 1916-1917 by Philip D. Zelikow
Kissinger: 1923-1968: The Idealist by Niall Ferguson
Uncontrolled Spread: Why COVID-19 Crushed Us and How We Can Defeat the Next Pandemic by Scott Gottlieb
The Square and the Tower: Networks and Power, from the Freemasons to Facebook by Niall Ferguson
The Captive Mind by Czeslaw Milosz

#238 – Francis Collins

05 Nov 2021

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #238:

The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief by Francis S. Collins

#237 – Steve Viscelli

04 Nov 2021

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #237:

The Big Rig: Trucking and the Decline of the American Dream by Steve Viscelli

#236 – Jimmy Pedro

01 Nov 2021

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #236:

No books mentioned.

James A. Pedro is an American retired World Championship and Olympic judoka and current judo coach. Pedro currently holds a 7th degree black belt in judo. He is the coach of Kayla Harrison, the first American ever to win an Olympic gold medal in judo. Wikipedia

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#235 – Michael Mina

30 Oct 2021

Books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #235:

No books mentioned.

Michael Mina is an American celebrity chef, restaurateur, and cookbook author. He is the founder of the Mina Group, a restaurant management company operating over 40 restaurants worldwide. Wikipedia