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- 1 A Fabulous Debt: The Epic Story of How Bonds Built the Modern WorldRobin Wigglesworth · 1× across 1 episode
- 2 Barbarians at the GateBryan Burrough and John Helyar · 1× across 1 episode
- 3 Gender TroubleJudith Butler · 1× across 1 episode
- 4 Lords of FinanceLiaquat Ahamed · 1× across 1 episode
- 5 My Silent WarKim Philby · 1× across 1 episode
- 6 Recoding AmericaJen Palka · 1× across 1 episode
- 7 The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and PowerDaniel Yergin · 1× across 1 episode
- 8 The Time TaxAnnie Lowry · 1× across 1 episode
- 9 To Hate Like This Is To Be Happy ForeverWill Blythe · 1× across 1 episode
- 1 A Fabulous Debt: The Epic Story of How Bonds Built the Modern WorldRobin Wigglesworth · 1× across 1 episode
- 2 Barbarians at the GateBryan Burrough and John Helyar · 1× across 1 episode
- 3 Gender TroubleJudith Butler · 1× across 1 episode
- 4 Lords of FinanceLiaquat Ahamed · 1× across 1 episode
- 5 My Silent WarKim Philby · 1× across 1 episode
- 6 Recoding AmericaJen Palka · 1× across 1 episode
- 7 The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and PowerDaniel Yergin · 1× across 1 episode
- 8 The Time TaxAnnie Lowry · 1× across 1 episode
- 9 To Hate Like This Is To Be Happy ForeverWill Blythe · 1× across 1 episode
- 1 A Fabulous Debt: The Epic Story of How Bonds Built the Modern WorldRobin Wigglesworth · 1× across 1 episode
- 2 Barbarians at the GateBryan Burrough and John Helyar · 1× across 1 episode
- 3 Gender TroubleJudith Butler · 1× across 1 episode
- 4 Lords of FinanceLiaquat Ahamed · 1× across 1 episode
- 5 My Silent WarKim Philby · 1× across 1 episode
- 6 Recoding AmericaJen Palka · 1× across 1 episode
- 7 The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and PowerDaniel Yergin · 1× across 1 episode
- 8 The Time TaxAnnie Lowry · 1× across 1 episode
- 9 To Hate Like This Is To Be Happy ForeverWill Blythe · 1× across 1 episode
Why You Can’t Capitulate to Trump
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The Dispossessed
Ursula K. Le Guin
one is the dispossessed by ursula k leguin do you know it so i love this book ▶ tap to play from here
The Player of Games
Iain M. Banks
the second one is the player of games by e m banks ▶ tap to play from here
Book of Lives: A Memoir of Sorts
Margaret Atwood
and then my third pick is book of lives a memoir of sorts by margaret atwood ▶ tap to play from here
Is There an A.I. Bubble? A Debate.
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Middlemarch
George Eliot
middle march is sort of my f go to on thinking about normal people being swept along by kind of the winds of change as a major technology revolution's taking place ▶ tap to play from here
Insull: The Rise and Fall of a Billionaire Utility Tycoon
Forrest McDonald
so insult the rise and falls of a billionaire utility tycoon by uh by the way forrest mcdonald ▶ tap to play from here
The Day the Universe Changed
James Burke
the first is uh the day the universe changed it's written by a bbc science journalist back in the early eighties ▶ tap to play from here
Fathers and Sons
Ivan Turgenev
the the second book is um uh fathers and sons by turgenev which is uh book written in the nineteenth century ▶ tap to play from here
Candide
Voltaire
and then the the final one which i'm i'm just rereading again is uh conded by voltaire ▶ tap to play from here
Is It Wrong to Love a Chatbot?
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Artificial Intimacy: Who We Become When We Talk to Machines
Sherry Turkle
turco's latest book artificial intimacy who we become when we talk to machines turns his lens on ai ▶ tap to play from here
The Second Self: Computers and the Human Spirit
Sherry Turkle
this study that i first did in the second self was really people were moving away from their punch cards ▶ tap to play from here
Playing and Reality
D. W. Winnicott
one of the books i'm gonna suggest is d w winnicott playing in reality ▶ tap to play from here
Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age
Sherry Turkle
i remember interviewing for my book reclaim in conversation i interviewed this kid ▶ tap to play from here
The Origins of Totalitarianism
Hannah Arendt
hannah arent uh the origins of totalitarianism ▶ tap to play from here
Computer Power and Human Reason: From Judgment to Calculation
Joseph Weizenbaum
joseph weisenbaum computer power and human reason the book that talks about the eliza program ▶ tap to play from here
What if A.I. Is Just a ‘Normal Technology’?
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Not the End of the World: How We Can Be the First Generation to Build a Sustainable Planet
Hannah Ritchie
i really like hannah ritchie's book not the end of the world she has a newer book but this one's from twenty twenty four and i still like it very much ▶ tap to play from here
Thinking in Systems: A Primer
Donella Meadows
that led me to the book systems thinking by donella meadows from many many years ago ▶ tap to play from here
‘This Is Nuts.’ An OpenAI Insider Explains Why He Quit.
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The Challenger Launch Decision: Risky Technology, Culture, and Deviance at NASA
Diane Vaughan
number one the challenger launch decision so this is a book about why the challenger exploded and it's by diane vaughn who's a social scientist ▶ tap to play from here
Little Witch Hazel: A Year in the Forest
Phoebe Wahl
little witch hazel it's a picture book by phoebe wall ▶ tap to play from here
The Sabbath
Abraham Joshua Heschel
and then third and uh most importantly i guess if you were gonna pick one it would be the sabbath by rabbi abraham joshua heschel ▶ tap to play from here
Is the World Getting Uglier?
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The Voice That Is Great Within Us
Hayden Carruth
it's a book of poetry called the voice that is great within us it's by hayden caruth and it is a remark remarkable collection of twentieth century poetry ▶ tap to play from here
Love in the Time of Cholera
Gabriel García Márquez
it's a book written by gabriel garcia marquez called love in the time of cholera ▶ tap to play from here
Hunger
Roxane Gay
in twenty seventeen i started reading a book called hunger by roxanne gay ▶ tap to play from here
Bill Gates’s Blunt Warning on A.I.
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The Correspondent
J.C. Hulsey
well one i literally binged this weekend was the correspondent by virginia evans that's you know fiction very touching uh uh very upbeat ▶ tap to play from here
Into the Wood Chipper: A Whistleblower’s Account of How the Trump Administration Shredded USAID
Nicholas Enrich
there's uh one called into the woodchipper by nicholas enric uh which talks about how uh somebody didn't go to a party one weekend and they decided instead to put usaid uh into the wood chipper ▶ tap to play from here
The Infinity Machine: Demis Hassabis, DeepMind, and the Quest for Superintelligence
Sebastian Mallaby
about a month ago i read the infinity machine by sebastian malaby uh ai book uh yeah history uh of uh dean dimas hasebas and deepmind but you get a sense of the whole founding of the ai industry ▶ tap to play from here
What Does Abdul El-Sayed Believe?
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Amusing Ourselves to Death
Neil Postman
the second is amusing ourselves to death i know you talk about it all the time but you know i i neil postman ▶ tap to play from here
The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together
Heather McGhee
the third is the sum of us heather mcgee ▶ tap to play from here
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcolm X
and then the fourth one is the autobiography of malcolm x as told to alex haley ▶ tap to play from here
Jensen Huang vs. the A.I. Doomers
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Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach
John L. Hennessy and David A. Patterson
the book that that made a huge impact on me was computer architecture from hennessy and patterson a quantitative approach ▶ tap to play from here
The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail
Clayton M. Christensen
number two i really loved uh innovator's dilemma uh clayton's past but but um clayton christensen's book on how how industries evolve over time and how to see uh emerging technology ▶ tap to play from here
Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind
Al Ries and Jack Trout
i really loved al reese's and jack trout's um book on positioning u it it's a really wonderful book about how people see it's it's a book about marketing strategy ▶ tap to play from here
We’re Not Losing Control of A.I. We’re Giving It Away.
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Circe
Madeline Miller
there's a line from madeline miller's beautiful book circe that has been running through my head during this long summer of strange ai news ▶ tap to play from here
The ‘But China!’ Dilemma Driving the A.I. Race
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The Trans-Pacific Experiment: How China and California Collaborate and Compete for Our Future
Matt Sheehan
he's the author of the 2019 book the transpacific experiment how china and california collaborate and compete for our future ▶ tap to play from here
Country Driving
Peter Hessler
so the first china book is country driving by peter hessler ▶ tap to play from here
From the Soil: The Foundations of Chinese Society
Fei Xiao Tong
another one a little bit more obscure it's called from the soil the foundations of chinese society it's a book by a chinese sociologist in the 30s and 40s a guy named fei xiao tong ▶ tap to play from here
Francis Fukuyama on Trump, China and the Legacy of 9/11
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The End of History and the Last Man
Francis Fukuyama
the book was called the end of history and the last man and it was anything but triumphalist ▶ tap to play from here
The Republic
Plato
socrates in the republic asks well we have reason we have desire but isn't there a third part of the soul ▶ tap to play from here
Invisible Man
Ralph Ellison
1950s about you know the experience of african americans that had moved from the south to the north you didn't have official legally sanctioned segregation what you had was the invisibility that's where the invisible man in the title comes from ▶ tap to play from here
Liberalism and Its Discontents
Francis Fukuyama
you wrote a book in 2021 that i think introduces an interesting tension into this which is called liberalism and its discontents ▶ tap to play from here
Recoding America
Jen Palka
one is jennifer polke's recoding america i think she is the most insightful in a way critic of what's wrong with the american bureaucracy ▶ tap to play from here
Why Nothing Works
Mark Dunkleman
the second one is mark dunkleman's why nothing works where he puts everything in a bigger historical context ▶ tap to play from here
What ‘Hyperpolitics’ Explains About This Era
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Hyperpolitics: Extreme Politicization Without Political Consequences
Anton Jaeger
and he's also the author of this book hyperpolitics extreme politicization without political consequences ▶ tap to play from here
Public Opinion
Walter Lippmann
you go back to walter littman's book public opinion which i think comes out in 1922 ▶ tap to play from here
The Prophet (Trilogy: The Prophet Armed, The Prophet Unarmed, The Prophet Outcast)
Isaac Deutscher
the first is the prophet by isaac deutscher ▶ tap to play from here
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Some Months from My Life
Michel Houellebecq
the final one and i'm not sure there is already an english translation of this is some months from my life by the french writer michel wellbeck ▶ tap to play from here
Extension of the Domain of Struggle
Michel Houellebecq
is translated into into english as extension of the domain of struggle ▶ tap to play from here
Serotonin
Michel Houellebecq
if you go for later works i would recommend serotonin ▶ tap to play from here
Best Of: The Tao of Rick Rubin
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Tao Te Ching
Lao Tzu
you and i have talked a bit about your love of steven mitchell's translation of the dao te ching ▶ tap to play from here
Cinema Speculation
Quentin Tarantino
I'm thinking about this'cause I'm currently listening to Quentin Tarantino's new book, which I love. And he talks a lot about very violent movies ▶ tap to play from here
The Bond Market Chaos Is Coming for Us All
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A Fabulous Debt: The Epic Story of How Bonds Built the Modern World
Robin Wigglesworth
author of the forthcoming book a fabulous debt the epic story of how bonds built the modern world ▶ tap to play from here
Barbarians at the Gate
Bryan Burrough and John Helyar
the first book is is barbarians at the gate ▶ tap to play from here
The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power
Daniel Yergin
daniel jurgen's the prize ▶ tap to play from here
Lords of Finance
Liaquat Ahamed
i think i'm gonna go with liakat ahmad's lords of finance ▶ tap to play from here
This Is Why People Hate the Government
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The Time Tax
Annie Lowry
she's the author of the new book the time tax which is all about this ▶ tap to play from here
Recoding America
Jen Palka
jen palka i think has like the greatest you know exegesis of this idea in recoding america ▶ tap to play from here
To Hate Like This Is To Be Happy Forever
Will Blythe
it is called to hate like this is to be happy forever by will blythe ▶ tap to play from here
The China Shock 2.0
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The Volatility Machine: Emerging Economies and the Threat of Financial Collapse
Michael Pettis
it's called the volatility machine by michael pettis ▶ tap to play from here
How to Win a Trade War
Chad P. Bown and Soumaya Keynes
how to win a trade boar war by chad bawn and samaya gaines ▶ tap to play from here
The A.I.s Are Already Out of Control
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The Cuckoo's Egg
Cliff Stoll
the real book is called the cuckoo's egg it's uh from nineteen eighty nine it's about one of the first big hacks ▶ tap to play from here
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In the Cells of the Eggplant
David Chapman
it's called in the cells of the eggplant it's by a guy called david chapman who actually researched ai at mit in the 1980s and got disillusioned ▶ tap to play from here
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Luo Guanzhong
the romance of the three kingdoms is one of the four great chinese novels ▶ tap to play from here
The Warring Visions of American Power
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Come to This Court Cry: How the Holocaust Ends
Linda Kinsler
and the author of come to this court cry how the holocaust ends ▶ tap to play from here
Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century
George Packer
i recently read uh george packer's really fascinating i really recommend this book to people biography of richard holbrook called our man ▶ tap to play from here
The Divided City
Nicole Loraux
the first book i would recommend is it's called the divided city by nicole laroe ▶ tap to play from here
Crossing the Red Line
Akbar Shahid Ahmed
the second book is coming out in september it's called crossing the red line by akbar shahid ahmed ▶ tap to play from here
Underwater
Tara Menon
and then the third book is by it's a novel called underwater by tar menon ▶ tap to play from here
Ross Douthat: The Exit Interview
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Grand New Party
Ross Douthat and Reihan Salam
i think that is a copy of grand new party back there ▶ tap to play from here
Treasure Island
Robert Louis Stevenson
which is robert lewis stevenson's treasure island ▶ tap to play from here
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