Infinite Loops
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- 1 Bhagavad GitaUnknown · 1× across 1 episode
- 2 Isis UnveiledHelena Blavatsky · 1× across 1 episode
- 3 The Egg and the RockJulian Goff · 1× across 1 episode TE
- 4 The Life of the CosmosLee Smolin · 1× across 1 episode
- 5 What is Life?Erwin Schrödinger · 1× across 1 episode
Ryan Resch - How Data Changed the NBA and What AI Changes Next (Ep. 327)
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Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game
Michael Lewis
i remember i think money ball came out in two thousand three the movie is like twenty eleven ▶ tap to play from here
Hyperion
Dan Simmons
and so i did read hyperion and then i am in the fourth book now ▶ tap to play from here
Brian Chau - How AI is Reinventing Investigative Journalism (Ep. 326)
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Invest Like the Best, How to Use Your Computer to Unlock the Secrets of the Top Money Managers
Jim O'Shaughnessy
the first book i wrote was called invest like the best how to use your computer to unlock the secrets of the top money managers ▶ tap to play from here
One Summer: America, 1927
Bill Bryson
bill bryson has a great book called america one summer ▶ tap to play from here
The Camp of the Saints
Jean Raspail
this is from the second page i believe of camp of the saints i am i was going to read this i was going to reread this and i just couldn't do it ▶ tap to play from here
Julian Gough — The Egg and The Rock (Infinite Loops Classics)
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The Egg and the Rock
Julian Goff
today i really want to talk about it yeah about your new non fiction uh book called the egg and the rock ▶ tap to play from here
The Life of the Cosmos
Lee Smolin
a few years later he he uh writes a book about it uh the life of the cosmos ▶ tap to play from here
What is Life?
Erwin Schrödinger
his book what is life is essentially if you haven't if you if you haven't read it you should read it ▶ tap to play from here
Isis Unveiled
Helena Blavatsky
when einstein died he had a copy of isis unveiled by his bedside ▶ tap to play from here
Dr. Julie Gurner — Ultra Successful (Infinite Loops Classics)
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Lulu Cheng Meservey — Going Direct: What Founders can learn from K-Pop, Crypto, and the Early Christians (Infinite Loops Classics)
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Jesse Michels — American Alchemy (Infinite Loops Classics)
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The Half-Life of Facts
Sam Arbesman
there's actually a good book called the half life of facts yeah by this guy sam arbisman who actually works with lux ▶ tap to play from here
The User Illusion: Cutting Consciousness Down to Size
Tor Nørretranders
i'm sure you know the book the user illusion have you no i don't ▶ tap to play from here
The Beginning of Infinity
David Deutsch
another book that i p that i go on and on about is the beginning of infinity by david deutsch ▶ tap to play from here
The Immortality Key: The Secret History of the Religion with No Name
Brian Morescu
and it's all about his thesis is why did these cults work out so well ▶ tap to play from here
The New Inquisition: Irrational Rationalism and the Citadel of Science
Robert Anton Wilson
the book that i mentioned to you earlier the new inquisition irrational rationalism and the citadel of science by my pal robert anton wilson ▶ tap to play from here
How to Change Your Mind
Michael Pollan
writes his book how to change your mind and i'm reading it ▶ tap to play from here
Chaos
Tom O'Neill
this guy tom o'neill wrote this book called chaos that somebody like manson ▶ tap to play from here
Weird Scenes Inside the Canyon
David McGowan
there's a book actually called weird scenes inside the canyon ▶ tap to play from here
Nat Eliason - The High School That Guarantees You'll Make $1 Million (Ep. 325)
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Atlas Shrugged
Ayn Rand
and then in the same year i took microeconomics and red atlas shrugged ▶ tap to play from here
The Lean Startup
Eric Ries
and you know i'd read a couple of books like lean startup and stuff ▶ tap to play from here
The Founders: The Story of PayPal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley
Jimmy Soni
in that book were the high school years of the people that i was writing about ▶ tap to play from here
Hunt, Gather, Parent
Michaeline Doucleff
there's this book that got really popular a few years ago called hunt gather parent that talked about kind of like tangential and similar ideas ▶ tap to play from here
The Book of Elon
Eric
eric's eric's gonna come do one for like book of elon you know ▶ tap to play from here
Philip Howard - How to Bring Common Sense Back to America (Ep. 324)
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The Death of Common Sense
Philip K. Howard
i discovered you well before i met you with your first book the death of common sense ▶ tap to play from here
The Hypomanic Edge: The Link Between (A Little) Craziness and (A Lot of) Success in America
John D. Gartner
a book called the hypomanic edge why america has a little craziness but a lot of success right ▶ tap to play from here
They Made America
Harold Evans
it's really called they made america and it's a coffee table book of five to ten thousand word essays ▶ tap to play from here
One Summer: America, 1927
Bill Bryson
bill bryson has a great book america one summer and it looks at the twenties ▶ tap to play from here
The Beginning of Infinity
David Deutsch
i'm a big fan of uh the book the beginning of infinity and he he talks a lot in that book about um the precautionary principle ▶ tap to play from here
Burning Money: How Public Unions Made Government Unmanageable
Philip K. Howard
it's called burning money how public unions made government unmanageable ▶ tap to play from here
Sangeet Choudary - How AI Will Reshape the Knowledge Economy (Ep. 323)
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Platform Revolution
Sangeet Paul Choudary
i am delighted to welcome back san geek chowdry the bestselling author of platform revolution ▶ tap to play from here
Reshuffle: Who Wins When the AI Restacks the Knowledge Economy?
Sangeet Paul Choudary
and the one that i really want to talk about the newer reshuffle who wins when the ai restacks the knowledge economy ▶ tap to play from here
The Weirdest People in the World
Joseph Henrich
the weirdest people in the world i don't know if you're familiar with the book ▶ tap to play from here
Power and Progress
Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson
you know a well known book called power and progress ▶ tap to play from here
Jameson Olsen - Becoming the Main Character (Ep. 322)
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Hamlet
William Shakespeare
the first one i ironically was the very first episode i ever did which was hamlet ▶ tap to play from here
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus
Mary Shelley
was actually mary shelley's frankenstein ▶ tap to play from here
The Lord of the Rings
J.R.R. Tolkien
one of the best parts in the lord of the rings which the movies cover but they change it ▶ tap to play from here
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Arthur Conan Doyle
i know which which is one of your favorite episodes of my podcast in the hound of the baskervilles ▶ tap to play from here
True Grit
Charles Portis
was a lesson i took from true grit which i covered recently ▶ tap to play from here
Dracula
Bram Stoker
one lesson i took away from dracula is the fact that you have van helsing ▶ tap to play from here
David Gelles - The Stories that Shape Business (Ep. 321)
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Dirtbag Billionaire
David Gelles
including most recently dirtbag billionaire ▶ tap to play from here
Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoevsky
and i remember the book and it was crime and punishment ▶ tap to play from here
Encyclopedia Brown series
Donald J. Sobol
the encyclopedia brown series which i would just tear through and then the moss flower and madameo series by brian jacques ▶ tap to play from here
Mossflower
Brian Jacques
the moss flower and madameo series by brian jacques ▶ tap to play from here
Where the Red Fern Grows
Wilson Rawls
in my apartment last night with my kids because they have read it at this point where the red fern grows ▶ tap to play from here
All Quiet on the Western Front
Erich Maria Remarque
all quiet on the western front ▶ tap to play from here
The Lord of the Rings
J.R.R. Tolkien
i guess i remember the lord of the rings trilogy reading that with my father ▶ tap to play from here
Moby-Dick
Herman Melville
and then and then fast forward a little bit just after crime and punishment it was moby dick ▶ tap to play from here
The Man Who Broke Capitalism
David Gelles
and the jack welch book the man who broke capitalism ▶ tap to play from here
Gretchen Rubin - How Curiosity Becomes a Calling (Ep. 320)
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The Happiness Project
Gretchen Rubin
she is the author of multiple best selling books probably best known for the number one new york times bestseller the happiness project ▶ tap to play from here
How to Write and Sell Your Nonfiction Book Proposals
Michael S. Larsen
i went to cramer brooks and afterwards in dc and got a book called something like how to write and sell your nonfiction book proposals ▶ tap to play from here
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Brontë
jane eyre you know i remember jane eyre being like the first sort of really adult book that i read ▶ tap to play from here
David Copperfield
Charles Dickens
even like and not even really understanding books like yeah david copperfields but wanting to read adult books ▶ tap to play from here
Mossflower
Brian Jacques
like en gros to me i mean a bunch but it was the the moss flower and madame mao series by brian jacques ▶ tap to play from here
The Chronicles of Narnia
C.S. Lewis
it's such a basic answer but i have to say narnia oh really yeah that's not a basic answer yeah yeah yeah yeah i love narnia ▶ tap to play from here
Charlotte's Web
E.B. White
you look at something like charlotte's webb it absolutely will stand up to any adult novel ▶ tap to play from here
The Secret History
Donna Tartt
have you read the secret history you know give them something that you know is gonna be like really high payoff like a really really good book ▶ tap to play from here
Life in Five Senses
Gretchen Rubin
so first there were nine senses and i wrote it for nine senses and i'm like no actually there's eleven senses and i wrote it for eleven senses and i was having all this trouble and i ▶ tap to play from here
Outer Order, Inner Calm
Gretchen Rubin
when i was writing better than my book about habit formation my hooky book was a book that turned into outer order inner calm ▶ tap to play from here
Forty Ways to Look at Winston Churchill
Gretchen Rubin
my second book was uh like a short unusual biography of winston churchill which is a it's a fantastic book oh yeah i know i love that book for me and this still is a thing which is are you gonna be able to write your next book ▶ tap to play from here
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Forty Ways to Look at J.F.K.
Gretchen Rubin
i wrote forty ways to look at j f k and you know when a book flops they tell you or at least my p my team tells me your book didn't find its audience ▶ tap to play from here
Liar's Poker
Michael Lewis
i heard a story about michael lewis when he did lyers poker ▶ tap to play from here
Better Than Before
Gretchen Rubin
it was either better than before or or the happiness project they said i've never read a book about somebody else that made me think about myself more ▶ tap to play from here
The Varieties of Religious Experience
William James
the varieties of religious experience i'm like i'm like when am i gonna reread that ▶ tap to play from here
Ben Cohen - The Hidden Art of Making Things Better (Ep. 319)
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The Hot Hand
Ben Cohen
what you're working on now but you did a couple of ebooks like like short books that you did i on your own with a publisher tell me the story about those 'cause yeah they're close to my heart one's obviously ▶ tap to play from here
Moneyball
Michael Lewis
the first the book that probably made the most impact on me was money ball which came out um when i was in high school ▶ tap to play from here
A 100-Year History of Duke Basketball
Bill Brill
it was written by this guy bill brill who was like this legendary sports journalist in the research triangle in ▶ tap to play from here
Revan Lazarus - How AI is Rebuilding the Creator Economy (Ep. 318)
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Brian London, Marisa Adler & Eric Stubin - The Hidden Economy of Recycled Clothes (Ep. 317)
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Jason Buck - Faith, Failure, and Finance (Ep. 316)
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Chelsea Follett - Why Progress Is the Exception, Not the Rule (Ep. 315)
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Mykhailo Marynenko - AI Tools That Give Creators More Control (Ep. 314)
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Danielle Crittenden - Dispatches from Grief (Ep. 313)
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Saloni Dattani - The Hidden Bottleneck Holding Back the Future of Medicine (Ep. 312)
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