Welcome to the archive of book mentions from Lex Fridman’s podcast.
Explore the philosophical, technical, and deeply human themes covered in his conversations.
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Welcome to the archive of book mentions from Lex Fridman’s podcast.
Explore the philosophical, technical, and deeply human themes covered in his conversations.








Paul Rosolie is a naturalist, explorer, author of a new book titled Junglekeeper, and is someone who has dedicated his life to protecting the Amazon rainforest. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our Your browser does not support the audio element. Mentioned Books Echoes from Eden Echoes from Eden by Dax“Jane good old is the reason you met this guy that's right you've continuously spoken really highly of him and he gave me this book that he has recently written echoes from Eden signed it yeah dax a saved my life and b is the example of what everybody wishes you know” ▶ Play at 3:00:24 Amazon Jungle Keeper Jungle Keeper by Paul Rosley“to protecting the Amazon rainforest and celebrating the beauty of the natural world. He has a new book coming out in a few days titled Jungle Keeper. They should definitely go pre-order now. It tells some of the 10 stories about his time in the jungle over the past several years,” ▶ Play at 0:16 Amazon Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl Amazon· mentioned in 28 episodes The Almanack of Naval Ravikant by Eric JorgensonThis book collects and curates Naval’s wisdom from Twitter, Podcasts, and Essays over the past decade. The wisdom of Naval Ravikant, created and edited by Eric Jorgenson, with Illustrations by Jack Butcher, and a Forewor… ...
Joel David Hamkins is a mathematician and philosopher specializing in set theory, the foundations of mathematics, and the nature of infinity, and he’s the #1 highest-rated user on MathOverflow. He is also the author of several books, including Proof and the Art of Mathematics and Lectures on the Philosophy of Mathematics. And he has a great blog called Infinitely More. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our Your browser does not support the audio element. Mentioned Books Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl Amazon· mentioned in 28 episodes Proof and the Order of Mathematics Proof and the Order of Mathematics by Joel David Hamkins“Math overflow, by the way, is like stack overflow, but for research mathematicians. He is also the author of several books including Proof and the Order of Mathematics and lectures on the philosophy of mathematics. And he has a great blog, infinitelymore.xyz.” ▶ Play at 0:24 Amazon The Almanack of Natural Experimentation The Almanack of Natural Experimentation by Ronald Cosworth Amazon The Almanack of Naval Ravikant by Eric JorgensonThis book collects and curates Naval’s wisdom from Twitter, Podcasts, and Essays over the past decade. The wisdom of Naval Ravikant, created and edited by Eric Jorgenson, with Illustrations by Jack Butcher, and a Forewor… ...
Keyu Jin is an economist specializing in China’s economy, international macroeconomics, global trade imbalances, and financial policy. She is the author of The New China Playbook: Beyond Socialism and Capitalism. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our Your browser does not support the audio element. Mentioned Books The Analects by Confucius The New China Playbook Beyond Socialism and Capitalism by K.U. Gen
Jack Weatherford is an anthropologist and historian specializing in Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our Your browser does not support the audio element. Mentioned Books (Note: “Kublai Khan: The Mongol King Who Remade China” is inferred from the mention of “Kublai Khan and the Making of China” in the transcript, acknowledging a possible title discrepancy. “Emperor of the Seas” was excluded as it doesn’t correspond to an actual book by Weatherford.) Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford Genghis Khan and the Quest for God by Jack Weatherford Kublai Khan and the Making of China by Jack Weatherford Kublai Khan: The Mongol King Who Remade China by Jack Weatherford Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves by Work Projects Administration The Secret History of the Mongol Queens by Jack Weatherford The Secret History of the Mongols by Anonymous Voices from Slavery: 100 Authentic Slave Narratives by Norman R. Yetman (Editor)
Demis Hassabis is the CEO of Google DeepMind and Nobel Prize winner for his groundbreaking work in protein structure prediction using AI. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our Your browser does not support the audio element. Mentioned Books Consciousness Explained by Daniel Dennett Ethics by Baruch Spinoza (Essay) Life Ascending: The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution by Nick Lane The Maniac by Benjamín Labatut The Pleasure of Finding Things Out by Richard Feynman (Essay) This Is Water by David Foster Wallace (Essay)
Debate on Iran war between Scott Horton and Mark Dubowitz. Scott Horton is the author and director of the Libertarian Institute, editorial director of Antiwar.com, host of The Scott Horton Show, and for the past three decades, a staunch critic of U.S. foreign policy and military interventionism. Mark Dubowitz is the chief executive of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, host of the Iran Breakdown podcast, and a leading expert on Iran and its nuclear program for over 20 years. This debate was recorded on Tuesday, June 24, after the Iran-Israel ceasefire was declared. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our ...
Terence Tao is widely considered to be one of the greatest mathematicians in history. He won the Fields Medal and the Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics, and has contributed to a wide range of fields from fluid dynamics with Navier-Stokes equations to mathematical physics & quantum mechanics, prime numbers & analytics number theory, harmonic analysis, compressed sensing, random matrix theory, combinatorics, and progress on many of the hardest problems in the history of mathematics. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our ...
Sundar Pichai is CEO of Google and Alphabet. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our Your browser does not support the audio element. Mentioned Books Atlas Shrugged by Ayn RandThe year 2005 marks Ayn Rand's Centennial Year.The astounding story of a man that said that he would stop the motor of the world-and did. Tremendous in scope, breathtaking in its suspense, Atlas Shrugged is unlike any ot… ...
James Holland is a historian specializing in World War II. He hosts a podcast called WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our Your browser does not support the audio element. Mentioned Books No books extracted yet.
Oliver Anthony is singer-songwriter who first gained worldwide fame with his viral hit Rich Men North of Richmond. He became a voice for many who are voiceless, with many of his songs speaking to the struggle of the working class in modern American life. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our Your browser does not support the audio element. Mentioned Books No books extracted yet. ...