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The Beginning of Infinity
David Deutsch
“I really encourage people to read The Beginning of Infinity”
“I really encourage people to read The Beginning of Infinity, at least the first three chapters which I think are an easy read before you even get in the physics part.”— Naval Ravikant
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The Theory of Knowledge Podcast (ToKCast)
Brett Hall
“I would not have been able to understand the books and get into them as easily and well if it weren't for the tireless work of Brett Hall”
“He runs a podcast called The Theory of Knowledge Podcast, Talk Cast, t o k cast. And he's got 100 episodes in there that literally goes through David's books chapter by chapter.”— Naval Ravikant
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Philosophy in the Real World
Brian Magee
“I found that to be a good lighter weight introduction”
“there's a recent book that I found called Philosophy in the Real World which is like a little 100-page introduction to Karl Popper by Brian Magee, and I found that to be a good lighter weight introduction.”— Naval Ravikant
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The Science of Can and Can't
Chiara Marletto
“Chiara Marletto wrote a great book, The Science of Can and Can't”
“his colleague Chiara Marletto wrote a great book, The Science of Can and Can't, that tries to explain it to the layperson.”— Naval Ravikant
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The History of England
Thomas Babington Macaulay
“I recommend him... if you read Macaulay, you understand history”
“he wrote this History of England which he died halfway through writing it... if you read Macaulay, you understand history.”— David Deutsch
The guest's own work
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The 4-Hour Body
Tim Ferriss
“I recommended it long ago in my 2010 number one New York Times best-seller, The 4-Hour Body, and I did not get paid to do so.”— Tim Ferriss
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The Fabric of Reality
David Deutsch
“He is the author of The Fabric of Reality and The Beginning of Infinity and he is an advocate of the philosophy of Karl Popper.”— Tim Ferriss
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The Beginning of Infinity
David Deutsch
“He is the author of The Fabric of Reality and The Beginning of Infinity and he is an advocate of the philosophy of Karl Popper.”— Tim Ferriss
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The 4-Hour Body
Tim Ferriss
“I recommended it long ago in my 2010 number one New York Times bestseller, The 4-Hour Body, and I did not get paid to do so.”— Tim Ferriss
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Tim Ferriss interview with Naval Ravikant (2015)
The Tim Ferriss Show (inferred)
“you can check out my wildly popular interview with him from 2015 which was nominated for podcast of the year.”— Tim Ferriss
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The Open Society and Its Enemies
Karl Popper
“And Popper has a lot of books. The Open Society and Its Enemies, The Logic of Scientific Discovery, etc.”— Naval Ravikant
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The Logic of Scientific Discovery
Karl Popper
“And Popper has a lot of books. The Open Society and Its Enemies, The Logic of Scientific Discovery, etc.”— Naval Ravikant
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