John Clarke: The Art of Fighting and the Pursuit of Excellence | Lex Fridman Podcast #143

Self-Reliance

Ralph Waldo Emerson

“i read self-reliance and you know he's got a ton of good essays but i thought self-reliance was probably the most impactful to me”— John Clarke

Jonathan Livingston Seagull

Richard Bach

“there's also a book called uh jonathan livingston seagull by richard uh richard bach i think and um it's kind of along the same lines”— John Clarke

American Psycho

Bret Easton Ellis

“a pleasure of mine was a american psycho just from a writing standpoint yeah i found that the writing was was awesome”— John Clarke

The Communist Manifesto

Karl Marx

“the communist manifesto is truly frightening if you read it in in like modern context it's worth reading”— John Clarke

Hardcore History

Dan Carlin

“i don't know if you listen to uh dan carl in hardcore history and genghis khan”— Lex Fridman

The Town

Ben Affleck (inferred)

“have you ever seen the movie the town there's a great line in the movie where one of the main characters walks into his friend's house”— Lex Fridman

Whiplash

Damien Chazelle (inferred)

“you've seen the movie whiplash by any chance yes it seems like in a man's life”— Lex Fridman

DoorDash

DoorDash

“you can order 7-eleven from door dash or from post code lex”— Lex Fridman

Mein Kampf

Adolf Hitler

“so is mineconf not obviously well uh it's not obvious but it is not very well written uh but all the ideas that led to the evil”— John Clarke

The Bible

“if you're a roman catholic maybe don't read the bible read one of the other texts and that would be an interesting take”— John Clarke