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We the Living
Ayn Rand
“definitely recommend we the living”
“the book definitely recommend we the living it's her first first novel she wrote in the 30s and it didn't go anywhere”— guest
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Animal Farm
George Orwell
“I would say it's my favorite book”
“just the small Side Animal Farm is probably top I mean I would it's weird to say but I would say it's my favorite book”— guest
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Mr. Jones
Agnieszka Holland (inferred)
“you've got to see Mr Jones”
“oh you've got to see Mr Jones what's Mr Jones it's sorry sorry for my ignorance no no it's a movie”— guest
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
William L. Shirer (inferred)
“I love it”
“the reading I'm reading it's so long it's been taking me forever the the rise and Falls the Third Reich yeah I I love it”— Lex Fridman
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The Ominous Parallels
Leonard Peikoff
“maybe highly recommend that”
“I've got the book to complement that that you have to read it's called the ominous parallels it's Lon peof”— guest
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The Virtue of Selfishness
Ayn Rand
“I particularly recommend books like the virtue of selfishness”
“I particularly recommend books like uh uh the virtue of selfishness capitalism the unknown ideal uh and and uh philosophy who needs it”— guest
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Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal
Ayn Rand
“I particularly recommend books like ... capitalism the unknown ideal”
“I particularly recommend books like uh uh the virtue of selfishness capitalism the unknown ideal uh and and uh philosophy who needs it”— guest
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Philosophy: Who Needs It
Ayn Rand
“I particularly recommend books like ... philosophy who needs it”
“I particularly recommend books like uh uh the virtue of selfishness capitalism the unknown ideal uh and and uh philosophy who needs it”— guest
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Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology
Ayn Rand
“which I encourage any scientist mathematician anybody interested in science to read”
“she has a book called uh introduction to objectivist epistemology which I encourage any scientist mathematician anybody interested in science to read”— guest
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Free Market Revolution
Yaron Brook
“host of the Yan Brook show and the co-author of free market Revolution equal is unfair and several other books”— Lex Fridman
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Equal Is Unfair
Yaron Brook
“equal is unfair and several other books where he analyzes systems of government human behavior and The Human Condition”— Lex Fridman
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Atlas Shrugged
Ayn Rand
“objectivism is the philosophical system developed by Ein Rand that she first expressed in her fiction books The Fountain Head and Atlas Shrugged”— Lex Fridman
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The Fountainhead
Ayn Rand
“she first expressed in her fiction books The Fountain Head and Atlas Shrugged and later in non-fiction essays and books”— Lex Fridman
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Anthem
Ayn Rand
“she writes a small novelet called Anthem a lot of people have read that and it's it's read in high schools”— guest
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1984
George Orwell
“UK is very interested in dystopian novels Animal Farm uh and in 1984 84 is published a couple of years after”— guest
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Bloomberg Terminal
Bloomberg
“he made his money by providing financial information by creating this service called Bloomberg that you buy a terminal and you get all this amazing information”— guest
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PayPal
PayPal (inferred)
“the only way Elon Musk became a billionaire is through PayPal now PayPal is something we all use PayPal is an enormous value”— guest
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