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The Selfish Gene
Richard Dawkins
“unbelievably brilliant book”
“his launching of the idea of memes is just kind of an afterthought to his unbelievably brilliant book about the selfish gene”— Rob Reid
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A Hunger Artist
Franz Kafka
“a great short story”
“you ever read um franz kafka has a great short story called the hunger artist yeah I love that great story”— Rob Reid
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Hurt (Johnny Cash cover)
Johnny Cash
“something so powerful about that song about that cover about that performance”
“the number one is the johnny cash's cover of hurt that is um there there's something so powerful about that song about that cover”— Lex Fridman
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The Sound of Silence (Disturbed cover)
Disturbed
“probably the greatest live vocal performance I've ever heard”
“it's probably the greatest live vocal performance I've ever heard is disturbed covering sound of silence”— Lex Fridman
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Hallelujah
Leonard Cohen
“was the close one”
“hallelujah by uh leonard cohen was the close one but the number one is the johnny cash's cover of hurt”— Lex Fridman
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Won't Get Fooled Again
The Who
“such an epic song it's got so much grandeur to it”
“I've gotta go with won't get fooled again by the who um it is such an epic song it's got so much grandeur to it”— Rob Reid
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Pinball Wizard (Elton John version)
Elton John
“that's even better in my mind”
“the version that is sung by elton john in the movie which is available though to those who are ambitious and want to dig for it that's even better in my mind”— Rob Reid
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South Park
Trey Parker and Matt Stone (inferred)
“it makes me think of there was a south park episode in which earth turned out to be a reality show”— Rob Reid
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Tommy
The Who (inferred)
“that came from the movie tommy and in the movie tommy uh the rival of tommy the reigning pinball champ was elton john”— Rob Reid
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On Writing
Stephen King
“stephen king on writing you as a great writer you you're dropping a hint here that the ideas don't come to you”— Lex Fridman
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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
William L. Shirer (inferred)
“especially when I listen to certain kinds of audiobooks like I've listened to the rise and fall of the third reich”— Lex Fridman
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Waking Up (Sam Harris meditation app)
Sam Harris
“the most recent one was actually with sam's app uh during the lockdown I did make a pretty good and consistent concerted effort to listen to his 10-minute meditation every day”— Rob Reid
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