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Meditations on Moloch
Scott Alexander
“everyone must go read it”
“scott alexander of slate starcodex wrote this incredible one literally i think it might be my favorite piece of writing of all time it's called meditations on molok everyone must go read it”— Liv Boeree
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Novacene
James Lovelock
“one of my favorite books i've ever read”
“one of my favorite books i've ever read is uh nova scene by james lovelock who sadly just died um he wrote it when he was like 99.”— Liv Boeree
MediaRecommended
The Battle of Polytopia
Midjiwan AB (inferred)
“one of the most elegantly designed games i've ever seen”
“battle polytopia is a it's a big it's like a really radical sim simplification of a civilization type of game ... it's one of the most elegantly designed games i've ever seen”— Liv Boeree
Also referenced (named, not recommended)
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A Beautiful Mind
Ron Howard (inferred)
“have you seen a beautiful mind that movie years ago well what do you think about the game theoretic formulation of uh what is it the hot blonde at the bar”— Lex Fridman
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Metropolis
Fritz Lang (inferred)
“until um this movie metropolis uh in 1927 talked about um this is you you see that there was this incredible futuristic city”— Liv Boeree
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Howl
Allen Ginsberg
“alan ginsberg wrote a poem in the 60s um which incredible poem called howl about this thing molok”— Liv Boeree
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