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The Gay Science
Friedrich Nietzsche
“one of the best books ever in my opinion”
“nietzsche's gay science is one of them it's one of the best books ever in my opinion”— guest
MediaRecommended
David Bowie interview (the internet is an alien life form)
David Bowie
“i highly recommend it”
“if you've not seen david bowie's interview where he says that i highly recommend it he's so brilliant”— guest
BookRecommended
Ted Chiang short stories (incl. Story of Your Life / Catching Crumbs from the Table)
Ted Chiang
“i recommend his his writings his short stories”
“the author ted chang has a lot i recommend his his writings his short stories um one is very short and it appeared as it appeared in nature”— guest
MediaRecommended
Arrival
Denis Villeneuve (inferred)
“if you haven't seen it it's a really great movie”
“the basis for the movie arrival which if you haven't seen it it's a really great movie about uh ufos”— guest
BookRecommendedISBN verified
Eichmann in Jerusalem
Hannah Arendt
“she writes two books which i'll recommend”
“she writes two books which i'll recommend one is called eichmann in jerusalem where she attends the nuremberg trials”— guest
BookRecommendedISBN verified
The Life of the Mind
Hannah Arendt
“one of the best books i've ever read and i've read it many times”
“she has another book called the life of the mind which is gigantic frankly it's one of the best books i've ever read”— guest
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Authors of the Impossible
Jeffrey Kripal
“his best book or the one that impacted me the most”
“i think his best book or the one that impacted me the most is called authors of the impossible”— guest
BookRecommendedISBN verified
Mutants and Mystics
Jeffrey Kripal
“there's a great one he's written”
“there's a great one he's written called mutants and mystics where he talks about the comic strips”— guest
The guest's own work
BookBy the guestISBN verified
American Cosmic: UFOs, Religion, Technology
Diana Walsh Pasulka
“author of american cosmic ufos religion and technology this book is one of the most fascinating explorations of the interconnected nature of technology belief”— Lex Fridman
BookBy the guest
Purgatory (book on purgatory)
Diana Walsh Pasulka
“people should know they have a book on purgatory that came before your uh american cosmic yes i wrote a book on purgatory”— Lex Fridman
Also referenced (named, not recommended)
MediaReferenced
Castles Made of Sand (Jimi Hendrix song)
Jimi Hendrix
“what's your favorite hendrick song by the way oh that's a hard one i like castles in the sand it's a sad one but yeah i i like it”— guest
MediaReferenced
Fight Club
David Fincher (inferred)
“that's why i reference this movie fight club in it you have an invisible okay and his name is tyler durden and he's incredible”— guest
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2001: A Space Odyssey
Stanley Kubrick
“a 2001 space odyssey is incredibly visionary and of course all those things that people say i don't have to restate them”— guest
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The Singularity Is Near
Ray Kurzweil
“when i read the um kurzweil's book about the singularity to me it read just like um religious language”— guest
MediaReferenced
Lucy
Luc Besson (inferred)
“this was characterized in various movies like lucy and stuff like that uh you know lucy being the first human”— guest
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