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The Felt Meanings of the World
Quentin Smith (inferred)
“which I always loved”
“Quentin Smith wrote this very weird book called The Felt Meanings of the World, which I always loved. It's weird.”— L.A. Paul
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Arrival
Denis Villeneuve (inferred)
“If people want a light lift... watch the movie Arrival”
“If people want a light lift and it is different from the short story upon which it's based, but watch the movie Arrival.”— Tim Ferriss
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The Garden of Forking Paths
Jorge Luis Borges
“The Garden of Forking Paths is an excellent one”
“The Garden of Forking Paths is an excellent one if we're talking about possibilities. The Garden of Forking Paths is like it's a beautiful one.”— L.A. Paul
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The Aleph
Jorge Luis Borges
“two really excellent things to read”
“The Aleph, I would suggest. I actually think The Garden of Forking Paths and I think it's The Aleph are two really excellent things to read.”— L.A. Paul
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Primer
Shane Carruth (inferred)
“I recommend Primer or La Jetee or 12 Monkeys”
“you watch a time travel film. I recommend Primer or La Jetee or 12 Monkeys”— L.A. Paul
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La Jetee
Chris Marker (inferred)
“I recommend Primer or La Jetee or 12 Monkeys”
“you watch a time travel film. I recommend Primer or La Jetee or 12 Monkeys”— L.A. Paul
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12 Monkeys
Terry Gilliam (inferred)
“I recommend Primer or La Jetee or 12 Monkeys”
“you watch a time travel film. I recommend Primer or La Jetee or 12 Monkeys”— L.A. Paul
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The View from Nowhere
Thomas Nagel
“The View from Nowhere is a beautiful book. That might be a place to go.”
“I think Thomas Nagel's work is really really great. The View from Nowhere is a is a beautiful book. That might be a place to go.”— L.A. Paul
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Transformative Experience
L.A. Paul (inferred)
“who gave me a copy of your book, Transformative Experience. And that was my my personal experience of reading some of the examples”— Tim Ferriss
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Being and Time
Martin Heidegger
“you should read Martin Heidegger's Being and Time to start because that's all about the nature of the self and time”— L.A. Paul
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Open Socrates: The Case for a Philosophical Life
Agnes Callard
“I'm just going to use this moment to give a shout-out to Agnes Callard who you should absolutely interview, who has a new book on this”— L.A. Paul
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Stories of Your Life and Others
Ted Chiang (inferred)
“It's always hard for me to remember the first one, but it's like Stories of Our Lives and Other Short Stories, something like that”— Tim Ferriss
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Exhalation
Ted Chiang (inferred)
“And then his second collection came out, Exhalation, and I was like, Ah, it's just going to There's no way it can match the first collection”— Tim Ferriss
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Back to the Future
Robert Zemeckis (inferred)
“Or if you watch Back to the Future and you're like, Well, wait a minute. You know, how can you change the past?”— L.A. Paul
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll
“Lewis Carroll, another excellent thing to read... I have some collector's editions of old copies of Alice in Wonderland.”— Tim Ferriss
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Epistemology: A Very Short Introduction
Jennifer Nagel (inferred)
“There are also various epistemology, a very short introduction. I think Jennifer Nagel wrote that.”— Tim Ferriss
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Seven Nights
Jorge Luis Borges
“One was Seven Nights, Siete Noches, a collection of lectures that he gave in Buenos Aires in 1977”— Tim Ferriss
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Aspiration: The Agency of Becoming
Agnes Callard
“She also wrote Aspiration, The Agency of Becoming in 2018.”— Tim Ferriss
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Heart of Darkness
Joseph Conrad
“You have, I believe, a quote in your book from Conrad's Heart of Darkness.”— Tim Ferriss
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