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Animal Farm
George Orwell
“my favorite book is animal farm by george orwell”
“i often say that my favorite book is animal farm by george orwell i've read it i don't know how many times”— Lex Fridman
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Dear Reader
Michael Malice
“that people should definitely check out”
“what do you think of his book on north korea called dear reader that people should definitely check out absolutely”— Lex Fridman
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12 Rules for Life
Jordan Peterson
“i was so grateful that i'm alive with this”
“i got a book and i was start reading his book and it talks about it explains so much”— guest
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Siddhartha
Hermann Hesse
“it's an incredible book”
“siddhartha by herman hesse is uh it's an incredible book yeah”— Lex Fridman
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In Order to Live
Yeonmi Park
“a north korean defector human rights activist and author of the book in order to live”— Lex Fridman
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In Order to Live
Yeonmi Park
“we tell ourselves stories in order to live and that's how i came within my title of the book in order to live”— guest
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Animal Farm
George Orwell
“i read this book like animal farm just by mistake it was a very short book in the library”— guest
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1984
George Orwell
“you read 1984 by georgia where it talks about double think and double speak who controls the language”— guest
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Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor Frankl
“there's a guy named victor franco who wrote the book masters for meaning and there's some aspect”— Lex Fridman
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Why Nations Fail
Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson (inferred)
“if you read that book why nation affairs the system it's not about the culture it's not about people”— guest
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Fooled by Randomness
Nassim Nicholas Taleb (inferred)
“i was reading this book food by randomness right yeah i was like they're up here like oh my god”— guest
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The Shallows
Nicholas Carr (inferred)
“that's why i always reminisce about the shallows we became shallow and shallow and our brain changes permanently”— guest
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