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All the Light We Cannot See

Anthony Doerr ISBN 9780606362849

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This book by Anthony Doerr has come up 2 times across 2 different shows: Lex Fridman, Tim Ferriss. 2 of those mentions were genuine on-air recommendations, not just passing references. The people who brought it up: Mark Manson, guest. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2020-08-26 and the most recent from 2022-12-31. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.

What it is

From the highly acclaimed, multiple award-winning Anthony Doerr, a stunningly ambitious and beautiful novel about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II. Marie Laure lives with her father in Paris within walking distance of the Museum of Natural History where he works as the master of the locks (there are thousands of locks in the museum). When she is six, she goes blind, and her father builds her a model of their neighborhood, every house, every manhole, so she can memorize it with her fingers and navigate the real streets with her feet and cane.

Every time it came up

RecommendedTim Ferriss

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck — Mark Manson on Writing, Career Reinvention, and More

“All the Light You Cannot See was fantastic”
“I've been reading a lot of World War II stuff. All the Light You Cannot See was fantastic”— Mark Manson

The guest here is Mark Manson: Three-time #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck (~20 million copies sold), longtime personal-development blogger at MarkManson.net, and co-author of Will Smith's memoir 'Will'. Mark Manson tells Tim Ferriss the unglamorous truth behind his mega-bestseller, his decade of quiet iteration, and his pivot back to online video.

01:54:082022-12-31
RecommendedLex Fridman

David Eagleman: Neuroplasticity and the Livewired Brain | Lex Fridman Podcast #119

“that's a absolutely gorgeous book”
“anthony door wrote a book called all the light we cannot see which actually uh was inspired by incognito”— guest

The guest here is David Eagleman: Neuroscientist, Stanford professor, and bestselling science communicator known for popularizing brain research. He runs Neosensory, a company building sensory-substitution wearables, and authored Livewired and Incognito. Neuroscientist David Eagleman explains why the brain is not hardware plus software but a constantly self-rewiring 'livewired' system.

01:32:262020-08-26