Book · recommended on 2 episodes
All Things Shining: Reading the Western Classics to Find Meaning in a Secular Age
Sean Kelly and Hubert Dreyfus ISBN 9781611744521
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Sean Kelly and Hubert Dreyfus ISBN 9781611744521
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This book by Sean Kelly and Hubert Dreyfus has come up 2 times across 2 different shows: Lex Fridman, Tim Ferriss. One of those mentions was a genuine on-air recommendation, not just a passing reference. The people who brought it up: Cal Newport, Lex Fridman. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2021-09-30 and the most recent from 2022-02-02. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
“there's this great book called All Things Shining and it was written by a philosopher from Harvard and a philosopher from Berkeley”— Cal Newport
The guest here is Cal Newport: Associate professor of computer science at Georgetown University (PhD from MIT) who researches the theory of distributed systems. He is a New Yorker contributing writer, host of the Deep Questions podcast, and author of seven books including Deep Work, Digital Minimalism, and A World Without Email. Cal Newport on building a deep life through slow productivity, digital minimalism, craft, and contemplation in an age of distraction.
“you wrote with him the book titled all things shining reading the western classics to find meaning in a secular age”— Lex Fridman
The guest here is Sean Kelly: A philosopher at Harvard specializing in existentialism and the philosophy of mind. Co-author with his mentor Hubert Dreyfus of 'All Things Shining,' he teaches existentialism in literature and film. Harvard philosopher Sean Kelly traces existentialism and nihilism and argues meaning comes from aliveness, listening, and responding well to a groundless world.
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