Book · recommended on 1 episode
Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution
Steven Levy
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Steven Levy
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This book by Steven Levy came up once on Lex Fridman in the episodes we index. That mention was a genuine on-air recommendation, not just a passing reference. The people who brought it up: John Carmack. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
“Steven Levy's book Hackers was a really formative book for me as a teenager, I mean read it several times”— John Carmack
The guest here is John Carmack: Co-founder and lead programmer at id Software, widely considered one of the greatest programmers ever, behind Commander Keen, Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, and Quake. Former CTO of Oculus VR and now founder of an AGI startup. Legendary programmer John Carmack spends over five hours with Lex Fridman on Doom, Quake, VR, rockets, and his all-in bet on building AGI.
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