Book · recommended on 2 episodes
The Emotion Machine
Marvin Minsky ISBN 1416579303
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Marvin Minsky ISBN 1416579303
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This book by Marvin Minsky has come up 2 times on Tim Ferriss. 2 of those mentions were genuine on-air recommendations, not just passing references. The people who brought it up: Martine Rothblatt. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2020-12-18 and the most recent from 2024-06-25. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
“a great book that I would recommend that goes into this subject in beautiful detail is called the emotion Machine by Marvin Minsky”— Martine Rothblatt
The guest here is Michael Lewis and Martine Rothblatt: Michael Lewis is the bestselling author of Moneyball, The Big Short, and Going Infinite. Martine Rothblatt is a lawyer, transhumanist author, and founder/CEO of United Therapeutics and SiriusXM. Tim Ferriss 10-year anniversary combo: Michael Lewis on writing and ambition, Martine Rothblatt on science, transhumanism, and saving her daughter.
“a great book that i would recommend that goes into this subject in beautiful detail is called the emotion machine by marvin minsky”— Martine Rothblatt
The guest here is Martine Rothblatt: Chairman and CEO of United Therapeutics, a biotechnology company she founded to save her daughter's life, and the earlier founder of Sirius XM satellite radio. A self-taught polymath spanning satellite communications, medicine, law, transgender rights, and aviation, holding degrees from UCLA and a PhD in medical ethics. Polymath Martine Rothblatt on building United Therapeutics to save her daughter, manufacturing organs, digital consciousness, vagus nerve stimulation, and zero-carbon engineering.
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