Book · recommended on 2 episodes
The Glass Bead Game
Hermann Hesse ISBN 0140034382
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Hermann Hesse ISBN 0140034382
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This book by Hermann Hesse has come up 2 times across 2 different shows: Joe Rogan, Lex Fridman. 2 of those mentions were genuine on-air recommendations, not just passing references. The people who brought it up: Lex Fridman, Rick Doblin. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2025-03-16 and the most recent from 2025-05-09. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
“There's a book that I'd um recommend for people um by Herman Hess, and it's called The Glass Bead Game. Magister Ludy, the glass bead game.”— Rick Doblin
The guest here is Rick Doblin: Founder of MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies), which he started in 1986 to make MDMA-assisted therapy a legal medicine. A leading figure in the psychedelic research movement for nearly 40 years. MAPS founder Rick Doblin walks Joe Rogan through four decades fighting to turn MDMA and psychedelics into legal medicine.
“"Siddhartha" throughout your life, especially in moments of crisis, and "The Glass Bead Game" if you want to take on Hesse's magnum opus”— Lex Fridman
The guest here is Narendra Modi: Prime Minister of India, leader of the world's largest democracy of 1.4 billion people, who rose from extreme childhood poverty in Gujarat to win three terms as PM. A former RSS volunteer and spiritual seeker who spent years wandering the Himalayas before entering public life. Narendra Modi reflects on poverty, spirituality, fasting, peacemaking, democracy, AI, and India's civilizational identity with Lex Fridman.
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