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Shane Parrish

Host of The Knowledge Project

1 book recommended · 3 episodes

Recommends

Books they recommend that someone else wrote.

“And in the summer of 1897, Gates sat down and read a dry medical textbook, Osler's Principles and Practice of Medicine.”

Why: It helped reveal a major open territory of human suffering that lacked organization and cures.

The Principles and Practice of Medicine by Sir William Osler
Host on The Knowledge ProjectJohn D. Rockefeller: The Principles Behind The Greatest Fortune in History

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Passing References

Named without an opinion attached.

“So David, when you wrote Incognito and you presented your information on synesthesia, that's really interesting. but it conflicts with what Helmholtz said back in blah, blah.”

Incognito by David Eagleman
Host on The Knowledge ProjectThe Science of Doing Your Best Work

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“What was your reaction to watching Ready Player One? ready player one the book i loved the movie v1 i love but i do like less intrusive you know far…”

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Host on The Knowledge ProjectMake Better Decisions by Fixing Yourself First | Roblox Co-founder and CEO David Baszucki

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“And when Lloyd came back in 1894 with a whole book of it called Wealth Against Commonwealth, much of that was wrong too.”

Wealth Against Commonwealth by Henry Demarest Lloyd
Host on The Knowledge ProjectJohn D. Rockefeller: The Principles Behind The Greatest Fortune in History

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