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7 books recommended · 1 episode
Books they recommend that someone else wrote.
“Durant books just in general, the lessons of philosophy, the lessons of history. It's of course the end-of-life distillation of it all, but his longer work is good.”
Why: His longer work is good and provides deep distillations.
The Lessons of History by Will Durant
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“James Burnham's books are fantastic, I think, and extremely relevant. What did he write? He wrote The Managerial Revolution first…”
Why: Fantastic and extremely relevant.
The Managerial Revolution by James Burnham
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“I mean, obviously, I am a meditations fan. I know stoicism is falling out of favor a little bit right now, but it's been a lifelong thing for me.”
Why: It is magical how it is somehow relevant to whatever he is wrestling with.
Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
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“I almost always will mention The Lessons of History, which I just think the densest, like the highest token quality book in existence, like given for the length.”
Why: It has the highest token quality and density for its length.
The Lessons of History by Will Durant
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“Fiction and foundation series is so good.”
Why: It is so good.
Foundation by Isaac Asimov
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“and then a book called The Machiavellians, which is unbelievably good.”
Why: Unbelievably good.
The Machiavellians by James Burnham
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“Books I come back to is like, I often talk about Parkinson's Law, which I love. It's such a quick read.”
Why: It is such a quick read and a book he frequently comes back to.
Parkinson's Law by C. Northcote Parkinson
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“You read the Three-Body Paraleling too, right? I guess that's sort of tripping into older books now too, but that's a recent sci-fi which is incredibly good.”
Why: Incredibly good recent sci-fi.
The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu
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