Talking Books
Talking Books is a podcast that brings listeners closer to books, offering insights from notable writers and thinkers. Each episode aims to deepen the audience's understanding of literature and the ideas behind great works. It is a show for anyone interested in exploring books through engaging discussion and reflection.
Episodes
MIT Futuretech : Training Pathways that Work
The future of work is being rewritten now. Hear how government, industry, labor, and civil society are supporting the workforce to successfully transition into AI-augmented roles that drive real impact.Angie Cooper, President, Heartland ForwardKeith Sonderling, Deputy Labor Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor Jessica Garner, Managing Director, Innovative Learning, ISTE+ASCDElisabeth Jacobs, Associ
Robotics' End Game with Nvidia's Jim Fan
Jim Fan, who leads the embodied autonomous research group at Nvidia, walks through what he calls "the great parallel": robotics following the LLM path from pre-training to reasoning to auto research, but with world models replacing language models, egocentric video replacing teleoperation, and world action models replacing the VLA paradigm. Along the way: why he thinks we'll pass the
On AI: Andrej Karpathy - From Vibe Coding to Agentic Engineering
00:00 - Introduction00:44 - Feeling Behind as a Coder02:28 - Software 3.0 Explained03:44 - Agents as the Installer04:49 - Menu Gen vs Raw Prompts07:37 - What’s Obvious by 202609:41 - Verifiability and Jagged Skills13:39 - Founder Advice and Automation15:46 - From Vibe Coding to Agent Engineering25:17 - Agents Everywhere and LearningLet me know what you want. DM or email me at https://talkwithbooks
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Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life by C.S. Lewis
For many years an atheist, C. S. Lewis vividly describes the spiritual quest that convinced him of the truth and reality of Christianity, in his famous autobiography.
“In the Trinity Term of 1929 I gave in, and admitted that God was God … perhaps the most dejected and reluctant convert in all England.” Thus Lewis describes memorably the crisis of his conversion.
‘Surprised by Joy’ reveals both t
The Tipping Point with Malcolm Gladwell
The "three rules of epidemics" (or the three "agents of change") in the tipping points of epidemics.
The Law of the Few
The Stickiness Factor
The Power of Context
Models
Models with Mark Manson
The All-In Holiday Spectacular
(0:00) Pre-show footage for the All-In Holiday Spectacular
(3:00) Year in Review
(10:45) Besties on stage and a drop-in from SantaCanis!
(15:50) Besties introduce the format and the "Bestie" award
(17:25) Biggest Winner - Business
(18:35) Biggest Loser - Business
(20:11) Biggest Surprise - Business
(23:20) Biggest Winner - Politics
(28:11) Biggest Loser - Politics
(31:13) Biggest Surprise - Politi
How They Broke Britain with James Brien
Something has gone really wrong in Britain.Our economy has tanked, our freedoms are shrinking, and social divisions are growing. Our politicians seem most interested in their own careers, and much of the media only make things worse. We are living in a country almost unrecognisable from the one that existed a decade ago. But whose fault is it really? Who broke Britain and how did they do it?
We Who Wrestle With God
In We Who Wrestle with God, Jordan Peterson guides us through the ancient, foundational stories of the Western world, analyzing the Biblical accounts of rebellion, sacrifice, suffering and triumph that stabilize, inspire and unite us, culturally and psychologically. Adam and Eve and the eternal fall of mankind; the resentful and ultimately murderous war of Cain and Abel; the cataclysmic flood of N
Ingo Uytdehaage, Adyen at the All-In Summit 2024
(1:56) Ingo lays out the case for Adyen over Stripe
(6:37) Building and scaling a tech company in Europe
(11:43) Thoughts on stablecoins, financial deplatforming, expanding into India
(17:50) AI in fintech, open-source solutions
(20:31) Offering services in authoritarian countries, data in economic forecasting, working as a Co-CEO
Flying Cars Have Arrived! eVTOL Panel: Archer, Joby, Wisk at the All-In Summit 2024
(0:20) Joby Aviation Intro
(2:01) Archer Aviation Intro
(4:43) Wisk Aero Intro
(8:31) The biggest consumer issues facing eVTOLs, liquidity, scalability, pro-eVTOL areas
(15:57) Autonomous flight, redundancy, pilot necessity, edge cases
(24:35) Acoustic issues, creating a network through scale, go to market decisions, batteries
(32:49) When eVTOLS will be commercially available, working with the FA
The AI Platform Shift and the Opportunity Ahead - Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google, CMU Lecture
Sundar Pichai also emphasized the need to build AI responsibly and make it accessible to everyone, regardless of access to information or digital skills. Google's approach to AI includes focusing on improving next-generation models, making them accessible, and addressing ethical considerations. The conversation touched on the importance of multimodal models, energy consumption, and the need for a
Dave Ricks, CEO of Eli Lilly | The All-In Interview
(2:06) The obesity problem: a global chronic health epidemic
(13:07) The history of discovering GLP-1s
(20:38) Impact of GLP-1s on different human functions
(27:09) Understanding the commercial aspect of drug discovery, pricing for GLP-1 drugs
(33:11) Responding to criticism and research of GLP-1 dependency
(40:04) Stock performance, dealing with political pressure related to successful drugs
(47:
Supercommunicators with Charles Duhigg
Communication is a superpower and the best communicators understand that whenever we speak, we're actually participating in one of three conversations: practical (What's this really about?), emotional (How do we feel?), and social (Who are we?). If you don't know what kind of conversation you're having, you're unlikely to connect.
Supercommunicators know the importance of recognizing--and then mat
Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte, Altos Labs at the All-In Summit 2024
Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte is a Spanish biochemist and developmental biologist. He is a professor in the Gene Expression Laboratories at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California since 1993.
Izpisua Belmonte is a main catalyzer in one of today's most promising areas of biomedicine: regenerative medicine. His work may help to discover new molecules and specific gene/cell
Jake Loosararian, Gecko Robotics at the All-In Summit 2024
(2:04) Jake breaks down the business of Gecko Robotics
(20:42) Jake explains the sales cycle at Gecko
(23:08) The crippling infrastructure of the old world
(27:34) How Jake thinks about the coming wave of humanoid robots
The Genius of Jazz with Wynton Marsalis and Jon Batiste
Wynton Marsalis is an internationally acclaimed musician, composer, bandleader, educator and a leading advocate of American culture. He is the world’s first jazz artist to perform and compose across the full jazz spectrum from its New Orleans roots to bebop to modern jazz. Jon Batiste is a New Orleans-bred, New York-based musician, educator, and humanitarian, and the new band leader of “The Late S
Charles Duhigg on Supercommunicators: The Science of Conversation and Connection
Why do some conversations succeed while others stumble?
The neurology and psychology of communication offer surprising explanations for why human connection goes right or wrong. Join in a live experiment — and explore how the right conversation, at the right moment, can change everything.
Thomas Laffont at the All-In Summit 2024
(3:04) Thomas presents "The State of the Unicorn Economy"
(21:34) Venture capital's relative underperformance over the past decade
(30:45) Fixing what's broken in startups and VC
NASA Astronaut Woody Hoburg at the All-In Summit 2024
(10:26) Woody and Friedberg demonstrate how far the Moon is from Earth
(13:51) Artemis timelines, going back to the Moon after decades, how astronaut assignments work
(17:39) How NASA will use the Moon as a training ground to get to Mars
Senator Kyrsten Sinema at the All-In Summit 2024
(0:54) Thoughts on JD Vance, the importance of bipartisanship, civil disagreements, and independent thinking
(6:21) Political pressure and growing toxicity in DC, Senator Sinema's controversial filibuster vote
(12:21) Money in politics, following "The Machine," the cost of a competitive Senate race
(15:10) Behind the scenes of Build Back Better
(21:43) Chances of a viable third party
Nikesh Arora at the All-In Summit 2024
(2:56) How to build great businesses, lessons from his time at Google
(6:30) Lessons from working with Masa at SoftBank, risk tolerance
(11:51) Scaling Palo Alto Networks, handicapping cybersecurity, M&A strategy
(20:02) State of cyber threats
(24:23) Age of AI: How agents will change consumer apps, how AI is impacting cybersecurity
Michael Ovitz at the All-In Summit 2024
(2:22) How Ovitz got started in Hollywood
(10:06) Closing Palantir's first enterprise deal
(15:56) AI's impact on film and TV, how streaming killed Hollywood's business model
(23:11) Free speech and censorship in Hollywood, protecting creatives
(28:11) Can Hollywood be recaptured by the auteurs?
Aaron Sorkin and David Brooks: What's Character Got to Do with It?
Aaron Sorkin and David Brooks discuss their approaches to creating compelling characters. Sorkin emphasizes the importance of understanding a character's desires and obstacles, using examples from his own work like "The Social Network." David Brooks shares anecdotes about encounters that inspired his writing and the empathy required to portray complex characters. Both writers stress
Mo Gawdat on AI: The Future of AI and How It Will Shape Our World
🤖 AI is here, and it’s evolving faster than we ever imagined. How do we adapt when the rules of the game are shifting under our feet? Is the future one of abundance, or are we heading toward disaster?
🌍 Are we missing the warning signs again? The world is changing fast, faster than we can keep up. From the pandemic to AI advancements, it feels like we’re all being caught off guard. But are we pa
Foods for Protecting the Body & Mind: Dr. Neal Barnard
Dr. Neal Barnard discusses the potential benefits of eliminating certain foods from the diet for various conditions. While not everyone is sensitive to gluten or dairy, some may find relief by avoiding these foods. He suggests looking into supportive foods that can help bring the body back into balance. Dr. Barnard provides tips for improving sleep hygiene, recommending organic food and a cast-iro
Jordan Peterson: From the Barricades of the Culture Wars
Jordan Peterson discusses the impact of technological revolutions on education and intellectual engagement, his motivation for writing his books, and his experiences with workplace unconscious bias training and the controversy surrounding his perceived transphobia. Peterson attributes his widespread influence to the technological transformation brought about by YouTube and podcasts, which have led
Bari Weiss at the All-In Summit 2024
(2:19) Defining the polarizing forces in American society
(5:11) How institutions like the New York Times were captured by radicals, giving up "the heroin needle of prestige"
(16:39) Avoiding audience capture while building The Free Press
(22:09) Sacks's strategy to find reliable media sources
(27:26) Ideological capture of medicine, building a new institution
Tekedra Mawakana at the All-In Summit 2024
(1:43) Joining Waymo, breaking down their approach vs competitors
(9:57) Focus on reducing deaths, impact on Uber, creating an AV ecosystem
(16:44) Thoughts on Cruise's issues in SF, operating at scale, unit economics
(22:09) Selling to carmakers, US focus vs international
(27:51) Hardest challenge while leading Waymo
Steve Jobs: A Biography from Walter Isaacson Part 1
Based on more than forty interviews with Steve Jobs conducted over two years--as well as interviews with more than 100 family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues--Walter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: p
Nexus by Yuval Harari
For the last 100,000 years, we Sapiens have accumulated enormous power. But despite all our discoveries, inventions, and conquests, we now find ourselves in an existential crisis. The world is on the verge of ecological collapse. Misinformation abounds. And we are rushing headlong into the age of AI—a new information network that threatens to annihilate us. For all that we have accomplished, why a
Travis Kalanick at the All-In Summit 2024
(2:27) What Travis is working on at Cloud Kitchens
(12:32) Travis's operating playbook
(16:16) Strategy at Uber: Competing with Lyft, surge pricing, dealing with bad press
(26:12) Being a "War time CEO" and competing in China
(34:09) Travis reflects on getting ousted as CEO of Uber and his future
Marc Benioff at the All-In Summit 2024
(2:32) Funding Shinya Yamanaka's research
(11:38) Marc on building philanthropy into Salesforce
(17:15) AI's impact on enterprise software and the cloud
(27:56) Salesforce's AI approach
Megyn Kelly at the All-In Summit 2024
(1:19) Succeeding as an independent media personality
(8:11) Thoughts on trans issues
(15:30) Handicapping Trump's chances in 2024 vs 2016 and Kamala Harris compared to Hillary Clinton
(24:05) Thoughts on legal action against Trump
(30:10) How politicians have changed; improving life in America through community
The Screwtape Letters by CS Lewis
Dedicated to Lewis’s friend and colleague J.R.R. Tolkien...
The narrative takes the form of a series of letters from Screwtape, a devil high in the Infernal Civil Service, to his nephew Wormwood, a junior colleague engaged in his first mission on earth trying to secure the damnation of a young man who has just become a Christian. Although the young man initially looks to be a willing victim, he c
Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds and Shape Our Futures
Neither plant nor animal, they are found throughout the earth, the air and our bodies. They can be microscopic, yet also account for the largest organisms ever recorded. They enabled the first life on land, can survive unprotected in space and thrive amidst nuclear radiation. In fact, nearly all life relies in some way on fungi.These endlessly surprising organisms have no brain but can solve probl
Chasing the Dragon by Jackie Pullinger Part 1
Until it was pulled down, the Walled City was Hong Kong's most foreboding territory. It was a lawless place, dominated by the Triads, and which the police hesitated to enter. Strangers were unwelcome. Drug smuggling and heroin addiction flourished, as did prostitution and pornography, extortion and fear.
Chasing the Dragon by Jackie Pullinger Part 2
Until it was pulled down, the Walled City was Hong Kong's most foreboding territory. It was a lawless place, dominated by the Triads, and which the police hesitated to enter. Strangers were unwelcome. Drug smuggling and heroin addiction flourished, as did prostitution and pornography, extortion and fear.
Conversations on love
Exploring love in all its forms from romance, friendship, and parenting to grief and heartbreak.
Atlas of the heart
Atlas of the Heart maps out a series of human emotions and their meaning and explores the psychology behind a human's feelings and how they make up our lives.
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed
A memoir by Lori Gottlieb highlighting the transformative power of therapy through Lori's personal journey and experiences working as a therapist.
Sergey Brin at the All-In Summit 2024
(1:41) What Sergey is working on at Google
(5:45) Is Google chasing a "God Model"?
(8:49) Thoughts on the massive AI chip buildout
(12:54) Future of human-AI interaction
(14:58) Changing Google's conservative product culture
(18:21) Is the "Race to AGI" overblown?
Simon Sinek & Trevor Noah on Friendship, Loneliness, Vulnerability, and More
0:00 How This Conversation Happened
1:03 Simon and Trevor's Latest Obsession
2:40 The Sacrifice of Friendship for Success
6:15 Addiction and Community
8:20 Are You a Good Friend?
11:30 Maintaining Friendships While Traveling
14:18 The Power of Asking for Help
15:28 Do Women Understand Friendship Better Than Men?
16:25 The Rise of Angry, Isolated Men and The Global Crisis of Loneliness
19:21 F
JD Vance at the All-In Summit 2024
(3:15) America's innovation problem
(4:46) Thoughts on Trump
(8:35) Would JD Vance have certified the election in 2020?
(11:44) Increasing government efficiency, shrinking the deficit, Vance's role as VP, thoughts on EOs
(19:17) Political realignment: Dick Cheney endorses Kamala Harris, winners and losers of the last 30 years
(23:40) Thoughts on Lina Khan clamping down on tech M&A and
Elon Musk at the All-In Summit 2024
(4:01) The Battle of Free Speech
(13:03) Potential government efficiency agency
(30:23) SpaceX updates, overreaching regulations
(38:48) Thoughts on Boeing's culture
(41:05) The 80/20 AI Future
(56:41) Elon and Jason share unaired SNL skits
Dave Portnoy | The All-In Interview
(1:38) Leaving New York, Dave breaks down the 2016 Chernin deal
(6:42) Barstool's explosive growth after 2016, how Dave evaluates talent
(12:03) Breaking down the 2020 Penn deal
(18:56) Dave's persona, how he's received by both sides
(23:43) Thoughts on Trump and Kamala, moving forward as a society
(31:56) Buying Barstool back from Penn for $1, going Founder Mode, lessons from CPG laun
John Mearsheimer and Jeffrey Sachs at the All-In Summit 2024
(1:10) What is the Deep State Party, and what are their goals?
(13:35) Should America leverage its power against dictators?
(21:45) The China threat: avoiding the escalatory path to nuclear war
(35:47) India's growing role; are China's wounds self-inflicted?
(46:45) Conflict in the Middle East and the path to peace
Peter Thiel at the All-In Summit 2024
(1:03) Why he's not financially participating in the 2024 election
(6:53) US relationship with China, is defending Taiwan worth risking WW3?
(16:38) State of AI: Similar to the internet in 1999
(24:03) Innovation stagnation in the US
(29:42) Thoughts on the current state of the US economy
(32:50) The higher education bubble
(39:09) Who will win AI, Nvidia's monopoly position going forward
Everything I Know About Love with Dolly Alderton
“Nearly everything I know about love, I've learnt from my long-term friendships with women.”I know that love can be loud and jubilant. It can be dancing in the swampy mud and the pouring rain at a festival and shouting “YOU ARE AMAZING” over the band. It’s laughing until you wheeze. It’s walking along the street together on a Saturday night and feeling an entire city is yours.I also know that
CHAOS: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties
A journalist's twenty-year fascination with the Manson murders leads to "gobsmacking" (The Ringer) new revelations about the FBI's involvement in this "kaleidoscopic" (The New York Times) reassessment of an infamous case in American history. Over two grim nights in Los Angeles, the young followers of Charles Manson murdered seven people, including the actress Sharon Tat
Technofeudalism: What Killed Capitalism from Yanis Varoufakis
Capitalism is dead. Welcome to technofeudalism.In his boldest and most far-reaching book, the visionary economist and number-one bestselling author Yanis Varoufakis shows how the owners of big tech became the world's feudal overlords – replacing capitalism with a fundamentally new system that enslaves our minds, defies democracy and rewrite the rules of global power.But as Varoufakis also reve
Never split the difference: negotiating as if your life depended on it by Chris Voss
After a stint policing the rough streets of Kansas City, Missouri, Chris Voss joined the FBI, where his career as a kidnapping negotiator brought him face-to-face with bank robbers, gang leaders and terrorists. Never Split the Difference takes you inside his world of high-stakes negotiations, revealing the nine key principles that helped Voss and his colleagues succeed when it mattered the most -
Rory Sutherland – Are We Now Too Impatient to Be Intelligent?
Rory explains how we weight information that appears quickly over knowledge that really matters.
To many of us, time is nothing more than a series of moments. But look at it through the eyes of a behavioural scientist and you'll see it holds untold influence. Time is me and you. Time is your customers and citizens. Time is what makes businesses thrive and brands iconic.
Robert De Niro Speaks at the Cambridge Union
In the Cambridge Union interview with Robert De Niro, the actor reflects on his experiences with heroes and disappointments, sharing that he has had heroes who showed him humanity despite their flaws, such as Marlon Brando, whom he admired as a great actor but was saddened by his decision to name names during the House Un-American Activities Committee hearings. De Niro also expressed his reservati
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! Part 12
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character is an edited collection of reminiscences by the Nobel Prize–winning physicist Richard Feynman. Released in 1985, covers a variety of instances in Feynman's life. The anecdotes in the book are based on recorded audio conversations that Feynman had with his close friend and drumming partner Ralph Leighton.
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! Part 11
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character is an edited collection of reminiscences by the Nobel Prize–winning physicist Richard Feynman. Released in 1985, covers a variety of instances in Feynman's life. The anecdotes in the book are based on recorded audio conversations that Feynman had with his close friend and drumming partner Ralph Leighton.
YOU NEED TO OUTWORK EVERYONE - Motivational Speech for the Gym Music
You need to outwork everyone. Motivational Speech for the Gym Music
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! Part 10
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character is an edited collection of reminiscences by the Nobel Prize–winning physicist Richard Feynman. Released in 1985, covers a variety of instances in Feynman's life. The anecdotes in the book are based on recorded audio conversations that Feynman had with his close friend and drumming partner Ralph Leighton.
Steve Jobs: The Objects Of Our Life (1983)
The Story. On a sunny June morning in 1983, Steve waits at the back of a giant tent, ready to take the stage at the International Design Conference in Aspen. This year's theme is “The Future Isn't What It Used to Be,” and he is here to talk about computers to an audience of several hundred designers and design-lovers.
Steve rarely attended design conferences. This was 1983, before the lau
Stanford: “How to Live an Asymmetric Life” - Graham Weaver
Graham Weaver, Lecturer at Stanford Graduate School of Business and Founder of Alpine Investors, shares four ways to live an asymmetric life.
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! Part 9
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character is an edited collection of reminiscences by the Nobel Prize–winning physicist Richard Feynman. Released in 1985, covers a variety of instances in Feynman's life. The anecdotes in the book are based on recorded audio conversations that Feynman had with his close friend and drumming partner Ralph Leighton.
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! Part 8
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character is an edited collection of reminiscences by the Nobel Prize–winning physicist Richard Feynman. Released in 1985, covers a variety of instances in Feynman's life. The anecdotes in the book are based on recorded audio conversations that Feynman had with his close friend and drumming partner Ralph Leighton.
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! Part 7
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character is an edited collection of reminiscences by the Nobel Prize–winning physicist Richard Feynman. Released in 1985, covers a variety of instances in Feynman's life. The anecdotes in the book are based on recorded audio conversations that Feynman had with his close friend and drumming partner Ralph Leighton.
Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art from James Nestor
No matter what you eat, how much you exercise, how skinny or young or wise you are, none of it matters if you’re not breathing properly.There is nothing more essential to our health and well-being than breathing: take air in, let it out, repeat twenty-five thousand times a day. Yet, as a species, humans have lost the ability to breathe correctly, with grave consequences.Journalist James Nestor tra
The Age of Spiritual Machines: When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence: When Computer Exceed Human Intelligence from Ray Kurzweil
Ray Kurzweil is the inventor of the most innovative and compelling technology of our era, an international authority on artificial intelligence, and one of our greatest living visionaries. Now he offers a framework for envisioning the twenty-first century--an age in which the marriage of human sensitivity and artificial intelligence fundamentally alters and improves the way we live. Kurzweil's
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! Part 6
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character is an edited collection of reminiscences by the Nobel Prize–winning physicist Richard Feynman. Released in 1985, covers a variety of instances in Feynman's life. The anecdotes in the book are based on recorded audio conversations that Feynman had with his close friend and drumming partner Ralph Leighton.
Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! Part 5
"Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!": Adventures of a Curious Character is an edited collection of reminiscences by the Nobel Prize–winning physicist Richard Feynman. Released in 1985, covers a variety of instances in Feynman's life. The anecdotes in the book are based on recorded audio conversations that Feynman had with his close friend and drumming partner Ralph Leighton.
Jordan Peterson Speaks at the Cambridge Union
Jordan Peterson discusses his reasons for writing self-help books, his goal being to provide a case for why certain axiomatic propositional statements were not simple or obvious, while also creating a thorough process to help others understand these ideas. Peterson emphasizes the importance of finding meaning and leading a practical, actionable life, and the difficulty of maintaining order in one&
Tribe of Mentors: Short Life Advice from the Best in the World Part 1 From Tim Ferriss
In 2017, several of my close friends died in rapid succession. It was a very hard year, as it was for many people.It was also a stark reminder that time is our scarcest, non-renewable resource.With a renewed sense of urgency, I began asking myself many questions:Were my goals my own, or simply what I thought I should want?How much of life had I missed from underplanning or overplanning?How could I
Stanford: How to Live your Life at Full Power — Graham Weaver
Graham Weaver, Lecturer at Stanford Graduate School of Business and Founder of Alpine Investors, shares the three most important principles for living a full life as part of the GSB 2024 Last Lecture Series. Hint: It involves discovering the power of your second voice.
Be Useful: Seven Tools For Life - Never Think Small by Arnold Schwarzenegger
The seven rules to follow to realise your true purpose in life-distilled by Arnold Schwarzenegger from his own journey of ceaseless reinvention and extraordinary achievement, and available for absolutely anyone.The world's greatest bodybuilder. The world's highest paid movie star. The leader of the world's sixth largest economy. That these are the same person sounds like the setup to a
Be Useful: Seven Tools For Life - Have A Clear Vision by Arnold Schwarzenegger
The seven rules to follow to realise your true purpose in life-distilled by Arnold Schwarzenegger from his own journey of ceaseless reinvention and extraordinary achievement, and available for absolutely anyone.The world's greatest bodybuilder. The world's highest paid movie star. The leader of the world's sixth largest economy. That these are the same person sounds like the setup to a
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind with Yuval Noah
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Hebrew: קיצור תולדות האנושות, Qitzur Toldot ha-Enoshut) is a book by Yuval Noah Harari, first published in Hebrew in Israel in 2011 based on a series of lectures Harari taught at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and in English in 2014.
The book, focusing on Homo sapiens, surveys the history of humankind, starting from the Stone Age and going up to the tw
Titans of History: The Giants Who Made Our World from Simon Sebag Montefiore Part 1
The giant characters of history - from Mozart to Michelangelo, Shakespeare to Einstein, Henry VIII to Hitler, Catherine the Great to Margaret Thatcher, Jesus Christ to Genghis Khan - lived lives of astonishing drama and adventure, debauchery and slaughter, but they also formed our world and will shape our future. In this eclectic and surprising collection of short and entertaining life stories, S
Stumbling On Happiness with Daniel Gilbert
In this fascinating and often hilarious work – winner of the Royal Society of Science Prize 2007 – pre-eminent psychologist Daniel Gilbert shows how – and why – the majority of us have no idea how to make ourselves happy.
We all want to be happy, but do we know how? When it comes to improving tomorrow at the expense of today, we're terrible at predicting how to please our future selves.
In ‘
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
In 2014, Theranos founder and CEO Elizabeth Holmes was widely seen as the next Steve Jobs: a brilliant Stanford dropout whose startup “unicorn” promised to revolutionize the medical industry with its breakthrough device, which performed the whole range of laboratory tests from a single drop of blood. Backed by investors such as Larry Ellison and Tim Draper, Theranos sold shares in a fundraising ro
The All-In Pod Special: The Besties Take Napa
(1:44) The podcast's impact on the besties
(3:04) Future of AI, return potential
(13:27) Why the besties play poker
(16:37) Most impactful advice they've ever received
(24:33) Happy Birthday Friedberg!
Going Infinite: The Story of Sam Bankman-Fried from Michael Lewis
I asked him how much it would take for him to sell FTX and go do something other than make money. He thought the question over. "One hundred and fifty billion dollars," he finally said-though he added that he had use for "infinity dollars"...'Sam Bankman-Fried wasn't just rich. Before he turned thirty he'd become the world's youngest billionaire, making a record
Emperor of Rome from Mary Beard
Emperor of Rome is not your usual chronological account of Roman rulers, one after another: the mad Caligula, the monster Nero, the philosopher Marcus Aurelius. Beard asks bigger questions: What power did emperors actually have? Was the Roman palace really so bloodstained?
Emperor of Rome goes directly to the heart of Roman (and our own) fantasies about what it was to be Roman, offering an account
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