Send us a Text Message.Coughing our way through this intriguing book. Happy New Year!
Dec 31, 2022
2 hr 11 min
Send us a Text Message.In this episode we disucss the "graphic textbook" Open Borders by econ professor Bryan Caplan, illustrated by Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal cartoonist Zach Weinersmith.EDIT: Caplan recently published some new interesting thoughts about why immigrants are left wing[1]. Whereas we argued that immigrant culture/politics is whack/left-wing cause they're bringing their values that turned their states into failed states, Caplan argues that it might also be the case that t...
Sep 6, 2022
1 hr 44 min
Send us a Text Message.Welcome to season 2 of Book Schmooze with all new books and a brand new microphone!! Notes: Robert Michels was actually German!
Aug 9, 2022
2 hr 12 min
Send us a Text Message.In this episode we discuss the widely popular self-improvement classic "Atomic habits" by James Clear. Enjoy and do check out James Clear's weekly newsletter: https://jamesclear.com/3-2-1
Feb 4, 2022
2 hr 4 min
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Send us a Text Message.*CAREFUL* THIS EPISODE IS IN *GERMAN* To celebrate the anniversary of the fifth episode of the Book Schmooze podcast, we made an episode in GERMAN!
Dec 31, 2021
1 hr 49 min
Send us a Text Message.In this crisp episode we talk about Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder by probability researcher and philosopher Nassim Nicholas Taleb. Check it out! Spoiler alert: this is nowhere near a comprehensive review, quite the opposite: we barely managed to scratch the surface of Taleb's geniality and many mind-blowing bits aren't even mentioned at all, so DO pick up a copy! Editorial note:In the political discussion we got confused with the som...
Nov 13, 2021
1 hr 59 min
Send us a Text Message.In this episode we discuss "Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future" by Peter Thiel.
Oct 7, 2021
4 hr 16 min
Send us a Text Message.In the second episode of the Book Schmooze podcast we babble about the book "Wanting: The Power of Mimetic Desire in Everyday Life" by Luke Burgis. The book is based on the so called "Mimetic Theory" by René Girard which we also discuss.
Aug 23, 2021
3 hr 10 min
Send us a Text Message.In this inaugural episode of the Book Schmooze podcast we review the book "The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't" by Julia Galef. Is it RAD or is it WHACK? Find out by listening to this episode.Some notes:-That one time Alexej talked about Expected Utility Theory what he actually meant was Prospect Theory-It's called "Ideological Turing Test", not hypothetical Turing Test
Jul 18, 2021
1 hr 43 min