Recommended on this episode
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Anki
Damien Elmes (inferred)
“I recommend for people a lot is I use anky a lot every day”
“another thing I recommend for people a lot is I use anky a lot every day it's a app that does space repetition”— Charan Ranganath
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The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor Dostoevsky (inferred)
“I love that book”
“Brothers Kazo I love that book it's one of the few books I've read one of the few literature books that I've read I should say”— Lex Fridman
MediaRecommended
Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
John McNaughton (inferred)
“that's a good movie”
“we did a movie soundtrack nice Henry portrait of serial killer so that's a good movie we were on the soundtrack for the sequel”— Charan Ranganath
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Deep Work
Cal Newport
“he wrote deep work and a lot of other amazing books”
“I'm very much with kort on this he wrote deep work and a lot of other amazing books he talks about task switching as a sort of the thing that really destroys productivity”— Lex Fridman
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The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
Thomas Kuhn
“it's so brilliant in the way that they frame this idea”
“have you ever read the structure of scientific revolutions by Thomas yes that's like my only philosophy really that I've read but it's so brilliant”— Lex Fridman
The guest's own work
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Why We Remember: Unlocking Memory's Power to Hold on to What Matters
Charan Ranganath
“he's the author of why we remember unlocking memory's power to hold on to what matters this is the Lex Freedman podcast”— Lex Fridman
Also referenced (named, not recommended)
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Peak Mind
Amishi Jha
“one of my colleagues amishi jaw she wrote a book called Peak mind and talks about mindfulness as a method for improving attention”— Charan Ranganath
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Moonwalking with Einstein
Joshua Foer
“there's actually a book by Joshua for called Moon walking with Einstein where he talks about he actually as part of this book just decided to become a memory athlete”— Charan Ranganath
MediaReferenced
Cheers
James Burrows, Glen Charles, Les Charles (inferred)
“there's this obscure episode of the TV show Cheers they sing a song about Albania that he uses to memorize all these facts about Albania”— Charan Ranganath
BookReferencedISBN verified
1984
George Orwell (inferred)
“I remember reading uh 1984 where sorry for the dark turn of our conversation but uh Through Torture you can make people say anything”— Lex Fridman
MediaReferenced
Louie
Louis C.K. (inferred)
“I often go back to this moment this show Louie with Lou CK where he's all heartbroken about a breakup with a woman he loves”— Lex Fridman
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