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This Is How You Lose the Time War
Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone (inferred)
“which is so good ... that is an incredible book ... it's one of those that you could just pick up and read again to like remind yourself what writing can sound like”
“one was this is how you lose the time War which is so good yeah it's so good that is an incredible book and it's short”— Hugh Howey
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Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin (inferred)
“when I finally finished it I was like that's what I'm made for with my writing ... this book pays off”
“another one that someone recommended was tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow ... when I finally finished it I was like that's that's what I'm made for with my writing”— Hugh Howey
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The Lincoln Highway
Amor Towles (inferred)
“linoln Highway which I thought was spectacular”
“someone recommended linoln highway to me linoln Highway which I thought was spectacular anything by amore tolls”— Hugh Howey
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A Table for Two
Amor Towles (inferred)
“get it on day one because there's one short story in particular on there that is the cleverest thing I've ever read”
“there's a short story collection coming out by him this year called a table for two ... get it on day one because there's one short story in particular on there that is the cleverest thing I've ever read”— Hugh Howey
ProductRecommended
Pi
Inflection AI (inferred)
“pie is like a person that's living in our pocket like it's so endearing ... asking Pi is so much more fun than Googling it”
“with my wife and I like pie is like a person that's living in our pocket like it's so endearing ... asking Pi is so much more fun than Googling it”— Hugh Howey
MediaRecommended
The Teaching Company ethics course (objective moral truth)
The Teaching Company / The Great Courses (inferred)
“one of the best was a Teaching Company course ... I found myself getting a whiplash I was nodding my head so much through it all it really synthesized a lot of things”
“one of the best was a Teaching Company course was a like a Harvard Professor philosophy ... one was about the idea that world truth is objective”— Hugh Howey
The guest's own work
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Wool
Hugh Howey
“how you structured the end of wool and I want to say it was related to a bit of creative slight of hand taking readers through emotions”— Tim Ferriss
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Silo Trilogy
Hugh Howey
“you have wool and your Silo Trilogy was later dab by Apple TV becoming the number one drama of all time”— Tim Ferriss
Also referenced (named, not recommended)
MediaReferenced
Silo
Apple TV+ (inferred)
“your Silo Trilogy was later dab by Apple TV becoming the number one drama of all time”— Tim Ferriss
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams (inferred)
“I think it was uh hitchhiker's guy to the Galaxy and Enders Game I read them back to back and I'd never read books like this before”— Hugh Howey
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Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card (inferred)
“hitchhiker's guy to the Galaxy and Enders Game I read them back to back and I'd never read books like this before there aren't many books like this”— Hugh Howey
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CreateSpace
Amazon
“it was through create space at the time which is what Amazon's print on demand I think it was called”— Hugh Howey
MediaReferenced
Wired (Kevin Kelly piece)
Wired (inferred)
“I think he wrote in his wired piece that he felt net net no one would lose jobs because of AI”— Tim Ferriss
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ChatGPT
OpenAI (inferred)
“Chad GPT was never really made to be a conversationalist but some of these like there's one called pie”— Hugh Howey
ProductReferenced
Replika
Luka (inferred)
“there's one called pie there's one called replica replica Sheila there's these handful that are so conversational”— Hugh Howey
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Nvidia
Nvidia
“instead we're like oh Nvidia is worth investing our money in like this is one of the best stocks”— Hugh Howey
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The Iliad
Homer (inferred)
“the fact that I can read The Iliad 2,000 year old story written in a different language in a different time and the human emotion of it resonates”— Hugh Howey
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