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Two brothers talk through the BEST non-fiction books about science, evolution, culture, history, complexity science, nature, cognitive neuroscience, artificial intelligence. But wait, there (will be)... more
FAQs about Books Brothers:How many episodes does Books Brothers have?The podcast currently has 12 episodes available.
April 05, 2020Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers Strategies - Nick BostromMany smart people out there say AI is an existential risk. AI Armageddon is certainly is a top-5 concern of enough people that we feel it warrants a deeper understanding. And in Superintelligence, Bostrom is the perfect robot-impersonating-author to teach us AI 101 while simultaneously capturing AI’s full scale and magnitude. He talked to everybody and covers the biggest questions: what are all the potential outcomes? How likely is AI? When might it happen? What’s the history of AI technology and are we excited about nothing? If an artificial intelligence does take over what would it do? High-probability take-over-the-world is on the early menu. Plus, what’s the world’s current #robotpopulation? Could #serversruntheworld? This book will make you think differently about the way your BRAIN and your SOCIETY operate. This Books Brothers summary will do ALL that and make you laugh....more1h 6minPlay
April 05, 2020The Selfish Gene - Richard DawkinsSelfish Gene answers a deep and fundamental question: How does evolution work? We start our story in the Primordial Soup served hot at the Big Bang’s favorite diner, the single-cell-stew that brewed in Earth’s original oceans (after millions of years cooled the atmosphere obviously). The effect those little replicating cells, containing the world’s first DNA structures, have on our behavior today is 😳🤯🤔. Plus, Dawkins colorfully illustrates why #NatureIsMetal and what really goes on #WhenaManLovesaWoman This book will make you think differently about the way your BRAIN and your SOCIETY operate. This Books Brothers summary will do ALL that and make you laugh.With Books Brothers podcasts, we do our best to share the author’s perspective. If you’ve read it before, you’ll know the book better. If you haven’t read it yet, you’ll learn what it contains and we hope you read it soon.Andrew and JD...more1h 19minPlay
April 05, 2020The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion - Jonathan HaidtThe Righteous Mind answers a deep and fundamental question: why can’t we all just get along? Why can’t Democrats and Republicans understand each other better? Haidt answers these better than anyone (ever) by breaking down the social psychology and brain science of why our species is so apt to join groups, take sides and fight. The Righteous Mind covers 17 years of Haidt’s research into moral psychology and human behavior, and he uses it to explain our divided world today. Plus, Hadit drops some bombs on our next book, Selfish Gene. #EmotionsFirstReasoningSecond #10%bee #BelongingNotBelievingThis book will make you think differently about the way your BRAIN and your SOCIETY operate. This Books Brothers summary will do ALL that and make you laugh.With Book Brothers we do our best to share the author’s perspective. If you’ve read it before, you’ll know the book better. If you haven’t read it yet, you'll love it so much you'll go out an buy itEnjoy!-Andrew and JD...more1h 42minPlay
April 05, 2020Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind - Yuval Noah HarariSapiens is a 416-page story of humankind from 6M years ago to today. Harari wraps it all up: our psychology, technology, religion, economy, politics… Nobody puts things quite the way Yuval does - he’s got some weird/deep thoughts and spits some fire trash talk at basically everything. We guarantee this book will make you stop and think about who we are and where we come from. Plus it’s got plenty of #CavemanTalk and #YuvalSlamPoetryThis book will make you think differently about the way your BRAIN and your SOCIETY operate. This Books Brothers summary will do ALL that and make you laugh.We do our best to share the author’s perspective. If you’ve read it before, you’ll know the book better. If you haven’t read it yet, you’ll love it so much you'll buy the bookEnjoy!-Andrew and JD...more1h 40minPlay
March 15, 2020Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies by Nick BostrumMany smart people out there say AI is an existential risk. AI Armageddon is certainly is a top-5 concern of enough people that we feel it warrants a deeper understanding. And in Superintelligence, Bostrom is the perfect robot-impersonating-author to teach us AI 101 while simultaneously capturing AI’s full scale and magnitude. He talked to everybody and covers the biggest questions: what are all the potential outcomes? How likely is AI? When might it happen? What’s the history of AI technology and are we excited about nothing? If an artificial intelligence does take over what would it do? High-probability take-over-the-world is on the early menu. Plus, what’s the world’s current #robotpopulation? Could #serversruntheworld? This book will make you think differently about the way your BRAIN and your SOCIETY operate. This Books Brothers summary will do ALL that and make you laugh.With Books Brothers podcasts, we do our best to share the author’s perspective. If you’ve read it before, you’ll know the book better. If you haven’t read it yet, you’ll learn what it contains and we hope you read it soon.Enjoy!-Andrew and JD...more1h 6minPlay
March 15, 2020The Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsSelfish Gene answers a deep and fundamental question: How does evolution work? We start our story in the Primordial Soup served hot at the Big Bang’s favorite diner, the single-cell-stew that brewed in Earth’s original oceans (after millions of years cooled the atmosphere obviously). The effect those little replicating cells, containing the world’s first DNA structures, have on our behavior today is ...more1h 19minPlay
March 15, 2020The Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and ReligionThe Righteous Mind answers a deep and fundamental question: why can’t we all just get along? Why can’t Democrats and Republicans understand each other better? Haidt answers these better than anyone (ever) by breaking down the social psychology and brain science of why our species is so apt to join groups, take sides and fight. The Righteous Mind covers 17 years of Haidt’s research into moral psychology and human behavior, and he uses it to explain our divided world today. Plus, Hadit drops some bombs on our next book, Selfish Gene. #EmotionsFirstReasoningSecond #10%bee #BelongingNotBelievingThis book will make you think differently about the way your BRAIN and your SOCIETY operate. This Books Brothers summary will do ALL that and make you laugh.With Book Brothers we do our best to share the author’s perspective. If you’ve read it before, you’ll know the book better. If you haven’t read it yet, you'll love it so much you'll go out an buy itEnjoy!-Andrew and JD...more1h 42minPlay
March 15, 2020Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah HarariSapiens is a 416-page angle on the story and history of humankind from 6M years ago to today. Harari wraps it all up: our psychology, technology, religion, economy, politics… Nobody puts things quite the way Yuval does - he’s got some weird/deep thoughts and spits some fire trash talk at basically everything. We guarantee this book will make you stop and think about who we are and where we come from. Plus it’s got plenty of #CavemanTalk and #YuvalSlamPoetryThis book will make you think differently about the way your BRAIN and your SOCIETY operate. This Books Brothers summary will do ALL that and make you laugh.We do our best to share the author’s perspective. If you’ve read it before, you’ll know the book better. If you haven’t read it yet, you’ll love it so much you'll buy the bookEnjoy!-Andrew and JD...more1h 40minPlay
December 20, 2019Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies by Nick BostromSome of the smartest people out there say a SUPERINTELLIGENT AI is an existential risk. Lets get some deeper understanding, and Bostrom is the perfect machine-impersonating author to give us the basics while capturing magnitude of the potential problem. How likely is a Superintelligence? When might it happen? What’s the history of AI technology and are we excited about nothing? Would a superintelligence try and make itself smarter? It it tried to take over (whoa) what MIGHT it do? High-probability take-over-the-world is on the early menu. #robotpopulations #serversruntheworld...more1h 7minPlay
December 20, 2019The Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsWHAT IS LIFE? HOW DOES IT KEEP CREATING ITSELF?If you hatch out of your egg first, should you try and chuck your brothers and sisters out of the nest?Dawkins tells us a great story about these teeny little replicators inside everyone one of our trillion cells. #NatureIsMetal #WhenaManLovesaWoman...more1h 19minPlay
FAQs about Books Brothers:How many episodes does Books Brothers have?The podcast currently has 12 episodes available.