Book Theory

Join Aidan and Aariz for a discussion about Behave , a book about the biology of human aggression. We cover the first ~130 pages in the first part of this series. What is the current state of neuroscience? How empirical is it? Listen to debate the organization of the brain, dopamine circuits, AI vs. human learning, and more.

We discuss When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi. Paul Kalanithi was a neurosurgeon who was diagnosed with lung cancer during the last year of his residency. In his memoir, Paul recounts his life before and after his diagnosis and searches for meaning as his passing approaches.

Book Theory returns with a discussion of Viktor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning. Viktor Frankl was a Holocaust survivor and psychiatrist whose work continues to inspire millions to hold onto hope and find meaning in their lives. 

We are ecstatic to have our first guest, Ben Zauzmer. He’s written Oscarmetrics, a phenomenal book that dives into how one goes about predicting winners during the biggest night in Hollywood, and how he’s been able to have a near-perfect record doing so. He brings light to many of the surprising predictive tools used, and takes a big picture view as well, devoting a chapter to each Oscar category....

We breakdown about many of the ideas of the second half of "Loonshots" by Safi Bahcall and conclude the book with a big-picture review.

In this podcast, we explore the first half of Safi Bahcall's "Loonshots: How to Nurture the Crazy Ideas That Win Wars, Cure Diseases, and Transform Industries".

On the third podcast of this book, we dissect the last 6 lesson of Yuval Noah Harari's "21 Lessons for the 21st Century".

Our second episode on the book, where we breakdown lessons 5 through 14 of Yuval Noah Harari's "21 Lessons for the 21st Century".

On the first episode for this book, we discuss and dissect lessons 1 through 4 of "21 Lessons for the 21st Century" by Yuval Noah Harari.

We conclude and discuss the last half of "Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World" by Anand Giridharadas.

We discuss the first half of Anand Giridharadas' book, "Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World".

We discuss the second half of Ray Dalio's "Work Principles" and conclude the book as a whole.

We discuss the first half of Ray Dalio's "Work Principles".

We discuss the second section, “Life Principles”, in Ray Dalio’s book.

We discuss the first section, “Where I’m Coming From”, in Principles by Ray Dalio.