Wiser Than Yesterday: Book club The Three Body Problem - Cixin Liu
Review of the Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu, one of the most impactful hard-science fiction books this century.
Set against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution, a secret military project sends signals into space to establish contact with aliens. An alien civilization on the brink of destruction captures the signal and plans to invade Earth. Meanwhile, on Earth, different camps start forming, planning to either welcome the superior beings and help them take over a world seen as corrupt, or to fight against the invasion.
We discuss the book and its philosophical ideas as well as some of the more exciting science ideas within. It's a heavy book to wrap your head around but full of insights for the keen explorer.
- - -
Wiser Than Yesterday
Nico and Sam set out to read the world's best books, from philosophy to sci-fi, economics to who knows what.
Sam Webster Harris
👋 LinkedIn - Sam Harris
🧠 Psychology Pod - Growth Mindset Psychology
🚀 New Pod - How to Change the World
Nicolas Vereecke
👋 LinkedIn - Nico Vereecke
🤖 AI world domination - Evil Plan Inc
- - -
How to Change the World: The History and Future of Innovation
Available on all podcast players:
- SPOTIFY - https://open.spotify.com/show/1Fj3eFjEoAEKF5lWQxPJyT
- APPLE - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-change-the-world-the-history-of-innovation/id1815282649
- YOUTUBE - https://www.youtube.com/@HowToChangeTheWorldPodcast
Can't find it on your player?
- - -
Chapters
- 00:00 Intro
- 01:00 Quick summary of the book
- 01:24 Personal reactions to the book
- 09:07 Sending a message out to aliens
- 18:16 How do you determine if a civilisation is important
- 20:50 Hard times make hard people
- 24:10 Three body problem review
- 27:00 Ratings
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.