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Top mentioned books

Here are the most frequently recommended books on the LessWrong (Curated & Popular) podcast:
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#1 Mentioned in 3 episodes

Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality

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Eliezer Yudkowsky
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#2 Mentioned in 3 episodes

If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies

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Eliezer Yudkowsky
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Nate Soares
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#3 Mentioned in 2 episodes

Obsolete

Power, Profit, and the Race for Machine Superintelligence
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Anna Jane Grossman
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#4 Mentioned in 2 episodes

1984

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George Orwell
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#5 Mentioned in 1 episodes

The Steerswoman

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Rosemary Kirstein
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#6 Mentioned in 1 episodes

OpenAI's not yet released models

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Gwern
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#7 Mentioned in 1 episodes

The Void

Inner Spaciousness and Ego Structure
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A.H. Almaas
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#8 Mentioned in 1 episodes

Walbiri Iconography

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Nancy Munn
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#9 Mentioned in 1 episodes

Fear and trembling

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Søren Kierkegaard
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#10 Mentioned in 1 episodes

How Westminster Works ... and Why It Doesn't

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Ian Dunt
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#11 Mentioned in 1 episodes

Neverwhere

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Neil Gaiman
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#12 Mentioned in 1 episodes

The letters of J.R.R. Tolkien

a selection
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Humphrey Carpenter
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J. R. R. Tolkien
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#13 Mentioned in 1 episodes

Baroque Cycle

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Neal Stephenson
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#14 Mentioned in 1 episodes

Evolution provides no evidence for the sharp left turn

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Quinton Pope
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#15 Mentioned in 1 episodes

The Princeton Companion to Mathematics

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Timothy Gowers
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#16 Mentioned in 1 episodes

The Problem with Reasoners

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Aidan McLaughlin
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#17 Mentioned in 1 episodes

The Gift

The Form and Reason for Exchange in Archaic Societies
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Marcel Mauss
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#18 Mentioned in 1 episodes

Alignment likely generalises further than capabilities

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Baron Milledge
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#19 Mentioned in 1 episodes

How Parliament Works

9th edition
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Nicholas Bisley
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Tom Goldsmith
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#20 Mentioned in 1 episodes

Cribsheet

A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool
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Emily Oster

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