Big Ideas
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Top mentioned books
Here are the most frequently recommended books on the Big Ideas podcast:
#1 Mentioned in 4 episodes
The Shortest History of AI
Six ideas to understand artificial intelligence today
Toby Walsh
#2 Mentioned in 3 episodes
1984
George Orwell
#3 Mentioned in 2 episodes
The Picnic
A dream of freedom and the collapse of the Iron Curtain
Matthew Longo
#4 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Existentialism Is a Humanism
Jean-Paul Sartre
#5 Mentioned in 2 episodes
The Origins of Totalitarianism
Hannah Arendt
#6 Mentioned in 2 episodes
The AI Con
How to fight big tech's hype and create the future we want
Emily M. Bender
#7 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Chinaman
Shehan Karunatilaka
#8 Mentioned in 2 episodes
The Myth of Sisyphus
Albert Camus
#9 Mentioned in 2 episodes
The Limits to Growth
Donella Meadows
Jorgan Randers
#10 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Selection Day
Aravind Adiga
#11 Mentioned in 2 episodes
New War Technologies and International Law
Kobi Leins
#12 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Bombard the Headquarters
China's Cultural Revolution
Linda Javen
#13 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Dreamers and Schemers: A Political History of Australia
A Political History of Australia
Frank Bongiorno
#14 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Histories
Herodotus
#15 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Are we there yet?
Alison Lester
#16 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Pro
Bruce Hamilton
#17 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Life, the Universe and Everything
Douglas Adams
#18 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Always Was, Always Will Be, The Campaign for Justice and Recognition Continues
Thomas Mayo
#19 Mentioned in 2 episodes
The Season
Helen Garner
#20 Mentioned in 1 episodes
White Russians, Red Peril
Sheila Fitzpatrick
