Elon's Book Recommendations. Paul Cauthen Music. Based Camp Pod.
Triple Threat Thursday newsletter.
1 - Elon’s Bookshelf
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Foundation by Isaac Asimov
Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Elon says Hitchhikers Guide is a “philosophy book disguised as humor.” The book says we should seek fundamental questions. Elon wants to expand “the scope and scale of consciousness” to ask better questions. This is what he’s shooting for with the new company xAI, “to understand the true nature of the universe.”
Elon Musk on Twitter: "@xai And what are the most fundamental unknown questions? Once you know the right question to ask, the answer is often the easy part, as my hero, Douglas Adams, would say.”
Dune by Frank Herbert (4.7 stars on 88k reviews)
I love this book dedication. The story of Dune involves terraforming a desert planet. SpaceX’s mission is to settle Mars, which I assume will involve long term terraforming. Pretty amazing that Elon is attempting to create Dune, IRL.
2 - Music!
Paul Cauthen is a new genre. When the algorithm first played his music for me, I thought it was old school songs that I somehow missed. But it’s not old, this is new stuff. Paul’s vocals are like a cross between Elvis and Johnny Cash.
When a song is so different than what I’m used to, I listen to it twice before I decide to add it to my library. Often it’s the second or third listen that I can appreciate the beauty and genius.
3 - The Collins’ Pod: Based Camp
For seven years I have been thinking about how to overhaul industrial education, and the implications of globally low birth rates and demographic collapse. I couldn’t see solutions to the problems, nor could I find anyone seriously working on it.
I was relieved when I discovered Malcolm and Simone Collins, husband and wife, who have put an incredible amount of work into BOTH with Pronatalist.org, brokering a soft landing for demographic collapse, and The Collins Institute, rethinking education.
is like my dream couple, taking on the world. I’m so excited to have them on the Weird and Worthwhile podcast tomorrow.They operate a travel business, author books, run organizations, raise children, and do the Based Camp Podcast on Substack and their popular YouTube channel.
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