At Large and at Small

This book by Anne Fadiman was genuinely recommended once in the episodes we index, on Lex Fridman. The people who vouched for it on air: Lisa Feldman Barrett. It comes up in conversations about brain health, consciousness, relationships. Every quote below is verbatim, attributed, and linked to the exact second it was said. Sourced expert opinion, not medical advice.

"In At Large and At Small, Anne Fadiman returns to one of her favorite genres, the familiar essay - a beloved literary tradition recognized for both its intellectual breadth ("at large") and its miniaturist focus ("at small"). With the combination of humor and erudition that has distinguished her as one of our finest essayists, Fadiman draws us into twelve of her personal obsessions, ranging from her slightly sinister childhood enthusiasm for catching butterflies to her monumental crush on Charles Lamb, from her wistfulness for the days of letter-writing to the challenges and rewards of moving from the city to the country."--Jacket.

• “after reading a a a small set of essays by an fatan um called at large and at small which I just loved these little essays”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “which I just loved these little essays”
  Lisa Feldman Barrett · Lex Fridman Podcast · Nov 202000:41:54

  Said during "Lisa Feldman Barrett: Love, Evolution, and the Human Brain | Lex Fridman Podcast #140". The episode features Lisa Feldman Barrett: A neuroscientist at Northeastern University and one of the most cited psychologists in the world, known for her theory of constructed emotion. She is the author of How Emotions Are Made and Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain. Neuroscientist Lisa Feldman Barrett joins Lex Fridman for a freewheeling talk on love, brain evolution, free will, and consciousness.