On Becoming a Person

This book by Carl Rogers was genuinely recommended once in the episodes we index, on Lex Fridman. The people who vouched for it on air: guest. It comes up in conversations about relationships, trauma & ptsd. Every quote below is verbatim, attributed, and linked to the exact second it was said. Sourced expert opinion, not medical advice.

The late Carl Rogers, founder of the humanistic psychology movement, revolutionized psychotherapy with his concept of client-centered therapy. His influence has spanned decades, but that influence has become so much a part of mainstream psychology that the ingenious nature of his work has almost been forgotten. Houghton Mifflin is delighted to introduce this preeminent psychologist to the next generation with a new edition of this landmark book.

• “probably the most important book for replica was carl rogers on becoming a person um and that's really”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “probably the most important book for replica”
  guest · Lex Fridman Podcast · Sep 202002:48:55

  Said during "Eugenia Kuyda: Friendship with an AI Companion | Lex Fridman Podcast #121". The episode features Eugenia Kuyda: Co-founder and CEO of Replika, an app that lets users build a chatbot AI friend that connects emotionally. A former Russian investigative journalist who created the first version of the tech to memorialize a close friend who died. Replika founder Eugenia Kuyda on loneliness, losing her best friend, and building an AI companion born from grief.