The Plague

This book by Albert Camus has been genuinely recommended 2 times on Lex Fridman. The people who vouched for it on air: Lex Fridman, guest. It comes up in conversations about consciousness, relationships. The earliest recommendation we indexed is from Aug 2020 and the most recent from Jan 2023. Every quote below is verbatim, attributed, and linked to the exact second it was said. Sourced expert opinion, not medical advice.

• “my favorite book Now by kamu is probably the plague and all of that has evolved”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “my favorite book”
  Lex Fridman · Lex Fridman Podcast · Jan 202300:47:58

  Said during "1984 by George Orwell | Lex Fridman". The episode features Lex Fridman (solo): AI researcher and host of the Lex Fridman Podcast. This is a solo video in which he reads and reflects on a classic book rather than interviewing a guest. Lex Fridman summarizes George Orwell's 1984 and shares personal takeaways on love, hate, power, and resisting totalitarianism.

• “i will tell you the last line of the plague we learn in times of pestilence that there's more to admire in men than to despise and i love that”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “i find the plague is a brilliant”
  guest · Lex Fridman Podcast · Aug 202002:38:40

  Said during "Sheldon Solomon: Death and Meaning | Lex Fridman Podcast #117". The episode features Sheldon Solomon: Social psychologist at Skidmore College and co-developer of Terror Management Theory. He co-authored 'The Worm at the Core' and built decades of experiments on how mortality awareness shapes human behavior, extending the ideas of Ernest Becker. Social psychologist Sheldon Solomon argues the fear of death secretly drives nearly everything humans build, believe, and destroy.