The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution

This book by Nick Lane was genuinely recommended once in the episodes we index, on Lex Fridman. The people who vouched for it on air: Demis Hassabis. It comes up in conversations about consciousness, nutrition & diet, productivity & performance. Every quote below is verbatim, attributed, and linked to the exact second it was said. Sourced expert opinion, not medical advice.

• “there's a great book called the 10 grand great inventions of evolution by nick lane and he speculates on 10 of these you know what could be great filters”

  Why it counts as a recommendation: “there's a great book called”
  Demis Hassabis · Lex Fridman Podcast · Jul 202201:36:03

  Said during "Demis Hassabis: DeepMind - AI, Superintelligence & the Future of Humanity | Lex Fridman Podcast #299". The episode features Demis Hassabis: CEO and co-founder of DeepMind, the AI lab behind AlphaGo, AlphaZero and AlphaFold. A former chess prodigy and games designer turned neuroscientist, he is one of the most influential figures in modern artificial intelligence. DeepMind's Demis Hassabis on solving intelligence, how AlphaFold cracked protein folding, and using AI to understand the universe itself.