Episode
#088 - Nat Eliason - The Five Best Books You've Never Read
55:58
Published: Thu Jul 25 2019
Description
Nat Eliason is the founder of GrowthMachine.com and the host of the Made You Think Podcast. Nat likes to read and think. Today we get to hear his five recommendations for books you probably won't have read, along with a description of his progressive summarisation system which he uses to note down and remember their key points. Also expect to learn Nat's thoughts on abortion, Trump, organic vs paid marketing, decentralisation and a lot more. Extra Stuff: Check out Nat's Podcast - https://madeyouthinkpodcast.com Nat's Company - https://www.growthmachine.com/ Follow Nat on Twitter - https://twitter.com/nateliason Check out Nat's website - https://www.nateliason.com/ Peak - https://amzn.to/2XZoK2l Endurance - https://amzn.to/2LEr3Bi Sovereign Individual - https://amzn.to/2K3dyrr Godel, Escher, Bach - https://amzn.to/2OhKpy7 The Denial Of Death - https://amzn.to/30VMZLL Check out everything I recommend from books to products and help support the podcast at no extra cost to you by shopping through this link - https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/modernwisdom - Get in touch. Join the discussion with me and other like minded listeners in the episode comments on the MW YouTube Channel or message me... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chriswillx Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chriswillx YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ModernWisdomPodcast Email: https://www.chriswillx.com/contact
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Episode#088 - Nat Eliason - The Five Best Books You've Never Read
PodcastModern Wisdom
The technique involves going through a note and adding layers of annotation to it, such as bolding the key points, then highlighting the most important parts of the bolded text.
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Summary
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Episode#088 - Nat Eliason - The Five Best Books You've Never Read
PodcastModern Wisdom
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13:33 - 23:06 (09:33)
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Episode#088 - Nat Eliason - The Five Best Books You've Never Read
PodcastModern Wisdom
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23:06 - 31:39 (08:32)
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Episode#088 - Nat Eliason - The Five Best Books You've Never Read
PodcastModern Wisdom
Achieving a hyper decentralized world may not be possible as any collection of power results in centralization of control.
31:39 - 41:51 (10:11)
Summary
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Episode#088 - Nat Eliason - The Five Best Books You've Never Read
PodcastModern Wisdom
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Episode#088 - Nat Eliason - The Five Best Books You've Never Read
PodcastModern Wisdom
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Summary
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Episode#088 - Nat Eliason - The Five Best Books You've Never Read
PodcastModern Wisdom
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55:04 - 55:45 (00:40)
Summary
In this podcast episode, the speaker and Nat Eliason talk about the importance of reading books, the benefits of reading, and how to incorporate reading into your daily routine.