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The Optimist

One Man's Search for the Brighter Side of Life
Book • 2009
In 'The Optimist', Laurence Shorter embarks on a quest to understand optimism by interviewing a wide range of people, including notable figures like Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Bill Clinton.

The book offers insights into how different people perceive and cultivate optimism in their lives.

It highlights that there is no single way to be optimistic, and this realization can be empowering for readers.

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Mentioned in 16 episodes

Mentioned by Speaker 0 in conversation with Keech Hagee.
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EP 3: Playing the Wrong Game
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Andy Mills
as a really good biography of Sam Altman that people should check out.
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EP 4: Speedrun
Mentioned by Keach Hagey, who is the author of the biography about Sam Altman.
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EP 5: Contact
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Gavin Purcell
, highlighting Sam Altman's journey and the rise of AI.
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Meta's Poaches OpenAI Brains, Google's AI Gaming Engine & More AI HUGE News
Mentioned by Henry Trix as a book about Sam Altman that comes with Altman's blessing.
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I’d like not to thank the academy: graduates’ fortunes slip
Mentioned by Henry Trix, it paints Sam Altman as a Promethean figure.
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I’d like not to thank the academy: graduates’ fortunes slip
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Lindsay Powers
as a book which tells the origin story of Sam Altman and Open AI.
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Intimacy in the Age of AI: ​​Safer Than Human? | 8
About Sam Altman, Open AI, and the Race to Invent the Future.
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Who is Sam Altman?
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Brandon G
, giving it a rating of three stars out of five.
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Episode 526: The Optimist, the Origin, and the Deck

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