I've got this crusade about eight sleep, which is another one of my conventions is, you know, you must sleep eight hours a day, you must prioritize sleep even when you're very busy. Um I am an investor and somewhat biased in eight sleep, but it transforms people's lives. So, I'm still addicted to that one.
Lenny's Podcast, "Hard truths about building in the AI era", lightning round, favourite recently discovered product; the guest's own spoken answer (YouTube captions). The guest says they are an investor in Eight Sleep.
So, the number one one is called The Upside of Stress by Kelly McGonigal, she's a professor at Stanford. And basically it argues in an incredibly compelling way that if you want to be happy, healthy, or wealthy, you need more stress in your life, not less. So, it's magic. The evidence she marshals is effectively uncriticable. That got at the outcome level, at the biochemical level, it it is transformative to people to read this book, so I highly recommend it.
Lenny's Podcast, "Hard truths about building in the AI era", lightning round, asked for the books they recommend most; the guest's own spoken answer (YouTube captions).
TV, I actually just watched Nuremberg Trial. Highly recommend uh Nuremberg. Um there's a lot of lessons there that are applicable to the modern world. Um so, I won't spoil it all, but even I'm kind of a student of history and politics, and watching the movie, I probably learned five or 10 things that I I knew before. So, highly and it's extreme I mean, obviously not an exciting thrilling movie, but it's extremely well-produced movie and incredibly useful to understand, you know, some of the tragedies of history and how to prevent them in the future.
Lenny's Podcast, "Hard truths about building in the AI era", lightning round, favourite recent movie or TV show; the guest's own spoken answer (YouTube captions). The 2025 film about the Nuremberg trials.
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