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Transcript: johnathanbi.com/p/transcript-for-the-4-best-books-to-prepare-for-ai

Companion interviews & lectures:
- He Studied Every Religion, This One Came Closest to Truth | Rice Professor Jeff Kripal: youtu.be/yZPHXK4Q60c
- Introduction to Mimetic Theory | René Girard: youtu.be/5Qu6vBebwwg

Timestamps:
00:00 0. Introduction
01:42 1. Weber’s Protestant Ethic
05:41 2. Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics
09:48 3. Girard’s Deceit Desire and the Novel
14:25 4. Kripal’s Secret Body