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31 Oct 2025 Lex Fridman Podcast #484 – Dan Houser: GTA, Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar, Absurd & Future of Gaming
“I think the most complete one, because it is this all of life being there, probably is Life and Fate.”
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- Dan Houser
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- belief
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- 31 Oct 2025
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- Lex Fridman Podcast
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…And you also mentioned that the three great World War II books are The Thin Red Line and Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman. And The End of the Affair by Graham Greene. What makes for a great war book? I think World War II is interesting because it affects everywhere, obviously. And so you can get all these different kinds of stories. And there are so many good… I was just trying to come up with a range of one American, one British, one Eastern European, just to get different perspectives. But there are so many amazing World War II books around all kinds of stories. I think the most complete one, because it is this all of life being there, probably is Life and Fate. Which is amazing. It was written by Vasily Grossman. He experienced Stalingrad firsthand. And there’s also just a deep philosophical component.…
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