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Published · transcript-backedRecommends Story of Real Life.
7 Dec 2025 Lenny's Podcast The 100-person AI lab that became Anthropic and Google's secret weapon | Edwin Chen (Surge AI)
“Yes, so three books I often recommend are, first, Story of Real Life by Ted Chang. It's my all time favorite short story and it's about a linguist learning and alien language, and I basically reread it every couple years.”
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- Speaker
- Edwin Chen
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- Verified speaker
- Claim type
- recommendation
- Recorded
- 7 Dec 2025
- Publisher
- Lenny's Podcast
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…Here we go. What are two or three books that you find yourself recommending most to other people? Yes, so three books I often recommend are, first, Story of Real Life by Ted Chang. It's my all time favorite short story and it's about a linguist learning and alien language, and I basically reread it every couple years. And that's what the Interstellar was about? Is that...…
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