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Life is hard. This podcast will help. Lessons from the greatest thinkers on the planet with Chris Williamson. Including guests like David Goggins, Dr Jordan Peterson, Naval Ravikant, Sam Harris, Jocko Willink, Dr Andrew Huberman, Dr Julie Smith, Steven Bartlett, Ryan Holiday, Robert Greene, Matthew...
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The Hedgehog and the Fox
An Essay on Tolstoy's View of History - Second Edition
Matthew Syed said he had read the book and used it to inform his thinking about culture and history.
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I am a big admirer of Berlin and have read The Hedgehog and the Fox and Two Concepts of Liberty.
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Matthew Syed said he had read the book and used it to inform his thinking about culture and history.
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I am a big admirer of Berlin and have read The Hedgehog and the Fox and Two Concepts of Liberty.
Tools and Weapons
The Promise and the Peril of the Digital Age
Brad Smith's book Tools and Weapons was mentioned as a candid look at how technology can be both beneficial and harmful, highlighting the tradeoffs of modern tools.
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He wrote a book about it. It's called tools, um, Tools and Weapons.
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Brad Smith's book Tools and Weapons was mentioned as a candid look at how technology can be both beneficial and harmful, highlighting the tradeoffs of modern tools.
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He wrote a book about it. It's called tools, um, Tools and Weapons.
The WEIRDest People in the World
How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous
He referred to Henrich's book while discussing the historical impact of cousinmarriage bans on Western development.
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Joseph Henrich of Harvard University, who explains this divergence through the ban on cousin marriage, also mentions in his book, The WEIRDest People in the World, something that I th...
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He referred to Henrich's book while discussing the historical impact of cousinmarriage bans on Western development.
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Joseph Henrich of Harvard University, who explains this divergence through the ban on cousin marriage, also mentions in his book, The WEIRDest People in the World, something that I think has been underplayed.
Unreasonable Hospitality
The Remarkable Power of Giving People More Than They Expect
They described Unreasonable Hospitality as a fantastic book about a restaurateur who ran Eleven Madison Park.
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Unreasonable Hospitality. Fantastic book. About a guy who ran 11 Madison Park.
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They described Unreasonable Hospitality as a fantastic book about a restaurateur who ran Eleven Madison Park.
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Unreasonable Hospitality. Fantastic book. About a guy who ran 11 Madison Park.
Mastery
The speaker mentioned writing a chapter in this book about animal consciousness and the ability to empathize with beings like bats and spiders. It also touches on how developing skills literally changes the brain's matter.
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And I had wrote a lot about how spiders think.
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The speaker mentioned writing a chapter in this book about animal consciousness and the ability to empathize with beings like bats and spiders. It also touches on how developing skills literally changes the brain's matter.
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And I had wrote a lot about how spiders think.
Trust Me, I'm Lying
Confessions of a Media Manipulator
The host referenced Ryan Holiday's book "Trust Me, I'm Lying" while discussing media manipulation, without explicitly recommending it.
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Ryan Holiday's book, Trust Me, I'm Lying?
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The host referenced Ryan Holiday's book "Trust Me, I'm Lying" while discussing media manipulation, without explicitly recommending it.
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Ryan Holiday's book, Trust Me, I'm Lying?
On the Shortness of Life
The hosts discussed Seneca's ancient essay, noting that while it contains valuable insights about the provisional nature of life, they argued it gets many points wrong about death and the role of life's brevity.
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Seneca wrote On the Shortness of Life 2,000 years ago... It's shorter than my book as well... He gets a lot wrong, especially about the role of death and the role of the shortness of...
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The hosts discussed Seneca's ancient essay, noting that while it contains valuable insights about the provisional nature of life, they argued it gets many points wrong about death and the role of life's brevity.
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Seneca wrote On the Shortness of Life 2,000 years ago... It's shorter than my book as well... He gets a lot wrong, especially about the role of death and the role of the shortness of life.
The Daily Laws
366 Meditations on Power, Seduction, Mastery, Strategy, and Human Nature
This book's cover was designed by Joost Elfers, who also worked on the first three books by Robert Greene.
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He designed the cover of The Daily Laws and I'm hoping he'll...
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This book's cover was designed by Joost Elfers, who also worked on the first three books by Robert Greene.
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He designed the cover of The Daily Laws and I'm hoping he'll...
V for Vendetta
The hosts briefly mentioned the graphic novel V for Vendetta while discussing cultural references, noting it in passing.
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V for Vendetta it?
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The hosts briefly mentioned the graphic novel V for Vendetta while discussing cultural references, noting it in passing.
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V for Vendetta it?
Goodnight Moon
Waldinger used the classic children's book as an illustration of eudaimonic wellbeing, noting how repeatedly reading it became meaningful rather than fun. The reference served to differentiate hedonic and eudaimonic happiness.
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I've read her the book Goodnight Moon seven times. And she says, Mommy, read it to me one more time, one more time. ... And I'm exhausted. ... I'm falling asleep reading Goodn...
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Waldinger used the classic children's book as an illustration of eudaimonic wellbeing, noting how repeatedly reading it became meaningful rather than fun. The reference served to differentiate hedonic and eudaimonic happiness.
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I've read her the book Goodnight Moon seven times. And she says, Mommy, read it to me one more time, one more time. ... And I'm exhausted. ... I'm falling asleep reading Goodnight Moon for the eighth time. No way. Is this the most meaningful thing I could be doing right now with my life? Absolutely.
Start with Why
How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
Simon recounted that a friend in the Air Force was inspired by the book "Start With Why", crediting it with helping him stay in service and become a better leader.
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He found a kooky little book called Start with Why and it completely inspired me. It made me a better leader and I stuck to the Air Force.
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Simon recounted that a friend in the Air Force was inspired by the book "Start With Why", crediting it with helping him stay in service and become a better leader.
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He found a kooky little book called Start with Why and it completely inspired me. It made me a better leader and I stuck to the Air Force.
Mere Christianity
It was mentioned as providing a framework for understanding morality, with a focus on humility as a core virtue and pride as a source of immorality.
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I think humility is the very center of morality and pride is the very center of immorality
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It was mentioned as providing a framework for understanding morality, with a focus on humility as a core virtue and pride as a source of immorality.
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I think humility is the very center of morality and pride is the very center of immorality
I was won over to this way of thinking there's a book called Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis ultimately you will conflate through the moral it's moral architecture it's ultimately morality is something that's authored by a moral law giver if you don't have a moral law giver then you don't have a real moral law other than something we just make up that means whether it's the individual that says this is what's moral or whether society that makes some type of social contract still morality in this case would be something that we just make up because it's helpful but it's not transcendently real
The Road Less Traveled, 25th Anniversary Edition
A New Psychology of Love, Traditional Values, and Spiritual Growth
He mentioned it as one of the topselling personalgrowth books and said it delivers a direct punch in the face for making excuses, calling it lifechanging.
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And I would say that probably Scott Peck is, I mean, it was one of the number one selling personal growth books of all time, which is The Road Less Traveled.
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He mentioned it as one of the topselling personalgrowth books and said it delivers a direct punch in the face for making excuses, calling it lifechanging.
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And I would say that probably Scott Peck is, I mean, it was one of the number one selling personal growth books of all time, which is The Road Less Traveled.
The Road Less Traveled is, and it's probably the book that will change your life the fastest.
Codependent No More
How to Stop Controlling Others and Start Caring for Yourself (Revised and Updated)
It was suggested as a good book to read for understanding codependency.
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Yes. That's a good one.
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It was suggested as a good book to read for understanding codependency.
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Yes. That's a good one.
The Way of Integrity
Finding the Path to Your True Self (Oprah's Book Club)
Martha Beck explained that she wrote the book to describe her view of integrity as structural physics rather than morality, emphasizing that misaligned beliefs cause anxiety.
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I wrote a book called The Way of Integrity where I said you have to be in the truth, the truth of your own experience. And integrity was not meant in a moral sense, but in a structura...
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Martha Beck explained that she wrote the book to describe her view of integrity as structural physics rather than morality, emphasizing that misaligned beliefs cause anxiety.
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I wrote a book called The Way of Integrity where I said you have to be in the truth, the truth of your own experience. And integrity was not meant in a moral sense, but in a structural sense. A plane that's in structural integrity can fly.
I said in the book, it's not morality, it's just physics. So here you have a worldview and a set of beliefs. If it's in perfect integrity, that is all your sense of what is true at all levels of your body, mind, heart, soul.
On the Edge
The Art of Risking Everything
The book discussed concepts like 'The Village' (East Coast establishment, media, academia) and 'The River' (Silicon Valley, Wall Street risk-takers). The concepts helped frame the author's view on influential cultural groups in America.
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the village and the river are terms from my book On the Edge
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The book discussed concepts like 'The Village' (East Coast establishment, media, academia) and 'The River' (Silicon Valley, Wall Street risk-takers). The concepts helped frame the author's view on influential cultural groups in America.
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the village and the river are terms from my book On the Edge
the village is kind of what it sounds like it's the East Coast establishment it's Harvard it's the New York Times it's a Washington post it's academia media government
whereas the river is my name for a community of like-minded risk takers so it's people in silicon valley and wall street it's the casino business
Captivate
The Science of Succeeding with People
She mentioned that her audio book "Captivate" is available on Audible.
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I read my audio books. So if you like audio, um, I do cues and Captivate. They're both on audible.
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She mentioned that her audio book "Captivate" is available on Audible.
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I read my audio books. So if you like audio, um, I do cues and Captivate. They're both on audible.
Limitless Expanded Edition
Upgrade Your Brain, Learn Anything Faster, and Unlock Your Exceptional Life
It was discussed in the context of the hero's journey and how choices shape our lives, along with a quote about life being a letter 'c' between 'b' and 'd'.
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Life is the letter 'c' between 'b' and 'd' right be his birth d his death life c choice and we're constantly making these choices about who we're spending time with what are we gonna do what are we go...
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It was discussed in the context of the hero's journey and how choices shape our lives, along with a quote about life being a letter 'c' between 'b' and 'd'.
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Life is the letter 'c' between 'b' and 'd' right be his birth d his death life c choice and we're constantly making these choices about who we're spending time with what are we gonna do what are we gonna eat you know what we're gonna put our focus but also choices on what things mean like uh they is the meaning we're associating to what's going on if this is here to the to hurt us or this is here to prepare us
...we're only using a small potentiality of it but starting with a good brain diet is a good place to start and then imagine that the microwave you put it on your body and then test yourself and teach it to somebody else
...I talk about how one third of your your cognitive performance brain health is predetermined by genetics and biology is pretty accepted in a neuroscience space but that means two thirds is in your direct control and I talk about the 10 lepers that would that would move that right
...everything Reforlio has this word everything is figure outable right if you have agency and you could figure it out with enough commitment and creativity and and I and I feel like we grossly underestimate our own capabilities
Behave
The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst
It was written about why humans do what they do and explores the influence of past experiences, genes, and culture on human behavior. Dr. Sapolsky mentioned it when discussing his beliefs about free will.
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And about five years ago I wrote this book called Behave the biology of humans that are best and worst and it's basically why do we do what we do and the answer is because of what hap...
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It was written about why humans do what they do and explores the influence of past experiences, genes, and culture on human behavior. Dr. Sapolsky mentioned it when discussing his beliefs about free will.
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And about five years ago I wrote this book called Behave the biology of humans that are best and worst and it's basically why do we do what we do and the answer is because of what happened one second ago and one minute ago and an hour ago and back to childhood and fetal life and genes and what culture your ancestors invented because that's how your mother treated you in evolution and all that and you got to take all of that into account and literally 790 pages agonizingly later you know this is this is what we're about
The Courage to Be Disliked
The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness
It was mentioned as a great book by a Japanese author, in the context of being comfortable with disapproval and having the courage to do hard things.
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He also talked me about choose your suck...
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It was mentioned as a great book by a Japanese author, in the context of being comfortable with disapproval and having the courage to do hard things.
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He also talked me about choose your suck...
He also talked me about choose your suck every single pursuit no matter how wonderful and exciting and glamorous it may initially seem comes with its own brand of shit sandwich its own lousy side effects Everything sucks some of the time you just have to decide what sort of suckage you're willing to deal with
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