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Transcend
The New Science of Self-Actualization
This book was mentioned as being a nice work by Scott Barry Kaufman, who is noted for being big into Maslow's stuff.
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Scott Barry Kaufman did a good job on that. His book, Transcend, was real nice. And he's big into Maslow's stuff.
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This book was mentioned as being a nice work by Scott Barry Kaufman, who is noted for being big into Maslow's stuff.
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Scott Barry Kaufman did a good job on that. His book, Transcend, was real nice. And he's big into Maslow's stuff.
Seven Days of Rage
The Deadly Crime Spree of the Craigslist Killer (48 Hours Mystery)
The host mentioned a book called Days of Rage that chronicles widespread domestic terrorism in the 1970s.
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The scary scenario, you know, I mentioned the seventies, um, you know, domestic terror actually got to be quite a thing in the seventies in the U S and there's this great book called days of rage that...
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The host mentioned a book called Days of Rage that chronicles widespread domestic terrorism in the 1970s.
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The scary scenario, you know, I mentioned the seventies, um, you know, domestic terror actually got to be quite a thing in the seventies in the U S and there's this great book called days of rage that kind of chronicles basically this like very widespread pattern of domestic terror, ideologically motivated domestic terror in the seventies.
Justice Is Coming
How Progressives Are Going to Take Over the Country and America Is Going to Love It
He explained that his book, Justice Is Coming, described how the founding fathers opposed corporate power and warned that corporations could undermine democracy.
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In my book, Justice Is Coming, I explained the founding fathers did the American revolution, not just against the British empire, but against the British East India Company. The Bosto...
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He explained that his book, Justice Is Coming, described how the founding fathers opposed corporate power and warned that corporations could undermine democracy.
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In my book, Justice Is Coming, I explained the founding fathers did the American revolution, not just against the British empire, but against the British East India Company. The Boston tea party was not against the British government. It was against that corporation. The founders warned us to be careful with corporations because they will accumulate money and power and choke off democracy.
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, 3rd Edition
It was referenced as the book Neil cited, describing the life and tactics of an economic hit man.
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Neil pulled the confessions of a hitman.
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It was referenced as the book Neil cited, describing the life and tactics of an economic hit man.
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Neil pulled the confessions of a hitman.
Selfie
How We Became So Self-Obsessed and What It's Doing to Us
Storr mentioned that his earlier book Selfie was published in 2017 and received extensive media coverage.
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When Selfie was published, I think 2017, it was reviewed across all the newspapers. I was on the television. I was on Radio 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.
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Storr mentioned that his earlier book Selfie was published in 2017 and received extensive media coverage.
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When Selfie was published, I think 2017, it was reviewed across all the newspapers. I was on the television. I was on Radio 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.
Angels & Demons
A line from Dan Brown's novel was referenced during a discussion about narrative and belief.
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There's a line in Angels and Demons, the movie by Dan Brown.
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A line from Dan Brown's novel was referenced during a discussion about narrative and belief.
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There's a line in Angels and Demons, the movie by Dan Brown.
Man and Superman
A Comedy and a Philosophy
The play was referenced while discussing historical ideas about technology and its moral implications.
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I think it was Shaw's play called Man and Superman by George Bernard Shaw that I read back in school.
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The play was referenced while discussing historical ideas about technology and its moral implications.
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I think it was Shaw's play called Man and Superman by George Bernard Shaw that I read back in school.
Titan
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He referred to the 800page biography of John D. Rockefeller as a deep dive into the founder of Standard Oil.
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There's one canonical biography of Rockefeller called Titan. It's like 800 pages.
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He referred to the 800page biography of John D. Rockefeller as a deep dive into the founder of Standard Oil.
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There's one canonical biography of Rockefeller called Titan. It's like 800 pages.
The Data Detective
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Harford said his most recent book, The Data Detective, examined how to think clearly with numbers and warned against reflexive skepticism toward statistics, focusing on using data to understand the world.
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So my that is a point I made in my most recent book, which is called The Data Detective in the US, and it's called how to make the world that up in the UK.
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Harford said his most recent book, The Data Detective, examined how to think clearly with numbers and warned against reflexive skepticism toward statistics, focusing on using data to understand the world.
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So my that is a point I made in my most recent book, which is called The Data Detective in the US, and it's called how to make the world that up in the UK.
There was a reflexive skepticism, like lies, damn lies and statistics, or you can prove anything with statistics, or this famous book, how to lie with statistics.
The Scout Mindset
Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't
Julia Galef's bookScoutMindsetwas mentioned as a useful read for adopting a more inquisitive approach to debates.
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Julia Galef who had this great book called Scout Mindset.
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Julia Galef's bookScoutMindsetwas mentioned as a useful read for adopting a more inquisitive approach to debates.
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Julia Galef who had this great book called Scout Mindset.
Effortless
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Effortless was described as an antidote to the hardwork mindset, offering a healthier approach for insecure overachievers seeking productivity without burnout.
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The book Effortless was as an antidote to that.
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Effortless was described as an antidote to the hardwork mindset, offering a healthier approach for insecure overachievers seeking productivity without burnout.
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The book Effortless was as an antidote to that.
Effortless is an insecure overachiever's guide to healthy productivity.
Science Fictions
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He mentioned that his own book, Science Fictions, was published a few years ago and discusses the replication crisis.
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I wrote about this in my most recent book, Science Fictions, which is about the replication crisis.
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He mentioned that his own book, Science Fictions, was published a few years ago and discusses the replication crisis.
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I wrote about this in my most recent book, Science Fictions, which is about the replication crisis.
my book is Science Fictions came out a couple of years ago.
The Snowball
Warren Buffett and the Business of Life
He referred to the biography of Warren Buffett titled The Snowball as the most wellknown book about Buffett.
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the most well known biography of Warren Buffett. It's called The Snowball.
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He referred to the biography of Warren Buffett titled The Snowball as the most wellknown book about Buffett.
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the most well known biography of Warren Buffett. It's called The Snowball.
Apology
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It was described as a powerful work that shows Socrates calmly facing his execution.
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Plato's Apology is so influential because it depicts Socrates standing in court knowing he's about to be executed.
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It was described as a powerful work that shows Socrates calmly facing his execution.
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Plato's Apology is so influential because it depicts Socrates standing in court knowing he's about to be executed.
On the Genealogy of Morals
A Polemic (Penguin Classics)
They discussed Nietzsche's analysis of Christian morality in this work, describing it as an exploration of resentment and powerlessness.
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One of Nietzsche's, you know, analyses that has ended up being a bit more popular is, again, to do with resentment or resentment, as he calls it. And that for Nietzsche is sort of a cross between a co...
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They discussed Nietzsche's analysis of Christian morality in this work, describing it as an exploration of resentment and powerlessness.
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One of Nietzsche's, you know, analyses that has ended up being a bit more popular is, again, to do with resentment or resentment, as he calls it. And that for Nietzsche is sort of a cross between a conscious feeling, you know, resentment, and an unconscious drive to sort of recoup a sense of power when you're feeling powerlessness. And this is in his book, The Genealogy of Morals, where essentially he's trying to give an analysis of Christian morality from his perspective.
The Wisdom of Psychopaths
What Saints, Spies, and Serial Killers Can Teach Us About Success
He explained that he had written The Wisdom of Psychopaths, a controversial book that argued psychopaths are not all bad.
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So many years ago, about 10 years now, I wrote a book called The Wisdom of Psychopaths, which became very controversial.
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He explained that he had written The Wisdom of Psychopaths, a controversial book that argued psychopaths are not all bad.
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So many years ago, about 10 years now, I wrote a book called The Wisdom of Psychopaths, which became very controversial.
In the Kingdom of Ice
The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette
The guest mentioned reading Hampton Sides' book In the Kingdom of Ice and praised it as a great account of a polar expedition.
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I've been reading like Hampton Sides into the Kingdom of Ice is such a good book about this polar expedition.
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The guest mentioned reading Hampton Sides' book In the Kingdom of Ice and praised it as a great account of a polar expedition.
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I've been reading like Hampton Sides into the Kingdom of Ice is such a good book about this polar expedition.
The Playbook
An Inside Look at How to Think Like a Professional Trader - 2013, Paperback
She announced that her upcoming book titled The Playbook was slated for release in January after extensive research on evidencebased health modalities.
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my next book, which is coming out in January, The Playbook, I did a ton of research. I wanted to look at what was available in the evidence, not just for overall health and longevity,...
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She announced that her upcoming book titled The Playbook was slated for release in January after extensive research on evidencebased health modalities.
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my next book, which is coming out in January, The Playbook, I did a ton of research. I wanted to look at what was available in the evidence, not just for overall health and longevity, but what modalities were very supportive in general.
The Birth of Tragedy
Out of the Spirit of Music (Penguin Classics)
They noted that this early work introduced Nietzsche's idea that art can help celebrate harsh life.
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And then, you know, this theme re-emerges and thus breaks Zarathustra. The first metamorphosis of Nietzsche's bermensch is called the camel. ... So at the very kind of, well, in Thus Spake Zarathustra...
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They noted that this early work introduced Nietzsche's idea that art can help celebrate harsh life.
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And then, you know, this theme re-emerges and thus breaks Zarathustra. The first metamorphosis of Nietzsche's bermensch is called the camel. ... So at the very kind of, well, in Thus Spake Zarathustra, actually, no, before that, one of his first published works is called The Birth of Tragedy. It's about art.
The Order of Time
The speaker mentioned this real small book while discussing the concept of 'right now' and light cones, noting that the audiobook was read by Benedict Cumberbatch.
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There's a great book by Carlo Rovelli. It's called The Order of Time. It's real small thing, not as small as yours. Yours is particularly small.
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The speaker mentioned this real small book while discussing the concept of 'right now' and light cones, noting that the audiobook was read by Benedict Cumberbatch.
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There's a great book by Carlo Rovelli. It's called The Order of Time. It's real small thing, not as small as yours. Yours is particularly small.
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