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The Pleasure of Finding Things Out
The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman
The speaker mentioned having read this collection of Feynman's essays, indicating a personal interest in the material.
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I read The Pleasure of Finding Things Out.
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The speaker mentioned having read this collection of Feynman's essays, indicating a personal interest in the material.
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I read The Pleasure of Finding Things Out.
Mikey and the Dragons
Jocko explained that he had written a children's book about a young prince forced to confront tiny dragons, illustrating how fear can be faced with courage.
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I wrote a kid's book called Mikey and the Dragons. And the story is spoiler alert, the kid, he's, he, he's, uh, his dad is the king. His dad dies. The kid now has to defend the villag...
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Jocko explained that he had written a children's book about a young prince forced to confront tiny dragons, illustrating how fear can be faced with courage.
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I wrote a kid's book called Mikey and the Dragons. And the story is spoiler alert, the kid, he's, he, he's, uh, his dad is the king. His dad dies. The kid now has to defend the village from the dragons. And you know, he's scared cause he's only a little kid and he can't pick up the sword and he can't pick up the shield. It's too heavy, but he's the kid. He's the son of the king. He's the prince. He's got to go fight the dragons.
Fluke
Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters
Will Storr praised Fluke as an outstanding book, saying it was nearly as good as his own work.
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So this is from Brian Klass, who wrote Fluke, outstanding book, nearly as good as yours.
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Will Storr praised Fluke as an outstanding book, saying it was nearly as good as his own work.
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So this is from Brian Klass, who wrote Fluke, outstanding book, nearly as good as yours.
BACKCOUNTRY BOWHUNTING A Guide to the Wild Side
Cameron referenced his own book, Backcountry Bowhunting, while describing a pilot's schedule on a long hunt.
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In my book Backcountry Bowhunting the pilot like wrote down the day he's supposed to come back and pick us up on his jeans with a pen.
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Cameron referenced his own book, Backcountry Bowhunting, while describing a pilot's schedule on a long hunt.
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In my book Backcountry Bowhunting the pilot like wrote down the day he's supposed to come back and pick us up on his jeans with a pen.
Re-Regulated
Set Your Life Free from Childhood PTSD and the Trauma-Driven Behaviors That Keep You Stuck
The book was highlighted as Anna Runkle's work on trauma and nervoussystem regulation, and listeners were encouraged to check it out for deeper insight.
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the book is called Re-Regulated.
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The book was highlighted as Anna Runkle's work on trauma and nervoussystem regulation, and listeners were encouraged to check it out for deeper insight.
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the book is called Re-Regulated.
listening to Re-Regulated earlier on today, a couple of interviews you did about that.
The Shield of Achilles (W.H. Auden
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The thousandpage work was mentioned as one of his favorite books, praised for its analysis of how new forms of warfare reshape government structures.
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One of my favorite books was, uh, the Shield of Achilles, which is like this thousand page book on constitutional government in Europe. And it shows how every time there's like a new form of warfare t...
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The thousandpage work was mentioned as one of his favorite books, praised for its analysis of how new forms of warfare reshape government structures.
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One of my favorite books was, uh, the Shield of Achilles, which is like this thousand page book on constitutional government in Europe. And it shows how every time there's like a new form of warfare that's best, it changes the government's structure of governments as well.
Seveneves
A Novel
The novel was referenced for its dramatic premise of the moon exploding and humanity racing to survive, illustrating extreme spacedisaster scenarios.
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There's a book called Seven Eves by Neil Stevenson. In the first line, the moon explodes. So, spoiler alert, the moon explodes in the first line. And they've got, say, 500 days to get as many citizens...
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The novel was referenced for its dramatic premise of the moon exploding and humanity racing to survive, illustrating extreme spacedisaster scenarios.
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There's a book called Seven Eves by Neil Stevenson. In the first line, the moon explodes. So, spoiler alert, the moon explodes in the first line. And they've got, say, 500 days to get as many citizens off Earth and to the ISS.
The First World War
He cited this work as a favorite historical account, noting its insight into leadership during the early 20thcentury conflict.
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One of my favorite books on this is, uh, The First World War by Winston Churchill, where he's appointed the first Lord of the Admiralty and goes in to knock heads and get rid of the o...
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He cited this work as a favorite historical account, noting its insight into leadership during the early 20thcentury conflict.
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One of my favorite books on this is, uh, The First World War by Winston Churchill, where he's appointed the first Lord of the Admiralty and goes in to knock heads and get rid of the old fuddyduddies.
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Learning Outside the Lines
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Carney's work was highlighted as arguing that children gain the greatest benefit from being raised by two parents, a view that sparked controversy and accusations of elitism.
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Well, we saw this with Melissa Carney's book, the two parents advantage, two parent privilege.
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Carney's work was highlighted as arguing that children gain the greatest benefit from being raised by two parents, a view that sparked controversy and accusations of elitism.
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Well, we saw this with Melissa Carney's book, the two parents advantage, two parent privilege.
She writes about the freest advantage you can give your kids... the golden sequence or whatever it's called.
But yeah, not breaking up a household has become so right coded that writing a book that explains the freest way that you can help to give your kids a leg up, i.e. staying together was seen as like, I don't know, Mein Kampf version two.
Affluenza
How Overconsumption Is Killing Us--and How to Fight Back
The hosts referred to a book calledAffluenza, which discusses the link between television watching and overspending.
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there was a book out called Affluenza and they could track the amount of television you watched. In other words, the advertisements that you consumed, the more tele more hours of tele...
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The hosts referred to a book calledAffluenza, which discusses the link between television watching and overspending.
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there was a book out called Affluenza and they could track the amount of television you watched. In other words, the advertisements that you consumed, the more tele more hours of television you watch, the more credit card debt you had and the more overspending you did.
The Meaning of Your Life
Finding Purpose in an Age of Emptiness
He announced the upcoming release of his new paperback, describing it as a guide to finding deep purpose in an age of emptiness.
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I have a book every two or three years that comes out, a new one that's coming out in a year called The Meaning of Your Life, How to Find Deep Purpose in an Age of Emptiness.
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He announced the upcoming release of his new paperback, describing it as a guide to finding deep purpose in an age of emptiness.
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I have a book every two or three years that comes out, a new one that's coming out in a year called The Meaning of Your Life, How to Find Deep Purpose in an Age of Emptiness.
The Will of the Many (Hierarchy)
The host said he had been told to read the book, described it as set in quasiancient RomanGreek times, and admitted he tried the first chapter but couldn't get into it.
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How do I get you to read The Will of the Many by James Islington? I think this is the, it's sort of set in quasiancient Rome Greek times and my friend Ricky told me that I should read...
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The host said he had been told to read the book, described it as set in quasiancient RomanGreek times, and admitted he tried the first chapter but couldn't get into it.
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How do I get you to read The Will of the Many by James Islington? I think this is the, it's sort of set in quasiancient Rome Greek times and my friend Ricky told me that I should read it a couple of years ago after I was lamenting the fact there wasn't another Red Rising book.
Outraged
Why We Fight About Morality and Politics and How to Find Common Ground
The episode mentioned Gray's recently released book as a source for explaining moral dyad theory and how people categorize groups as vulnerable feelers versus thinking doers.
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there's a really interesting book that just came out called Outraged by the psychologist, Kurt Gray.
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The episode mentioned Gray's recently released book as a source for explaining moral dyad theory and how people categorize groups as vulnerable feelers versus thinking doers.
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there's a really interesting book that just came out called Outraged by the psychologist, Kurt Gray.
Galileo's Error
Foundations for a New Science of Consciousness
The host noted that Philip Goff's book explains the mystery of consciousness very well.
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Philip Goff has a wonderful book that explains this very well called Galileo's Error.
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The host noted that Philip Goff's book explains the mystery of consciousness very well.
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Philip Goff has a wonderful book that explains this very well called Galileo's Error.
Trying Not to Try
Ancient China, Modern Science, and the Power of Spontaneity
They mentioned Edward Slingeland's book Trying Not to Try, describing it as a work about WuWei and the paradoxes of trying to avoid effort.
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Edward Slingeland wrote a book called Trying Not to Try, which is about WuWei and the paradox of Trying Not to Try.
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They mentioned Edward Slingeland's book Trying Not to Try, describing it as a work about WuWei and the paradoxes of trying to avoid effort.
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Edward Slingeland wrote a book called Trying Not to Try, which is about WuWei and the paradox of Trying Not to Try.
The Moral Animal
Why We Are The Way We Are
The speaker recalled that Wright's book introduced him to evolutionary psychology and was about 30 years old.
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Robert Wright's book was the first one, Moral Animals, what got me into evolutionary psychology, again, for one book. I mean, that book is 30 years old now, more than 30 years old.
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The speaker recalled that Wright's book introduced him to evolutionary psychology and was about 30 years old.
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Robert Wright's book was the first one, Moral Animals, what got me into evolutionary psychology, again, for one book. I mean, that book is 30 years old now, more than 30 years old.
The Evolution of Beauty
How Darwin's Forgotten Theory of Mate Choice Shapes the Animal World - and Us
The host cited Prum's book as a source for examples of extreme sexual selection such as the Argus pheasant.
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Richard Prum has written about this in, in, his book, The Evolution of Beauty.
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The host cited Prum's book as a source for examples of extreme sexual selection such as the Argus pheasant.
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Richard Prum has written about this in, in, his book, The Evolution of Beauty.
He has this theory ... that feathers were invented for display before they were ever used for flight and that we wouldn't have had flight if we hadn't had sexual display.
Birds, Sex and Beauty
The Extraordinary Implications of Charles Darwin's Strangest Idea – Evolutionary Theory, Sexual Selection, and the Mystery of Attraction
Ridley announced his forthcoming book, describing it as exploring the implications of Darwin's ideas about sexual selection.
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The book is called Bird Sex and Beauty - the implications of Charles Darwin's strangest idea.
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Ridley announced his forthcoming book, describing it as exploring the implications of Darwin's ideas about sexual selection.
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The book is called Bird Sex and Beauty - the implications of Charles Darwin's strangest idea.
Bad Therapy
Why the Kids Aren't Growing Up
The hosts noted that Abigail Schreier authored Bad Therapy, a book that critiques and pushes back against therapy culture aimed at children.
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I had Abigail Schreier on the show. She was, uh, wrote this book called Bad Therapy, sort of pushing back against therapy culture for kids, specifically for kids.
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The hosts noted that Abigail Schreier authored Bad Therapy, a book that critiques and pushes back against therapy culture aimed at children.
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I had Abigail Schreier on the show. She was, uh, wrote this book called Bad Therapy, sort of pushing back against therapy culture for kids, specifically for kids.
Principles of Psychology (2 Volume Set)
Chris referenced the classic 1890 work by William James when discussing how people perceive time and memory.
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I think from William James, who wrote The Principles of Psychology in 1890.
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Chris referenced the classic 1890 work by William James when discussing how people perceive time and memory.
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I think from William James, who wrote The Principles of Psychology in 1890.
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