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Killing Floor (Jack Reacher)
This was the first book in the Jack Reacher series and the speaker encouraged his listeners to read it, mentioning that Reacher kills an average of 12 bad guys per book.
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I once did a back-of-the-envelope calculation based on the very large sample of Jack Reacher novels that I've read which is as follows. Reacher kills on average 12 bad guys per book.
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Episode: Taxonomy of the Modern Mystery Story
This was the first book in the Jack Reacher series and the speaker encouraged his listeners to read it, mentioning that Reacher kills an average of 12 bad guys per book.
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I once did a back-of-the-envelope calculation based on the very large sample of Jack Reacher novels that I've read which is as follows. Reacher kills on average 12 bad guys per book.
26 years after Jack Reacher first appeared in The Killing Floor, he remains at large.
How to Be an Antiracist
It was mentioned as Dr. Ibram X. Kendi's second book, described as a brilliant look at how to dismantle the structures that racism creates.
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Dr. Kendi's next book, which I'm sure you've all heard of, How to Be an Antiracist, is a brilliant look at how we dismantle the structures that racism creates.
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Episode: Presenting: Be Antiracist with Ibram X. Kendi
It was mentioned as Dr. Ibram X. Kendi's second book, described as a brilliant look at how to dismantle the structures that racism creates.
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Dr. Kendi's next book, which I'm sure you've all heard of, How to Be an Antiracist, is a brilliant look at how we dismantle the structures that racism creates.
Lord of the Flies (Penguin Drop Caps)
Justice Alito thought the A train was like the book Lord of the Flies, where civilization breaks down.
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I mean, who would? How would she have guessed that Samuel Alito thinks the A train is Lord of the Flies?
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Episode: Guns Part 2: Getting out of Dodge
Justice Alito thought the A train was like the book Lord of the Flies, where civilization breaks down.
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I mean, who would? How would she have guessed that Samuel Alito thinks the A train is Lord of the Flies?
Hidden Potential
The Science of Achieving Greater Things
The book discusses how we overemphasize innate talent and how, in fact, many important achievements are not about what we start with but what we acquire along the way.
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I love it so much that when it comes out, I want to sit down and interview you about it and we'll run the interview in the Revisionist History feed.
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Episode: Unlocking Hidden Potential with Adam Grant
The book discusses how we overemphasize innate talent and how, in fact, many important achievements are not about what we start with but what we acquire along the way.
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I love it so much that when it comes out, I want to sit down and interview you about it and we'll run the interview in the Revisionist History feed.
I think I've gotten more comfortable realizing, I've gotten so much, I guess, reader feedback and also listener feedback from podcasts.
Like we think again, for example, the idea of valorizing humility as a kind as the kind of cornerstone, the key as the cornerstone of intellectual growth is really interesting and not one.
The lay notion this book is focused on is we have this kind of veneration of innate ability.
I think part of the problem is our country feels too big to invest in everybody.
The Hobbit Illustrated by the Author
Illustrated by JRR Tolkien
It was mentioned as a book that 'The Rings of Power' is a prequel to, set thousands of years before its events.
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The Rings of Power is a prequel to the events of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
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It was mentioned as a book that 'The Rings of Power' is a prequel to, set thousands of years before its events.
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The Rings of Power is a prequel to the events of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
THE WASTE LAND and Other Poems
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The speaker compares Charles Sherrill to the protagonist of the poem, J. Alfred Prufrock, describing him as a self-aware individual, seemingly lacking the confidence to take action.
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This is from Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock. Maybe T.S. Eliot's most famous poem. And Prufrock is a kind of self-aware version of Charles Sherrill.
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Episode: Hitler’s Olympics Part 2: Pangloss, Polonius, Pruf...
The speaker compares Charles Sherrill to the protagonist of the poem, J. Alfred Prufrock, describing him as a self-aware individual, seemingly lacking the confidence to take action.
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This is from Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock. Maybe T.S. Eliot's most famous poem. And Prufrock is a kind of self-aware version of Charles Sherrill.
No, I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be.
Am an attendant lord. Am an attendant lord.
One that will do. One that will do to swell a progress, start a scene or two, advise the prince. No doubt an easy tool, deferential, glad to be of use,
politic, cautious and particular, full of high sentence but a bit obtuse. At times indeed, almost ridiculous, almost at times the fool.
Mein Kampf
A Translation Controversy
Sherrill's obsession with the Nazi party and his admiration for Adolf Hitler are referenced in the context of his extensive scrapbook collection, which provides a glimpse into his admiration for the Nazi party.
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In 1923, in his mid-30s, he makes an incredibly clumsy coup attempt in Munich and gets arrested.
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Sherrill's obsession with the Nazi party and his admiration for Adolf Hitler are referenced in the context of his extensive scrapbook collection, which provides a glimpse into his admiration for the Nazi party.
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In 1923, in his mid-30s, he makes an incredibly clumsy coup attempt in Munich and gets arrested.
Spends nine months in prison where he writes Mein Kampf, his vision for a new era in Germany, cleansed of Jews and outsiders.
Happiness and the Christian Moral Life
An Introduction to Christian Ethics
The book was used in ethics classes and a passage from it was read to illustrate the idea that true happiness is not simply about satisfying wants and desires but wanting and desiring what is best.
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And I wanted to read you a short passage from a Catholic theologian whose work I like, Paul Waddell.
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Episode: Malcolm on No Small Endeavor
The book was used in ethics classes and a passage from it was read to illustrate the idea that true happiness is not simply about satisfying wants and desires but wanting and desiring what is best.
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And I wanted to read you a short passage from a Catholic theologian whose work I like, Paul Waddell.
It's a book called Happiness and the Christian Moral Life.
The trajectory of our lives can be read as an endless pursuit of whatever we think will satisfy us, content us, and fulfill us.
The trouble, however, is that we are often confused and easily misled about what will really fulfill us.
Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth
It was mentioned as a book that people interested in the back-to-the-land movement read in the 1970s.
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They read magazines like Mother Earth News and Whole Earth Catalog, books like Buckminster Fuller's Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth and Adele Davis' Let's Get Well.
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Episode: Board Game Season
It was mentioned as a book that people interested in the back-to-the-land movement read in the 1970s.
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They read magazines like Mother Earth News and Whole Earth Catalog, books like Buckminster Fuller's Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth and Adele Davis' Let's Get Well.
Let's Get Well
A Practical Guide to Renewed Health Through Nutrition
It was mentioned as a book that people interested in the back-to-the-land movement read in the 1970s.
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They read magazines like Mother Earth News and Whole Earth Catalog, books like Buckminster Fuller's Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth and Adele Davis' Let's Get Well.
— Episode: Board Game Season
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Episode: Board Game Season
It was mentioned as a book that people interested in the back-to-the-land movement read in the 1970s.
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They read magazines like Mother Earth News and Whole Earth Catalog, books like Buckminster Fuller's Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth and Adele Davis' Let's Get Well.
The Moosewood Cookbook
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It was mentioned as a cookbook people in the back-to-the-land movement used in the 1970s. They cooked gypsy soup from it.
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They ate vegetables raw from their gardens and cooked gypsy soup from The Moosewood Cookbook.
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It was mentioned as a cookbook people in the back-to-the-land movement used in the 1970s. They cooked gypsy soup from it.
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They ate vegetables raw from their gardens and cooked gypsy soup from The Moosewood Cookbook.
Right Stuff, The
It was mentioned that Tom Wolfe's "The Right Stuff" talks about how all pilots sound the same, and specifically attributes it to sounding like Chuck Yeager, who broke the sound barrier in 1947. This was later made into a movie.
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And he identifies this phenomenon that all pilots sound the same and specifically attributes it to sounding like Chuck Jaeger.
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Episode: This Is Your Captain Speaking
It was mentioned that Tom Wolfe's "The Right Stuff" talks about how all pilots sound the same, and specifically attributes it to sounding like Chuck Yeager, who broke the sound barrier in 1947. This was later made into a movie.
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And he identifies this phenomenon that all pilots sound the same and specifically attributes it to sounding like Chuck Jaeger.
Tomoff is so just amazing. So, so, so good.
He's just, he's just like, Tomoff was just the best.
But I don't actually think that's a sufficient explanation for what pilot voice is.
Anyone who travels very much on airlines in the United States soon gets to know the voice of the airline pilot. Coming over the intercom with a particular drawl, a particular folksiness, a particular down-home calmness that is so exaggerated it begins to parody itself.
Bjork & Bjork’s Desirable Difficulties in Action
The author mentioned that the book discussed desirable difficulty, which is the concept that early struggles can be beneficial for future growth.
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Yes.
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The author mentioned that the book discussed desirable difficulty, which is the concept that early struggles can be beneficial for future growth.
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Yes.
I think that, yeah, this is actually something that Maurice actually stressed to me that I hadn't appreciated.
Broken Genius
The Rise and Fall of William Shockley, Creator of the Electronic Age (Macmillan Science)
It was described as a compelling biography of Shockley, particularly the chapter about his work during World War II, which was described as insane, with Shockley playing a crucial problem-solving role.
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I believe that William Shockley was, in terms of practical impact on the world, one of the most important scientists of the 20th century.
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Episode: Silicon Valley on the Couch
It was described as a compelling biography of Shockley, particularly the chapter about his work during World War II, which was described as insane, with Shockley playing a crucial problem-solving role.
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I believe that William Shockley was, in terms of practical impact on the world, one of the most important scientists of the 20th century.
And then Shurkin goes on to convince you why that's true.
The most compelling chapter of the book is not the part about Shockley's role in the invention of the transistor, arguably one of the one or two most important innovations of the 20th century.
No, it's the chapter on what Shockley did during the Second World War. It's insane.
The Rise Of The Creative Class
And How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community And Everyday Life
It is a study about why certain regions take off and others don't.
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Next on my list, Richard Florida, author of the hugely influential study, Rise of the Creative Class.
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It is a study about why certain regions take off and others don't.
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Next on my list, Richard Florida, author of the hugely influential study, Rise of the Creative Class.
The Kill Artist
This was the first installment in Daniel Silva's series of books on the legendary Israeli assassin Gabriel Alan involving his pursuit of the dastardly Palestinian terrorist Tariq. It was one of his favorite books ever.
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And a couple days ago she reached up and grabbed Daniel Silva's The Kill Artist and started to turn the pages.
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Episode: Taxonomy of the Modern Mystery Story
This was the first installment in Daniel Silva's series of books on the legendary Israeli assassin Gabriel Alan involving his pursuit of the dastardly Palestinian terrorist Tariq. It was one of his favorite books ever.
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And a couple days ago she reached up and grabbed Daniel Silva's The Kill Artist and started to turn the pages.
The Pelican Brief
The speaker mentioned that the plot of every John Grisham novel involves the subversion of institutional authority, and that "The Pelican Brief" ends with the richest man in the country being indicted along with his aides and lawyers.
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How does The Pelican Brief end? The richest man in the country is under indictment, as are his closest aides and all of his lawyers. The chief of staff to the president of the United...
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Episode: Taxonomy of the Modern Mystery Story
The speaker mentioned that the plot of every John Grisham novel involves the subversion of institutional authority, and that "The Pelican Brief" ends with the richest man in the country being indicted along with his aides and lawyers.
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How does The Pelican Brief end? The richest man in the country is under indictment, as are his closest aides and all of his lawyers. The chief of staff to the president of the United States has resigned, and the president himself has wisely decided not to seek a second term.
Who Shall Survive?
A New Approach to the Problem of Human Interrelations (Classic Reprint)
This book was the first major publication of J.L. Moreno's research on social network theory, based on his experiments in a girls' reform school in Hudson, New York. The book included extensive maps and data on the social dynamics within the school.
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This is actually one of the original books. This is from 1934. I took it out from the library and it's like a year overdue now.
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This book was the first major publication of J.L. Moreno's research on social network theory, based on his experiments in a girls' reform school in Hudson, New York. The book included extensive maps and data on the social dynamics within the school.
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This is actually one of the original books. This is from 1934. I took it out from the library and it's like a year overdue now.
That's a Pushkin promise. We always return our library books.
It's kind of a big deal. The New York Times writes a story that says like emotions mapped by new geography. He calls it psychological geography. He's riding high. He says he's going to make a map of all the emotions in New York City. And that's the first place he publishes it.
And then he goes back to the school and it's a year after that the book comes out called Who Shall Survive?
The Ten Commandments of Progressive Christianity
(Seminary President Diagnoses & Critiques Ten False, Often Appealing, Half-True “Commandments” and Offers ... & Theological Response) (Cruciform Quick)
The book talks about Victor Lustig, a con artist, who was famous for selling the Eiffel Tower, and lists the Ten Commandments of Con Artists. One of the commandments is that a con artist is not a good talker but a good listener. Maria, the guest of the podcast, thought that this was applicable to debates, as listening to the other person is how you can get them and trick them.
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And he wrote something called The Ten Commandments of Con Artists.
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Episode: Feeling A Bit Attacked with Maria Konnikova
The book talks about Victor Lustig, a con artist, who was famous for selling the Eiffel Tower, and lists the Ten Commandments of Con Artists. One of the commandments is that a con artist is not a good talker but a good listener. Maria, the guest of the podcast, thought that this was applicable to debates, as listening to the other person is how you can get them and trick them.
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And he wrote something called The Ten Commandments of Con Artists.
And one of those commandments is something that just came to mind immediately, which is that a con artist isn't a good talker, a con artist is a good listener.
Listening to the other person is how you get them and is how you trick them, is how you take advantage of them.
And so it actually, that's what came to mind when I was listening to this debate.
And I thought, wait, a debate is a con in a lot of ways.
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