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There was one called, an essay called The Naked Society, which had to do in the 1960s, I think about consumer privacy. Yeah, from technology.

There was one called, an essay called The Naked Society, which had to do in the 1960s, I think about consumer privacy. Yeah, from technology.

which had to do in the 1960s. I think about consumer privacy

He's like the arch enemy of Edward Bernays. I imagine Those one called an essay called The Naked Society, which had to do in the 1960s. I think about consumer privacy

He's like the arch enemy of Edward Bernays. I imagine. Those one called an essay called The Naked Society, which had to do in the 1960s. I think about consumer privacy

He wrote Collapse.

He wrote Collapse.

He wrote Collapse.

The guy who wrote Collapse and Guns, Germs and Steel and stuff.

The worst mistake in the history of the human race.

Right by Jared Diamond. Awesome stuff.

By Jared Diamond. The guy who wrote Collapse and Guns, Germs and Steel and stuff.

I owned the classic, The Simple Solution to the Rubik's Cube by James G. Norse.

He sold 6.7 million books, and it is still the fasting-selling book in the history of Bantam Books.

Out of all the books that year, that was the number one.

I owned the classic, The Simple Solution to the Rubik's Cube by James G. Norse.

He sold 6.7 million books, and it is still the fasting-selling book in the history of Bantam Books.

Out of all the books that year, that was the number one.

In 82 there were five books about solving it on the New York Times bestseller list one of which I owned I owned The classic the simple solution to the Rubik's cube by James G. Norse cute

This book was the number one best-selling book of 1981 period he sold 6.7 million books and it is still the fasting selling book in the history of Bantam books.

In 82 there were five books about solving it on the New York Times bestseller list one of which I owned I owned The classic the simple solution to the Rubik's cube by James G. Norse cute

This book was the number one best-selling book of 1981 period he sold 6.7 million books and it is still the fasting selling book in the history of Bantam books.

In 82 there were five books about solving it on the New York Times bestseller list one of which I owned I owned The classic the simple solution to the Rubik's cube by James G. Norse cute He was a chemistry student at Stanford and get this dude

This book was the number one best-selling book of 1981 period he sold 6.7 million books and it is still the fasting selling book in the history of Bantam books.

And one of those books was written by a 12-year-old named Patrick Bossert called You Can Do The Cube, which is pretty adorable if you think about it.

And one of those books was written by a 12-year-old named Patrick Bossert called You Can Do The Cube, which is pretty adorable if you think about it.

One of those books was written by a 12 year old named Patrick Bossert called You Can Do The Cube

One of those books was written by a 12 year old named Patrick Bossert called You Can Do The Cube

One of those books was written by a 12 year old named Patrick Bossert called You Can Do The Cube

It started in 1936 in the great state of Maine, vacation land. Also the title of our friend John Hodgman's book, one of them.

It started in 1936 in the great state of Maine, vacation land. Also the title of our friend John Hodgman's book, one of them.

Did you not read Vacationland my previous book?

Yeah, this is my fifth book, but the first three obviously, or perhaps not so obviously, were compendiums, were compendiums of fake trivia of fake facts.

did you not read Vacationland my previous book

the first three obviously or perhaps not so obviously were compendiums were compendiums of fake trivia of fake facts and loved it yeah I loved I loved making them although by the third when I was like I cannot come up with a Zeppelin joke anymore like this is not what I want to be doing anymore

did you not read Vacationland my previous book

Robin Dunbar wrote a book called Grooming Gossip and the Evolution of Language.

He says that gossip is the whole reason that we have language. And it evolved from primates grooming each other.

He says basically it was a more efficient way to service your allies rather than grooming one another.

Robin Dunbar wrote a book called Grooming Gossip and the Evolution of Language.

He says that gossip is the whole reason that we have language. And it evolved from primates grooming each other.

He says basically it was a more efficient way to service your allies rather than grooming one another.

And so you would vocal groom, is what he called it.

Just yesterday guys I was finished reading a book Robin Dunbar wrote called Grooming, Gossip and the Evolution of Language.

Her argument is that language evolved out of a need to keep up social relationships with group members.

Just yesterday guys I was finished reading a book Robin Dunbar wrote called Grooming, Gossip and the Evolution of Language.

Her argument is that language evolved out of a need to keep up social relationships with group members.

Put it in its most basic form over time our brains evolved to be larger which made our average group size increase at the same time.

Once our group size became large enough today our average group size is about 150, we didn't have enough time in the day to groom one-on-one with that many group members to keep up our social bonds with them so we evolved language so we could use language as a way to verbally groom with more members at a time to keep the group strong.

It was my understanding that our brains have actually decreased in size over the last like 20,000 years.

Just yesterday guys I was finished reading a book Robin Dunbar wrote called Grooming, Gossip and the Evolution of Language. Her argument is that language evolved out of a need to keep up social relationships with group members.

He has a book, a handbook rather, on methods of killing people. How to kill people A to Z.

He has a book, a handbook rather on methods of killing people. How to kill people, A to Z. I don't know if that's the title, but it's a good one.

He has a book, a handbook rather on methods of killing people. How to kill people, A to Z.

He has a book, a handbook rather on methods of killing people. How to kill people, A to Z. I don't know if that's the title, but it's a good one.

There's a book called How Star Wars Conquered the Universe that has a very interesting chapter about this

There's a book called How Star Wars Conquered the Universe that has a very interesting chapter about this.

He just recommended a book which I'm really interested in that. I wanted to tell you about okay, because it sounds like it's right up here 1491 alley, okay called sapiens. All right a brief history of humankind.

It has a pretty remarkable thesis which is that humans can Humans didn't kill each other off Because they can cooperate in large numbers Because we have a ability a unique ability animals don't have to believe in things that exist only in our imagination huh, like government and money and God right and he said all of these things allow us to cooperate Like we talked about in our money episode.

He said it was amazing So and thank you for relating that.

He just recommended a book which I'm really interested in that. I wanted to tell you about okay, because it sounds like it's right up here 1491 alley, okay called "Sapiens". All right a brief history of humankind.

It has a pretty remarkable thesis which is that humans can Humans didn't kill each other off Because they can cooperate in large numbers Because we have a ability a unique ability animals don't have to believe in things that exist only in our imagination huh, like government and money and God right and he said all of these things allow us to cooperate Like we talked about in our money episode.

He said it was amazing.

He just recommended a book which I'm really interested in that. I wanted to tell you about okay, because it sounds like it's right up here 1491 alley, okay called sapiens. All right a brief history of humankind Oh, that sounds neat by Yuval Noah Harari love that guy and the

It has a pretty remarkable thesis which is that humans can Humans didn't kill each other off Because they can cooperate in large numbers Because we have a ability a unique ability animals don't have to believe in things that exist only in our imagination huh, like

He just recommended a book which I'm really interested in that. I wanted to tell you about okay, because it sounds like it's right up here 1491 alley, okay called "Sapiens".

All right a brief history of humankind Oh, that sounds neat by Yuval Noah Harari love that guy and the

It has a pretty remarkable thesis which is that humans can Humans didn't kill each other off Because they can cooperate in large numbers Because we have a ability a unique ability animals don't have to believe in things that exist only in our imagination huh, like

Government and money and God right and he said all of these things allow us to cooperate Like we talked about in our money episode. Yeah, it's like money has that paper has no value We just all agreed so it's essentially fiction right the whole concept of money, right?

You cited the conservative economist Charles Murray and his justifications for introducing UBI to the American economy. I'm sure you didn't realize this, but Murray is a particular favorite of white supremacists for his views on genetics and their contribution to social inequality between whites and people of color.

He has a book called The Bell Curve that is often cited as data proven evidence for white supremacy. It's also largely been debunked as pseudoscience.

you cited the conservative economist Charles Murray and his justifications for introducing UBI to the American economy... Murray is a particular favorite of white supremacists for his views on genetics and their contribution to social inequality between whites and people of color.

You cited the conservative economist Charles Murray and his justifications for introducing UBI to the American economy...Murray is a particular favorite of white supremacists for his views on genetics and their contribution to social inequality between whites and people of color.

He has a book called The Bell Curve that is often cited as data proven evidence for white supremacy. It's also largely been debunked as pseudoscience.

You cited the conservative economist Charles Murray and his justifications for introducing UBI to the American economy. I'm sure you didn't realize this, but Murray is a particular favorite of white supremacists for his views on genetics and their contribution to social inequality between whites and people of color.

He has a book called The Bell Curve that is often cited as data proven evidence for white supremacy. It's also largely been debunked as pseudoscience.

Scottish man in 1976 wrote his Wealth of Nations, which basically said the government should not interfere with matters of finance and economics.

Scottish man in 1976 wrote his Wealth of Nations, which basically said the government should not interfere with matters of finance and economics.

Scottish man in 1976 wrote his Wealth of Nations, which basically said the government should not interfere with matters of finance and economics.

There should be the invisible hand guiding all these principles.

Scottish man in 1976 wrote his Wealth of Nations, which basically said the government should not interfere with matters of finance and economics.

There should be the invisible hand guiding all these principles.

There's another guy named Peter Gray. He's a developmental psychologist, he has a book called 'Free to Learn' and founded a non-profit I believe with uh, yeah, Scanzoni called 'Let Grow'.

He basically says that you know if you look back through human evolution children, but their education was through play with their peers.

He has a book called 'Free to Learn' and founded a nonprofit I believe with uh, yeah, Scanaszi called 'Let Grow'. Little play on words there.

He basically says that you know if you look back through human evolution Children But Their education was through play with their peers.

And if you look at um societies and cultures in the world today that um I mean, how would you classify these cultures? Uh traditional societies?

Maybe but they say that that children of these cultures that still play and explore freely Um, if they're left to do that they will do so into their teen years

Um like that is their natural instinct is to be among their peers Free playing right and so like I think one of the problems that helicopter parents have with the idea of play is that like it's It's a waste of time the kid could be learning like cello or um, you know doing math flash cards are Like creating a better foundation for a better future for themselves And that if they're not doing that they're falling behind And so what Peter Gray and some of his ilk are saying is like no no no play Helps develop a child in ways that no other Thing you could possibly come up with their supervisor get them to do can Because this is what we've done all this time And this is how we built society is letting little kids play and figure things out on their own

There's another guy named Peter Gray. He's a developmental psychologist. He has a book called Free to Learn and founded a nonprofit, I believe, with, yeah, Skenezi called Let Grow.

Maya Angelou. Can't have any of that.

The Alabama State Textbook Committee said that I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings encourages bitterness toward white people.

Maya Angelou.

Can't have any of that.

Yeah, the Alabama State Textbook Committee said that I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings encourages bitterness toward white people.

Maya Angelou. Can't have any of that. Yeah, the Alabama State Textbook Committee said that I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings encourages bitterness toward white people.

The Alabama State Textbook Committee said that I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings encourages bitterness toward white people.

Brave New World by Huxley, insensitivity, nudity, racism,

Brave New World by Huxley, insensitivity, nudity, racism,

Brave New World by Huxley, insensitivity, nudity, racism,

Brave New World by Huxley, insensitivity, nudity, racism, To Kill a Mockingbird, like we mentioned, Harper Lee's classic because of offensive language and racism.

And the big one that I'm going to talk about is Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur, The Death of Arthur.

And I remember reading it and I was like, oh, my God, I'm going to die. I'm going to die.

And it turns out I could because that was that movie was specifically based on the death of Arthur.

And the big one that I'm going to talk about is Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur, The Death of Arthur. And I read this in college.

And it was tough. It was sort of like a bit of a modernized middle English. Yeah. It wasn't quite Chaucer. Wasn't that tough. But it was still a tough read.

And the big one that I'm going to talk about is Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur, The Death of Arthur. And I read this in college.

It was sort of like a bit of a modernized middle English. Yeah. It wasn't quite Chaucer. Wasn't that tough. But it was still a tough read.

And I remember thinking at the time, can I just watch Excalibur?

And he he he also kind of took the the focus off of the Celtic pagan mythology and really focused it onto the Christian mythology.

the big one that most of our modern stories are based on is Thomas Maleries Limorte, Dorther, the death of Arthur and I read this in college. Oh yeah and it was tough.

And it turns out it could because that was that movie was specifically based on the death of Arthur.

I started reading The Mysterious Affair at Styles, which I think was her first published work, um, last night. And it's just great. She just sucks you right in.

And it was her first serious work that wasn't published immediately. It wasn't published until 1920.

And this is the one that introduced the world to her chief detective for a lot of those novels, uh, Mr. Poirot, like we mentioned.

it, it pulls you right into this little country, English estate and all of the people on it. And you realize just after a couple of pages that you're already invested in them, which is pretty amazing.

I started reading The Mysterious Affair at Styles, which I think was her first published work, um, last night. And it's just great. She just sucks you right in.

And this is the one that introduced the world to her chief detective for a lot of those novels, uh, Mr. Poirot, like we mentioned.

Um, in that it, it pulls you right into this little country, English estate and all of the people on it. And you realize just after a couple of pages that you're already invested in them, which is pretty amazing.

I started reading The Mysterious Affair at Styles, which I think was her first published work, um, last night. And it's just great. She just sucks you right in.

in between the time she wrote snow upon the desert and The Mysterious Affair at Styles, which would be her first published book, I believe she, um, wedged a lot of life in there

And it was published until 1920. Um, and I think even after it was published, it wasn't an immediate catapult to success for her, but it was a, it was a remarkable first book to be published.

And this is the one that introduced the world to her chief detective for a lot of those novels, uh, Mr. Poirot, like we mentioned.

I started reading The Mysterious Affair at Styles, which I think was her first published work, um, last night. And it's just great. She just sucks you right in.

it's a really interesting book just right out of the gate. Um, in that it, it pulls you right into this little country, English estate and all of the people on it. And you realize just after a couple of pages that you're already invested in them, which is pretty amazing.

And this is like not her first book, but it was her first serious work that wasn't published immediately.

Probably not because you're so used to Kubrick's "Shining".

So what's the The Shining is probably the one I should read

That Stanley Hotel, the same one that inspired The Shining when Stephen King and his family vacationed there.

So what's the The Shining is probably the one I should read

Probably not because you're so used to Kubrick's shining.

And one of these writers in here, what's his name, Bill Bishop, he's from Texas. He wrote a book called The Big Sort.

And one of these writers in here, what's his name, Bill Bishop, he's from Texas. He wrote a book called The Big Sort. And he kind of makes a really good point that it's become a shorthand of not just a leaning of a state, but sort of a lifestyle.

R.L. Stine, who is sort of like a Stephen King for kids.

Yeah, Goosebumps.

Yeah, and I think I actually worked on one of his little TV shows, The Nightmare Room.

R.L. Stine, who is sort of like a Stephen King for kids.

Yeah, Goosebumps.

Yeah, and I think I actually worked on one of his little TV shows, The Nightmare Room.

Oh really?

Oh man, they were scary with the most ghastly illustrations you've ever seen. They're awesome.

And are those banned just because they're scary and ghoulish?

I guess so.

No, it's probably satanic too.

R.L. Stine, who is sort of like a Stephen King for kids. Yeah, Goosebumps.

And are those banned just because they're scary and ghoulish? I guess so. No, it's probably satanic too.

R.L. Stine, who is sort of like a Stephen King for kids. Yeah, Goosebumps.

Books like Murder in Mesopotamia and Death on the Nile and Murder on the Orient Express were all written during this period.

And then somewhere else I saw 103. So let's go with that. So let's talk about this Cozy Mystery or just mystery novels in general.

Um, that really catapulted her into superstardom, international superstardom too. Yeah.

Books like Murder in Mesopotamia and Death on the Nile and Murder on the Orient Express were all written during this period.

Murder in Mesopotamia and Death on the Nile and Murder on the Orient Express were all written during this period.

Books like Murder in Mesopotamia and Death on the Nile and Murder on the Orient Express were all written during this period.

And this is what really catapulted her into international superstardom as an author.