Book · 2004 · Drama
Hamlet
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Thus conscience does make cowards of us all.
Chris Williamson · Modern Wisdom · May 2026 The best things said about it
Do Do you need to read Hamlet at this point? Like, I don't know. I'm glad I'm glad I did, I guess, but Or maybe you do, and that's what makes us uniquely human is our you know, artistic ability.
Reading Hamlet, Shakespeare, Dostoevsky, Jane Austen of course that was essential for one's own education.
Tyler Cowen Conversations with Tyler · Jul 2016 Take Shakespeare's play Hamlet this year there have already been at least 35 edits to that entry.
Tyler Cowen Conversations with Tyler · Nov 2020 Hamlet should be available for free online in a well-supported way.
Jimmy Wales The Tim Ferriss Show · Aug 2021 Where and when it comes up
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William Shakespeare's classic play Hamlet follows the tragic Prince of Denmark as he grapples with grief, betrayal, and the heavy burden of avenging his father's murder. Jason Calacanis mentioned the play on This Week in Startups while debating whether traditional education remains essential in an era dominated by intelligence technology, suggesting that artistic works like Hamlet are what make humans uniquely human. On Interesting Times, Ross Douthat referenced the work to challenge Jennifer Frey regarding what elevates Shakespeare above standard popular fiction. Chris Williamson brought up the play on Modern Wisdom to explore self-awareness and how excessive thought can prevent action. Similarly, Tyler Cowen discussed the text on How I Write in relation to Camille Paglia's analytical perspectives, while Jordan Peterson addressed it on The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast to criticize the cultural marginalization of classic literature. Finally, Josh Clark cited the play on Stuff You Should Know while examining historical depictions of ghosts wearing suits of armor rather than bedsheets.
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Jay Shetty Everyone should check out the book, 'Gut Feelings' and tune in to 'The Art of Being Well' podcast for deepe… 3
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“If you don't have that book yet, I want you to go in order right now and get Gut Feelings.”
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“One of the things that I love is the name of the new book, Gut Feelings.”
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“Everyone should check out the book, 'Gut Feelings' and tune in to 'The Art of Being Well' podcast for deeper insights.”
Tyler Cowen Camille poglia once said if you look at Hamlet too closely most of it just doesn't make sense I'm not sure… 3
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“Camille poglia once said if you look at Hamlet too closely most of it just doesn't make sense I'm not sure that's true”
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“even for a fairly fixed historical topic take shakespeare's play hamlet this year there have already been at least 35 edits to that entry”
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“so if I say well reading Hamlet Shakespeare Dostoevsky Jane Austen of course that was essential for one's own education”
Jordan Peterson In general, the ditching of the classics where we said, 'Oh well, look at the list of books that students a… 2
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“In general, the ditching of the classics where we said, 'Oh well, look at the list of books that students are to read—Maya Angelou, Shakespeare.'”
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“but more particularly it arose in the humanities departments especially in in departments that were associated concentrating on literary criticism because the literary critics especially the french the post-modernist types came to a similar realization at some point um i'm condensing a lot of work here but their basic proposition was um well how do you know when you've landed”
Chris Williamson Thus conscience does make cowards of us all. 1
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“Thus conscience does make cowards of us all.”
Jimmy Wales So, somebody started to upload into Wikipedia the full text of Hamlet, for example. And that was like, "Oka… 1
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“So, somebody started to upload into Wikipedia the full text of Hamlet, for example. And that was like, "Okay, what do we What do we think about that?" And I was like, "You know what? I Hamlet should be available for free online in a well-supported way, but it's not an encyclopedia article.”
Josh Clark particularly Hamlet uh Hamlet's father when he comes back 1
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“particularly Hamlet uh Hamlet's father when he comes back”
Joyce Carol Oates measure for a measure just not as popular as hamlet it's not as important to play but it has wonderful thin… 1
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“measure for a measure just not as popular as hamlet it's not as important to play but it has wonderful things in it try this in cressida is a fascinating play of shakespeare but if you're only going to teach two or three plays of shakespeare you would not be teaching troilus and cressida you would be teaching macbeth and”
Neil deGrasse Tyson the subtitle is the undiscovered country right which is hamlet 1
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“the subtitle is the undiscovered country right which is hamlet”
Reginald Dwayne Betts and Hamlet and we were holding up Hamlet when he said blah blah 1
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“and Hamlet and we were holding up Hamlet when he said blah blah”
Ross Douthat That lets us tell that we should be reading Hamlet before or distinct from reading the firm or a time to ki… 1
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“That lets us tell that we should be reading Hamlet before or distinct from reading the firm or a time to kill because Hamlet.”
Theo Von I was reading this book about soldiers in World War II, and they were at the point where they knew they wer… 1
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“I was reading this book about soldiers in World War II, and they were at the point where they knew they were in a situation where they were going to die. There were no ifs, ands, or buts—they knew they were gonna die.”
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“Do Do you need to read Hamlet at this point? Like, I don't know. I'm glad I'm glad I did, I guess, but Or maybe you do, and that's what makes us uniquely human is our you know, artistic ability”
Other mentions (5: passing, ad reads, own books)
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“and Hamlet by Shakespeare, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradberry, and Frankenstein by Mary Shelley.”
Passing
“Well, if you compare March 15th, and as Shakespeare said, "Beware the Ides of March."”
Passing
“One of the attorneys in the case actually used the analogy: a drunken monkey can eventually type Hamlet, there's this kind of old saw about how randomly typing you'll eventually type Hamlet, but why should we outsource our redistricting to a drunken monkey?”
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“I mean, somebody started uploading the full text of Hamlet, for example, and we said, hmm, wait, hold on a second.”
Passing
“He said they feel disjointed, like tearing the pages from William Shakespeare's Macbeth or Hamlet, wherein you might take the first act and then skip to the last act before pasting the pages on the wall and declaring it Shakespeare.”