Book · 2023 · nyt:advice-how-to-and-miscellaneous=2023-10-15
Scarcity Brain
Why people recommend it
Scarcity Brain by Michael Easter is an insightful book that explores why humans struggle with moderation and urges readers to rewire their craving mindsets to thrive with enough in a modern, hyper-abundant world. Steven Bartlett recommended the book on The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett, praising its practical advice on fixing craving mentalities and managing snacking habits. Michael Easter appeared on Huberman Lab to discuss his writing process, noting that he frequently drafted the book while traveling using physical notebooks. In an appearance on The Jordan Harbinger Show, Easter discussed the core themes of his work, highlighting how individuals continually struggle with moderation despite recognizing that abundance poses challenges. He shared a striking research statistic indicating that the average person today encounters more information in a single day than someone living seven hundred years ago would have experienced in an entire lifetime. Furthermore, Easter emphasized a central lesson from the text, arguing that putting in a little more physical work to acquire information ultimately leads to better outcomes and deeper understanding, contrasting this mindful approach with the modern impulse for instantaneous digital consumption.
Who recommended it
- Steven Bartlett Recommended
- Michael Easter Discussed
Steven Bartlett — 2 mentions
“but in your second book scarcity brain you talk about food again specifically you talk quite a lot about snacking”
“so the scarcity brain which is the newer book says fix your craving mindset and rewire your habits to thrive with enough”
Michael Easter — 1 mention
“...when I did scarcity brain like I'm traveling I'm doing all this stuff but I'm usually writing using these notebooks.”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker — 6
“In the book, one of the lessons I give is that putting in a little more work for your information can lead to better outcomes.”
“My book is called 'Scarcity Brain', which explores why individuals struggle with moderation despite knowing everything is fine in moderation.”
“The book group had to find the book, open it to the right page, read it, and then report back.”
“Information consumption has skyrocketed as well; an astounding statistic I found while researching my book reveals that the average person today encounters more information in a day than someone 700 years ago would have in their lifetime.”
“Thus, the crux of my book's message is whether addiction is a choice; perhaps this question isn't the most critical.”
“The information overload you write about in the book is the tipping point where more information doesn't do us any good and actually leads to worse, not better, decisions.”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
Other mentions (7: passing, ad reads, own books)
“so um my book scarcity brain which is coming out soon it has a whole chapter on this”
“and uh your book your newest book scarcity brain”
“so as part of this new book scarcity brain when you uh when you look at the diseases that kill humans modern humans it's heart disease”
“I mean I write about it in scarcity brain about um addiction and how we think about it”
“so in this book um scarcity brain there's this underlying question I have that is you know everyone knows that everything's fine in moderation and yet we all suck at moderation in some way or another in our life”
“so as I was reporting the scarcity brain I I ended up reading a lot of strange old texts”
“what's the book Michael where should people go the book is called scarcity brain it's available anywhere that anywhere anywhere will be where people get it dude”