Why people recommend it
The furious flycycle by Jan Wahl is a children's book featuring imaginative aviation adventures. Tim Pool mentioned the title on Timcast IRL while jokingly recommending a novelization of the Fast and Furious movie franchise. Later on Modern Wisdom, Sam Harris discussed the first and tenth films of the Fast and Furious franchise to illustrate a broader cultural point. He noted how media pacing has accelerated dramatically over the years, pointing out the vast difference in the number of cuts between the original film and the tenth installment, which he argued affects the attention spans of younger audiences who may struggle to watch classic films without interruption.
Who recommended it
- Sam Harris Discussed
- Tim Pool Recommended
Sam Harris — 1 mention
Discussed
“certainly I notice young people now who are who appear almost neurologically incapable of watching a great movie from beginning to end without interruption you know what's cool if you Google the number of cuts in the first fast and furious movie compared to the number of cuts in the 10th Fast and Furious movie”
Tim Pool — 1 mention
Recommended
“i recommend the book fast and furious”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
- The Fast Buck
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Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
Passing
“one of the best phrases that i heard and you know is trying to learn about sex from porn is like learning to drive from watching the fast and the furious and it's one of the things that i go back to”