The Hero with a Thousand Faces
Mentions in Episodes:
- Episode: Coleman Ruiz: Overcoming Physical & Emotional Challenges
Podcast: Huberman LabOne of the most important books in my life in the last 12 years has been Joseph Campbell's 'The Hero with a Thousand Faces' for the back end of the hero's journey, and I haven't read it.
- Episode: Expert AI as a Healthcare Superpower
Podcast: a16z PodcastAnd basically, what's happening is I think the theory is, you know, I'm kind of making this up, but there’s the theory of the Hero with a Thousand Faces or the idea of the Jungian hero's journey, which serves as the basis for all these plots in Star Wars and Harry Potter.