Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2022-07-25
Books mentioned on 400k Q&A - Andrew Tate, Liver King & Red Pill Debates - #504
I hit 400k Subscribers on YouTube!! To celebrate, I asked for questions and got hundreds and hundreds, so here's another 90 minutes of me trying to answer as many as possible.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Art of Resilience
The Art of Resilience by Ross Edgley is a physical and mental conditioning guide detailing the author's extreme endurance feats and methods for developing mental toughness.
Recommended“Ross Edgley's book, The Art of Resilience, I think it's called. Uh whatever the one about him swimming around the UK was. And The Obstacle Is the Way by Ryan Holiday.”
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The Obstacle Is the Way
The Obstacle Is the Way by Ryan Holiday is a popular guide to applying Stoic philosophy to overcome severe life challenges and turn obstacles into advantages.
Recommended“And The Obstacle Is the Way by Ryan Holiday. They were pretty big influences.”
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The Moral Animal
The Moral Animal by Robert Wright is a popular science exploration of evolutionary psychology that examines how human behavior and modern morality are shaped by natural selection.
Recommended“The Ape Who Understood the Universe by Steve Stewart-Williams and The Moral Animal by Robert Wright are two of my favorite books of all time.”
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Models
Models by Mark Manson is a well-known dating advice and self-development book written for men to help them improve their confidence, understand attraction, and navigate modern relationships through honesty rather than manipulation.
Recommended“Yes, read models by Mark Manson and he will tell you that the best place to go is to think about what is the sort of person that I'm wanting to meet.”
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Don't Trust Your Gut
Don't Trust Your Gut by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz is a data-driven non-fiction book that uses big data and empirical research to help people make better decisions about major life choices, including health, happiness, and romantic relationships.
Recommended“Probably what I said earlier on. Um Don't Trust Your Gut by Seth Stephens Davidowitz. That's great.”
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Endurance
Endurance by Alfred Lansing is a gripping historical non-fiction account detailing Sir Ernest Shackleton's ill-fated 1914 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition and the remarkable survival of its crew.
Recommended“chriswillx.com/books, three that everybody should read, The Forgotten Highlander by Alister Urquhart, Endurance by Alfred Lansing, and Don't Trust Your Gut by Seth Stephens Davidowitz.”
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How to Think Like a Roman Emperor
Translating ancient Stoic philosophy into an actionable psychological guide for modern readers, How to Think Like a Roman Emperor by Donald Robertson examines the life and mind of Marcus Aurelius through the lens of modern cognitive behavioral therapy.
Recommended“So, I'm reading how to think like a Roman emperor again, which is Donald Robertson's, which is just amazing.”
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Case Against the Sexual Revolution
The Case Against the Sexual Revolution by Louise Perry is a contemporary critique of modern sexual culture and its impacts on women and society.
Discussed“So, Louise Perry, Case Against the Sexual Revolution, that episode did quarter of a million plays on YouTube and a ton on audio as well. And she got to number one in gender studies on Amazon and she sent me a screenshot on Twitter and said this is all because of the episode that we did.”
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