Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2023-10-12
Books mentioned on Advice To Men Who Are Struggling - Connor Beaton
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Fight Club
Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk is a satirical novel about a disillusioned office worker who forms an underground fight club that spirals into an anarchist revolution.
Discussed“the one rule of men is very similar to the one rule of Fight Club right you know everybody's kind of seen Fight Club it's like a a tour to force on masculinity in many ways”
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Sapiens
Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari is a sweeping exploration of human history that traces the evolution of humankind from early ape-like species to modern society.
Discussed“and I think it was you Harari um in sapiens where or no maybe it was homod deas where he talks about how in the future the wars will be fought within inter subjective reality”
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Homo Deus
Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari is a sweeping exploration of the future of humanity, charting the transition from fighting famine and plague to pursuing immortality, happiness, and divine power.
Discussed“and I think it was you Harari um in sapiens where or no maybe it was homod deas where he talks about how in the future the wars will be fought within inter subjective reality”
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Own book Men's Work
“and then the book is just called men's work and there's a ton I I wrote it in a way where I wanted guys to have real work to do as they read through the book so you're not just going to read the book you're going to do a [ __ ] ton of work”