Episode · The Daily Stoic · 2021-12-04
Books mentioned on Arthur Brooks on Finding Happiness and Stoicism vs. Epicureanism
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Liar's Poker
Liar's Poker by Michael Lewis is a semi-autobiographical account of the author's turbulent experiences working as a bond salesman on Wall Street during the booming financial markets of the 1980s.
Discussed“Yeah and there's there's something about writing too like I'm I'm a huge fan of Michael Lewis and I what I think about when I think about his career is he writes all these you know he writes his first book Liar's Poker which is his sort of young memoir does these other books all very successful”
Where to get it
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The big short
The Big Short by Michael Lewis is a non-fiction account detailing the buildup of the housing market bubble and the financial crisis of the late 2000s through the eyes of contrarian investors.
Discussed“but you could also argue that sort of his his development as a writer perfectly intersects with the financial crisis in 2007-2008 and you get The Big Short.”
Where to get it
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The Great Influenza
The Great Influenza by John M.
Recommended“Yeah, I was I've talked about John M. Barry's book The Great Influenza, which is an incredible book that I think everyone should have read at the beginning of this pandemic.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Own book Lives of the Stoics
“I suspect one of the things that that bothers stoics about Epicureans and why there's this conflict and there was there was actually a a stoic named Diotimus who I write about in in Lives of the Stoics who who forges all these fraudulent letters accusing Epicurus of all these crimes”