Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2024-01-13
Books mentioned on Banned On Instagram, Britney Spears & Alex Jones - Danny Polishchuk - #731
Danny Polishchuk is a writer, YouTuber, comedian and a podcaster. I was on tour in NYC so stopped in to see one half of The Boyscast and work out why hundreds of thousands of people were drunk and dressed as santa.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Coddling of the American Mind
The Coddling of the American Mind by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt is a sociological critique that examines how well-intentioned ideas and safetyism are setting younger generations up for failure, with a particular focus on the detrimental effects of social media.
Discussed“I mean of course I'm actually just listening right now to um uh Jonathan height the codling of the American mind and and they talk about like he's he's talking about like all the safetyism stuff where essentially it has these actual uh like negative outcomes”
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Everybody Lies
Everybody Lies by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz is a fascinating examination of big data, exploring how anonymous internet search queries and digital footprints reveal people's true behaviors, desires, and biases that they would never admit in public, to a therapist, or even to themselves.
Discussed“so this is from uh Seth Steven dz's book um uh everybody lies and he his argument was basically you tell Google things that you don't tell yourself or your journal or your partner”
