Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2024-01-13
Chris Williamson & Danny Polishchuk: books mentioned on Modern Wisdom #731
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.
Chris Williamson discussed The Coddling of the American Mind by Greg Lukianoff and others and Everybody Lies by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz.
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 investigates how modern safetyism, declining childhood resilience, and the rapid rise of social media are negatively impacting the mental health and emotional development of younger generations.
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”
Where to get it
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Everybody Lies
Everybody Lies by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz is a data-driven exploration of human behavior that reveals what people actually think, feel, and desire by analyzing anonymous internet search queries and big data.
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”
Where to get it
