Episode · Lex Fridman Podcast · 2024-01-23

Lex Fridman & Ben Shapiro: books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #410

#410 – Ben Shapiro vs Destiny Debate: Politics, Jan 6, Israel, Ukraine & Wokeism

2 books · With Ben Shapiro, Steven Bonnell · Listen · Watch on YouTube

Ben Shapiro is a conservative political commentator, host of The Ben Shapiro Show, co-founder of The Daily Wire, and author of The Authoritarian Moment and other books. Steven Bonnell, aka Destiny, is a liberal political commentator and a live streamer on YouTube.

Ben Shapiro discussed The Quest for Cosmic Justice by Thomas Sowell and Critical Race Theory by Richard Delgado and others.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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  1. The Quest for Cosmic Justice

    Thomas Sowell · at 5:46 · mentioned 2 times

    The Quest for Cosmic Justice by Thomas Sowell is a critical examination of social justice policies and the limits of government intervention in society.

    Discussed
    “The Quest for Cosmic justice as Thomas Soul suggests is something that government is generally incapable of doing and more often than not botches and makes things worse”
    Where to get it
  2. Critical Race Theory

    Richard Delgado, Jean Stefancic · at 1:50:31 · mentioned 2 times

    Critical Race Theory by Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic is an accessible introductory text outlining the core tenets and academic framework of critical race theory.

    Discussed
    “that is the generalized theory of critical race Theory as proposed by for example jeene stanic and Richard Delgado in their book on critical race theory that has taken a softer form that we referred to as Dei”
    Where to get it
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Passing The Authoritarian Moment
“Ben Shapiro is a conservative political commentator, host of The Ben Shapiro Show, co-founder of The Daily Wire, and author of The Authoritarian Moment and other books.”