Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2022-09-19

Chris Williamson & Kristina Durante: books mentioned on Modern Wisdom #528

Can Women Have A Career And A Family? - Kristina Durante - #528

2 books · With Kristina Durante · Listen · Watch on YouTube

Kristina Durante is a professor of marketing at Rutgers Business School and a social psychologist who studies the biology of decision-making and evolution of female psychology. For the first time in history, many women have the opportunity to pursue a career as their primary life path.

Chris Williamson discussed The Paradox of Choice by Barry Schwartz and The Moral Animal by Robert Wright.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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1. 

   The Paradox of Choice

   Barry Schwartz · at 1:01:10

   The Paradox of Choice by Barry Schwartz examines how an overabundance of options in modern life leads to anxiety, decision fatigue, and reduced satisfaction, categorizing people as either maximizers or satisficers.

   Discussed

   “as i was reading through some of your work i kept on thinking about barry schwartz is the paradox of choice”

   Chris Williamson Can Women Have A Career And A Family? - Kristina Durante - #528 2022-09-19 Listen at 1:01:10

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   The Moral Animal

   Robert Wright · at 1:22:29

   The Moral Animal by Robert Wright is an influential exploration of evolutionary psychology that examines how natural selection has shaped human nature, morality, relationships, and social behavior.

   Discussed

   “robert writes the moral animal was the first thing i ever read about evolutionary psychology”

   Chris Williamson Can Women Have A Career And A Family? - Kristina Durante - #528 2022-09-19 Listen at 1:22:29

   Where to get it

   AmazonListen on Audible