Episode · Conversations with Tyler · 2025-06-18
Books mentioned on Chris Arnade on Walking Cities
Most people who leave Wall Street after twenty years either retire or find another way to make a lot of money. Chris Arnade chose to walk through cities most travelers never truly see.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Plato's Republic for today
Plato's Republic for Today by Plato, translated and introduced with modern resonance by William Boyd, presents the foundational Greek philosophical dialogues concerning justice, the ideal state, and the education of a ruling guardian class responsible for maintaining societal order.
Discussed“one of the things I wrote about on both of pieces was I just kept thinking of, you know, them as a guardian class kind of incorporating Plato's republic. you know that they really do think of themselves as kind of as the guardian class whose goal it is to build the best society.”
Where to get it
