Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2022-03-24
Books mentioned on Conspiracy Theories In New Age Cults - Derek Beres - #451
Derek Beres is an author & media expert, the Senior Editor at Eco & co-host of the Conspirituality podcast. Far left yoga mums and far right trolls aren't the most obvious pairing that you would put together, however these unlikely ideological allies have more in common than you might think.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Happiness Hypothesis
Jonathan Haidt's The Happiness Hypothesis explores ancient wisdom through the lens of modern psychological science, examining how timeless philosophical concepts apply to contemporary human well-being.
Discussed“And another part of this that Jonathan Haidt talks about in The Happiness Hypothesis is he says that um the reason that we love scandal and outrage is that it allows us to feel the moral emotion of outrage and superiority whilst having done nothing moral to earn it.”
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Hardcore History
“I remember I interviewed for my older podcast before Conspirituality, which is called Earth Rise. I got to talk to Dan Carlin of Hardcore History”