Episode · Stuff They Don't Want You To Know · 2024-11-04
Books mentioned on Dangerous Thoughts: What is an Infohazard? | STUFF THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Selfish Gene
The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins is a landmark popular science book that presents a gene-centric view of evolution and introduced the concept of the meme.
Discussed“He wrote this book in 1976 called 'The Selfish Gene,' and he took the word meme from the root of memo, mimic! And Wartman has this great quote summing it up, which I don't know, like we’re going straight to our pal Wartman here because he sums it up the best, I think! The quote is basically a meme is”
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The Demoiselle D'Ys
Discussed“Isn't Robert W. Chambers who wrote 'The Yellow King,' famously sort of memed in its own way in season one of 'True Detective'? And in 'The Yellow King,' the entire universe of that, which is very Lovecraft, and it's wrapped around... that's a nice Carcosa reference! The idea that there is some sort of play, and if you read the”
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The Department of Truth #2
Discussed“It's a comic series that you can get in these little graphic novel compendium things called 'Department of Truth.' Without spoiling it too much, it's based on a secret government society that attempts to ensure conspiracy theories aren't believed by enough people. It manifests in the real world.”
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