📚 3 Books mentioned in "Dangerous Thoughts: What is an Infohazard? | STUFF THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW" of Stuff They Don't Want You To Know
Podcast: Stuff They Don't Want You To Know
Episode: Dangerous Thoughts: What is an Infohazard? | STUFF THEY DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW
Published on November 4, 2024
Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode. Click on the links to watch specific excerpts on YouTube and feel free to purchase the books if they caught your interest!
The Demoiselle D'Ys
Buy The Demoiselle D'Ys by Robert William Chambers on Amazon
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 play, by the very act of experiencing that, you will go mad!
The hosts of the podcast discuss 'The Yellow King' by Robert W. Chambers, relating it to the theme of infohazards explored in the episode. They point out how the play included in the book is said to drive its readers mad, linking it to ideas from the horror genre.
The Department of Truth #2
Buy The Department of Truth #2 by James Tynion IV on Amazon
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.
The hosts of the podcast mention the comic series 'Department of Truth,' which explores the real-world implications of believed conspiracy theories. They discuss how the narrative suggests that widespread belief in an idea can lead it to become a reality.
The Selfish Gene
Buy The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins on Amazon
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 an idea, the kind of idea that endures over time like a memory, which can be copied or mimicked and shared like a memo!
The hosts of the podcast mention the book 'The Selfish Gene', written by Richard Dawkins, as they discuss the origin of the term 'meme.' They explain how the term relates to the concepts of 'memo' and 'mimic'.