Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2020-04-30
Books mentioned on Going From Woke To Awake - Dave Rubin - #164
Dave Rubin is a political commentator, YouTuber & author. Politics is possessive, and as a thinking human you need a roadmap to guide your route out of the dogma and toward your true viewpoint.
Dave Rubin recommended The Madness of Crowds by Douglas Murray, and discussed Waking Up by Sam Harris and The Virtue of Nationalism by Yoram Hazony.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Waking Up
Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion by Sam Harris is an insightful exploration of meditation, consciousness, and the secular aspects of spiritual practice, bridging scientific rationality with inner awareness.
Discussed“because you may remember Ben Affleck was on Real Time with Bill Maher when sam Harris the the neuroscientist and really mindful thinker was on to talk about his book waking up a guide to spirituality without religion”
Where to get it
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The Madness of Crowds
The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity by Douglas Murray is a provocative contemporary commentary that investigates the cultural, social, and political shifts surrounding modern identity politics, intersectionality, and public discourse.
Recommended“you have red took us Maurice the madness of crowds right and this is one of the greatest writers on earth as a matter of fact when I was writing this book I was reading the madness of crowds at the same time and I have I have all of his books”
Where to get it
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The Virtue of Nationalism
The Virtue of Nationalism by Yoram Hazony is a political theory book that defends the nation-state and examines the historical and philosophical roots of nationalism against global governance and empires.
Discussed“so i reference the book that i have right here by your um Horizonte have called the virtue of nationalism and and i think you guys in the UK have a have a particularly unique experience related to nationalism”
Where to get it
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“I'm joined by Dave Rubin host of the Rubin report and author of don't burn this book”
“so on to don't burn this book why why did you write it”
“so you can get the book at dumper in this book com where we have a little brown books is our UK distributor so it's uh you can go to Amazon UK or wherever else you get books”