Episode · No Stupid Questions · 2023-01-13
Books mentioned on Do Good Deeds Invite More Bad Ones? | No Stupid Questions | Episode 48
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Gang Leader for a Day
Gang Leader for a Day is a bestselling sociological memoir by Sudhir Venkatesh that details the author's extraordinary years spent living alongside a Chicago street gang while conducting ethnographic research.
Discussed“If you ever read it sudir wrote an amazing book himself called Gang leader for a day that book caught the attention of a guy named Mark Zuckerberg”
Where to get it
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Man S Search For Meaning
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Emil Frankl is a memoir and psychological exploration detailing the author's experiences as a concentration camp inmate and outlining his approach to psychotherapy known as logotherapy.
Discussed“and I was thinking about Viktor Frankel as well the great existential psychotherapist who wrote Man's Search for meaning”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Freakonomics
“you may remember sudir from the first Freakonomics book If you ever read it sudir wrote an amazing book himself called Gang leader”