📚 2 Books mentioned in "Do You Savor or Gobble? | No Stupid Questions | Episode 91 (Replay)" of No Stupid Questions

If you want to be depressed about our ability to succumb to that, I think of a book from maybe thirty years ago by Neil Postman called Amusing Ourselves to Death, which wasn't about binge-watching because it didn't exist, but it was about an engagement with media or entertainment.

In this segment, Stephen, one of the show's hosts, mentions Neil Postman's book 'Amusing Ourselves to Death'. He brings up the book while discussing how our engagement with media has affected our ability to savor experiences, linking it to the overarching theme of the episode that contrasts savoring versus mindless consumption.

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Finally, Angela describes the 'philosophical problem' of being plugged into a pleasure machine; there are several canonical references that fit this description, but Angela was likely thinking of the thought experiment described by American philosopher Robert Nozick in his 1974 book Anarchy, State, and Utopia.

In the episode, Angela discusses a philosophical dilemma related to the concept of being plugged into a pleasure machine. She references the thought experiment introduced by American philosopher Robert Nozick in his 1974 book, 'Anarchy, State, and Utopia', which serves as a significant point of discussion in the conversation.

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