Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2021-03-04
Books mentioned on How Catching Covid Can Change Your Personality - Dr Diana Fleischman - #290
Dr Diana Fleischman is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Psychology at the University of Portsmouth and an author. When we get sick with a virus like Covid-19, our bodies respond, but our behaviour and personality also change in a number of important ways and sometimes, it doesn't change back.
Diana Fleischman recommended Animal Liberation by Peter Singer and The Moral Animal by Robert Wright, and discussed The Precipice by Toby Ord.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Animal Liberation
Animal Liberation by Peter Singer is a foundational philosophy text that galvanized the modern animal rights movement by arguing against the moral permissibility of animal exploitation.
Recommended“i i challenge anyone to listen to alex talk and synthesize stuff like peter singer's work and and everybody else that's in this space of like animal rights philosophy i suppose and not be convinced by the case not to eat meat”
Where to get it
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The Precipice
The Precipice by Toby Ord is an influential examination of existential risks and the long-term future of humanity written by a researcher at Oxford's Future of Humanity Institute.
Discussed“um i've gone down the existential risk rabbit hole recently with toby ord's work”
Where to get it
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The Moral Animal
The Moral Animal by Robert Wright is an influential exploration of evolutionary psychology that examines how natural selection has shaped human nature, morality, relationships, and social behavior.
Recommended“like the book that made me fall in love with it is the moral animal and um every other page i'm just reading this thing like this how to create a human document like from first principles that's just explaining how all of this stuff happens”
Where to get it
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