Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2024-04-04
Chris Williamson & Jonathan Haidt: books mentioned on Modern Wisdom
How Modern Life Is Making Us Less Happy - Jonathan Haidt
Jonathan Haidt discussed Friends by Robin Dunbar. Chris Williamson discussed The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Haidt.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Friends
Friends by Robin Dunbar is an exploration of human relationships and the evolutionary mechanics that govern our social circles.
Discussed“I've got I I need to bring this up so in in a robin dunbar's book friends which came out maybe 18 months ago he's got this phenomenal study”
Where to get it
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The Happiness Hypothesis
The Happiness Hypothesis by Jonathan Haidt is a popular psychology book that explores ancient wisdom through the lens of modern scientific research.
Discussed“and if you can remember it to talk about the happiness hypothesis because it it was one of the three books that got me into the world of EP and and and and really sort of made me fall in love with it”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged The Anxious Generation
“what I decided to do in writing this book and writing the anxious generation was I'm not even going to talk about the phones and social media until I've taken readers through what is childhood”
“but Greg and I did write about this in the coddling of the American mind that um there is a long-term transition over Generations as when life is hard and families are big”
“um you know even listeners who might have read the cing the American mind or might know about the importance of play there's really interesting research”