Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2025-05-29
Chris Williamson & Scott Barry Kaufman: books mentioned on Modern Wisdom #947
How To Not Let Your Past Define You - Scott Barry Kaufman - #947
Scott Barry Kaufman is a Psychologist at Columbia University, a writer and podcaster. Why is victim culture so common in the West?
Scott Barry Kaufman discussed Generations by Jean M. Twenge, Building Community Among Adults of Different Generations by David Gene Vinzant, and The Coddling of the American Mind by Greg Lukianoff and others, and criticized The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Generations
Discussed“and Gene Twangi has has done a great analysis of this in her book generations. prior generation.”
Where to get it
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Building Community Among Adults of Different Generations
Discussed“But there seems to have been a cultural shift among youth where um and Gene Twangi has has done a great analysis of this in her book generations. prior generation.”
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The Body Keeps the Score
Critiqued“Um this notion that trauma is stored in the body I don't think is scientifically accurate. You know, the body keeps the score is like the number one. It's been on the New York Times bestseller list.”
Where to get it
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The Coddling of the American Mind
Discussed“a lot of people feel unsafe around ideas, around words, you know. Oh, uh, that's become a thing in the younger generation as as as Jonathan Height and Greg Luciano have talked a lot lot about in coddling of the American mind.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged Rise Above
“But if if I gave only that message then there'd be no point in write writing the book rise above um because we also have an agency as you said to compensate to do what we need to not you know what what's it going to do to help you to say oh I have the genes for shortness I'm”
Plugged Rise Above
“I um you can buy Riseabove and hopefully any bookstore or online bookstore. And I have the Psychology Podcast.”