Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2025-12-29
Chris Williamson & Connor Beaton: books mentioned on Modern Wisdom (Dec 2025)
How to Stop Wasting Your Life - Connor Beaton
Connor Beaton recommended The Middle Passage by James Hollis. Chris Williamson discussed The Moral Animal by Robert Wright.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Middle Passage
James Hollis's The Middle Passage explores the psychological and spiritual crisis of midlife, utilizing Jungian psychology to guide readers through a transformative period of reassessment and maturation.
Recommended“And you know, in there's a a great Union psychologist named Dr. James Hollis and he wrote this book called The Middle Passage. And it's all about how we go through this kind of turning in midlife.”
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.
Discussed“I first read it in uh um not Steve Stewart-Williams. Robert Wright's The Moral Animal from 1993.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged Men's Work
“Yeah, the book is called Men's Work, um, which has been crushing and I'm working on a second one, which is fun.”