Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2018-10-30
Books mentioned on #1191 - Peter Boghossian & James Lindsay
Peter Boghossian is a philosophy instructor, activist, author, speaker, and atheism advocate. He is a full-time faculty member at Portland State University.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Mein Kampf
Adolf Hitler's autobiographical manifesto outlines his political ideology and antisemitic worldview.
Discussed“our paper that we wrote Mein Kampf was about yeah we had two two of them the did Mountain Comp one of them we just more or less replaced White's would replace Jews with white men and you you you'd literally took mine Kampf the actual words from my calm yeah and put it in this paper and replaced the”
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White Fragility
White Fragility by Dr.
Discussed“well Robyn D'Angelo's white fragility there's a study there's a study there's a study there's a study I know how”
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The Coddling of the American Mind
The Coddling of the American Mind by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt is a sociological critique that examines how well-intentioned ideas and safetyism are setting younger generations up for failure, with a particular focus on the detrimental effects of social media.
Recommended“and hi just published that a book coddling of the American mind and yeah and and and”
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On Liberty
On Liberty by John Stuart Mill is a seminal 19th-century political essay advocating for the absolute freedom of thought and expression.
Discussed“that's in John Stehr Mills book on liberty is it's not enough to have heard that the other side the argument from the other side exists you need to hear the best case put forward by people who really really subscribe to it”
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Own book Everybody Is Wrong About God
“that's a call everybody's wrong about God and it sounds like I'm just gonna go after religion but it's actually the culmination of my study of religious psychology”
Passing Dianetics
“you know l ron hubbard was at Dianetics or whatever”