Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2024-06-27
Books mentioned on Joe Rogan Experience #1649 - Michael Easter
Joe Rogan recommended The War of Art by Steven Pressfield, and discussed The Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter. Michael Easter discussed The great shark hunt by Hunter S. Thompson and The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Comfort Crisis
The Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter is an exploration of how modern comforts and sedentary lifestyles negatively impact human health and well-being, advocating for the intentional reintegration of physical challenges.
Discussed“i don't think anybody's going to push back against this book you know”
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The War of Art
Steven Pressfield's The War of Art serves as a profound guide for creatives, entrepreneurs, and thinkers seeking to understand and conquer the psychological barriers that hinder productivity and inspiration.
Recommended“but pressfield talks about that in the war of art have you read that book i haven't read that book”
Where to get it
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The great shark hunt
The Great Shark Hunt by Hunter S.
Discussed“and then i read you know the great shark hunt and it was like holy [ __ ] / What is this”
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The Hero with a Thousand Faces
The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell is a classic study of comparative mythology that explores the universal pattern of the hero's adventure.
Discussed“look at joseph campbell i'm going to mess up this quote / But in his uh hero 1000 faces he's got this line”
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“well you have a problem with comfort the comfort crisis is it really a crisis i argue that it is a crisis one i don't have a problem with comfort uh i do have a problem with always being comfortable always leaning into comfort which is what we're doing now”
“but at the same time i think and i argue in the book the comfort crisis that we need these moments that push back at us and we need to sort of investigate these discomforts that we used to face in our evolutionary past”
“but at the same time i think and i argue in the book the comfort crisis that we need these moments that push back at us”
“anyway back to this push back against your book um you're writing about something that pretty much most people agree yeah i think but it's like do we really know how to get back into discomfort and like in the book i i argue that there are a handful of fundamental discomforts that we lost over time as the world”
“so in the book too i talk about you hear all this stuff that's like break up with your phone less time on your phone here are a thousand different ways to use your phone less”
“so i mean i the the way that the book is written as i tell this story of this hunt that i did in the arctic and that's the overarching narrative and as i'm facing these specific discomforts we used to face as we evolved then i sort of peel off and then i investigate each one in different sections”