Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2024-06-27
Books mentioned on Joe Rogan Experience #1911 - Mark Boal
Mark Boal discussed Saving Private Ryan. Joe Rogan recommended Blank Slate, the Noble Savage, and the Ghost In the Machine by Stephen Pinker, and discussed Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Saving Private Ryan
Saving Private Ryan is a critically acclaimed epic war film directed by Steven Spielberg that depicts the brutal realities of the D-Day invasion and a subsequent dangerous mission to retrieve a paratrooper.
Discussed“uh when I was in Baghdad one of the things I was struck by was the this ceaseless like hamster wheel repetition of the war that it wasn't organized around a single Mission it was this feudal attempt to try to find all these bombs that had been dispersed throughout the country by the counterinsurgency so I couldn't organize it”
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Sapiens
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari is a sweeping exploration of how Homo sapiens evolved, dominated the planet, and constructed complex imaginary orders like religion, money, and nations.
Discussed“did you read that book there I think it was called sapiens yes because when you were talking about the um Ancient Man it made me think of that because I one of the things I remember from that book was that the homo sapien at least if I I could be misremembering this so correct me if I'm wrong”
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Blank Slate, the Noble Savage, and the Ghost In the Machine
Blank Slate, the Noble Savage, and the Ghost In the Machine is an influential work of popular science and philosophy by Stephen Pinker that explores human nature and the historical trajectory of violence.
Recommended“well there's most certainly thinking if you you know study Stephen pinker's work this is the safest like most understanding least racist least violent least rapey time in human history If you go back and think of all the horrific crimes that have been committed since the beginning of time and you look at them on a scale even though”
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