Episode · The Joe Rogan Experience · 2023-03-23
Books mentioned on Joe Rogan Experience #1959 - David Buss
David Buss recommended This Is Your Brain on Birth Control by Sarah Hill, and discussed On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin, The Murderer Next Door by David M. Buss, The prince by Niccolò Machiavelli, and The Blank Slate by Steven Pinker. Joe Rogan recommended When Men Behave Badly by David Buss.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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On the Origin of Species
On the Origin of Species by Charles Darwin is a foundational scientific text that outlines the theory of evolution by means of natural selection.
Discussed“you know and of course that's really what Darwin's first book On the Origin of Species was all about survival adaptations to survival”
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The Murderer Next Door
The Murderer Next Door by David M.
Discussed“you wrote a whole book on murder I wrote a whole book on murder yeah uh you know uh yeah the murderer next door”
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The prince
The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli is a classic 16th-century political treatise offering a pragmatic, unflinching guide on how political power is acquired, maintained, and wielded.
Discussed“this actually came from originally from the book The Prince which is one of these classic books where um there's an advisor to the prince who's advising him on all these”
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The Blank Slate
The Blank Slate by Steven Pinker is a widely read nonfiction book that challenges the traditional sociological doctrine that the human mind is entirely shaped by culture and environment at birth, arguing instead for a nuanced view of innate human nature and genetics.
Discussed“and his book The Blank Slate um lays all this out”
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This Is Your Brain on Birth Control
Sarah Hill's "This Is Your Brain on Birth Control" explores the surprising science of women's hormones and the unintended consequences of the birth control pill on behavior, psychology, and relationships.
Recommended“some of it done by Sarah hill by the way a professor at uh Texas Christian University the former student of mine and she's superb she's written a book called your brain on birth control which I recommended she would be cool to have on your podcast”
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When Men Behave Badly
When Men Behave Badly by David Buss is a comprehensive exploration of evolutionary psychology that investigates the deep-seated roots of sexual deception, harassment, and interpersonal conflict between sexes.
Recommended“He got the evolution of Desire the murderer next door the dangerous passion and uh when men behave badly all of it”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“you wrote a whole book on murder I wrote a whole book on murder yeah uh you know uh yeah the murderer next door”
“the dangerous passion why jealousy is as necessary as love and sex”
“if I were to alert your listeners to one I would say the first one to start with would be the evolution of Desire because that gives a broad overview of human strategies of human mating”