Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2022-02-10
Books mentioned on Joe Rogan & Spotify's Censorship Battle - Coleman Hughes - #433
Coleman Hughes is a writer, rapper, political commentator and a podcaster. Joe Rogan has been in the eye of the storm over the last few weeks.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Precipice
The Precipice by Toby Ord is a comprehensive examination of existential risks and the potential futures facing humanity.
Recommended“But uh Toby Ord's The Precipice, which is my favorite book on existential risk, unbelievable.”
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Revenant
“Like these people like I have no idea what they went through to to shoot that movie The Revenant with Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy, but my god, the stamina it takes is far greater than you would assume from the outside.”
Passing Matilda
“It's like this thing Oh, you didn't know Roald Dahl said basically justified the Holocaust, right? And now you know, and it makes you think about Matilda differently.”
Passing The Madness of Crowds
“It's always felt like this even when I spoke to Douglas Murray on his madness of crowds thing which is what two two and a half years ago now something like that.”