Episode · The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett · 2021-05-31
Books mentioned on Johann Hari - Everything You Think You Know About Meaning & Happiness Is Wrong
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Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Lost Connections
Lost Connections by Johann Hari is a popular non-fiction book that investigates the social and environmental roots of depression and anxiety, arguing that modern alienation plays a primary role in mental distress.
Recommended“when people ask me at any point in my life they asked me to recommend a book i always say lost connections because it was that transformative”
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Chasing the Scream
Johann Hari's book Chasing the Scream explores the history and root causes of addiction, as well as the global war on drugs.
Discussed“oh chasing scream i have a really easy answer to that because only because um so chasing screams a book i wrote about the addiction and and the war on drugs and it's because it's the book that i've it sounds uh so fagrandizing and wanky but it's the book that i've seen do the most good in the world”
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Other Minds
Other Minds by Peter Godfrey-Smith is a profound and engaging exploration of the evolution of intelligent life, focusing specifically on the remarkable consciousness and biology of cephalopods like octopuses.
Recommended“so if you've been an expert for 30 years on uh just read a fantastic book about octopuses right if you guys spent 30 years studying octopuses he knows a [ __ ] ton of octopuses i'm very happy for him to stand above me and say let me tell you a little crazy [ __ ] about octopuses that”
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