Episode · This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von · 2023-08-29
Theo Von & Jordan Peterson: books mentioned on This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von #460
Jordan Peterson | This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von #460
Jordan Peterson discussed 1984 by George Orwell and The Population Bomb by Paul R. Ehrlich.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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1984
1984 by George Orwell is a classic dystopian novel depicting a totalitarian regime characterized by extreme surveillance, historical denial, and psychological manipulation.
Discussed“I think it would bring in and has already in China I think it'll bring in a totalitarian tyranny so 100 complete that it would make George Orwell's 1984 look like a picnic”
Where to get it
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The Population Bomb
The Population Bomb by Paul R.
Discussed“Ehrlich was a man who wrote a book called the population bomb and he said we were all going to be star serving by the year 2000 and that commodity prices basic Commodities would become extremely scarce and their price would Skyrocket out of sight”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing 1984
“It would be— I think it would bring in, and has already in China, I think it'll bring in a totalitarian tyranny so 100% complete that it would make George Orwell's 1984 look like a picnic.”