Episode · The Daily Stoic · 2023-08-23
Ryan Holiday & Kevin Rose: books mentioned on The Daily Stoic
Kevin Rose On Entrepreneurship, Zen Buddhism, And Being Vulnerable
Kevin Rose recommended Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh and Ego Is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday, and discussed Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu Suzuki and Animal Liberation by Peter Singer. Ryan Holiday discussed The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe and A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu Suzuki serves as a foundational guide to Zen practice, emphasizing an open, eager attitude devoid of preconceived notions.
Discussed“Because often times when you read, like even for me, you know, like if you read, say, one of the most famous Zen books, like um Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind, and and if you read that years apart, as I have now, over the say the course of a decade, you just have a much deeper understanding every time you”
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The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe is a classic work of New Journalism chronicling Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters and their psychedelic adventures across America in the 1960s.
Discussed“Um but actually I don't know if I should say this, but Tom Wolfe's estate reached out and they asked if I would write a new intro to The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. Have you read that book? No, I haven't. So in like the '60s Tom Wolfe wrote this book about Timothy Leary and like his band of merry”
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Delivering Happiness
Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh is a business memoir detailing the unique corporate culture, customer service philosophy, and community-building strategies behind Zappos.
Recommended“He had a great book called Delivering Happiness. Do you remember that book?”
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Ego Is the Enemy
Ego Is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday is a philosophical guide that warns against the destructive nature of ego and ambition while offering practical Stoic strategies for humility and perseverance.
Recommended“And then honestly like reading books like yours and I I remember Ego is the Enemy was a huge one for me.”
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A Farewell to Arms
A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway is a celebrated novel that chronicles a tragic wartime romance and the brutal realities of combat, known for its spare prose and poignant explorations of human resilience.
Discussed“There's a Hemingway quote that I love. I think it's in A Farewell to Arms. He says, you know, life breaks everyone but those it doesn't break it kills.”
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Animal Liberation
Animal Liberation by Peter Singer is a foundational philosophy text that galvanized the modern animal rights movement by arguing against the moral permissibility of animal exploitation.
Discussed“He's like the inventor of effective altruism; he wrote like Animal Liberation. Now, so he's like one of the first animal rights people, and then he came up with this idea, partly based on the Stoics, which he came up with his metaphor.”
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Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“I've read a couple books that, you know, like Zen books that needed to be put into audio format that hadn't been put in audio format, so I just paid to have that done; like things of that nature.”
“He's like the inventor of effective altruism. He wrote like Animal Liberation Now, so he's like one of the first animal rights people”