Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2024-01-22
Books mentioned on Lessons From Psychology For The Real World - Rory Sutherland (4K)
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Status Game
The Status Game by Will Storr is a thought-provoking non-fiction exploration of how human behavior is fundamentally driven by a universal, evolutionary obsession with social status.
Discussed“and you've obviously read I you probably interviewed the author of the status game have you st yeah yeah which is a fascinating book”
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Everybody Lies
Everybody Lies by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz is a fascinating examination of big data, exploring how anonymous internet search queries and digital footprints reveal people's true behaviors, desires, and biases that they would never admit in public, to a therapist, or even to themselves.
Discussed“did you read Seth Stevens dz's book everybody lies”
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Don't Trust Your Gut
Don't Trust Your Gut by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz is a data-driven self-help book that uses unconventional statistics and digital insights to help readers optimize everyday decisions, from relationships to daily habits.
Discussed“and then he did another book called don't trust your gut”
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The Naked Jape
Discussed“Jimmy Carr actually wrote that co-wrote that book with Lucy Greaves the naked jape which is a absolutely fascinating kind of Investigation into the The evolutionary origins of comedy”
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Blood, brains & beer
Critiqued“if you read his books one of his books is terrible weirdly which I think it's called blood brains and beer it's his autobiography”
