Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2021-11-08
Books mentioned on Not Sucking At Fatherhood, DIY & Halloween - Alfie Brown - #395
Alfie Brown is a comedian and a podcaster. Adulting is hard.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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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“i'm reading a book a proof of johann hari's new book johann hari rose lost connections and chasing the scream”
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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.
Discussed“i'm reading a book a proof of johann hari's new book johann hari rose lost connections and chasing the scream”
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Stolen Focus
Johann Hari's Stolen Focus investigates the modern societal crisis of declining attention spans, arguing that this widespread inability to concentrate is not merely a failure of individual willpower, but the result of systemic external forces and pervasive digital distractions.
Discussed“so yeah he's got a new book out called stolen focus and it's about why we're more distracted why our attention is is being robbed of us and stuff”
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The God Delusion
The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins is a prominent popular science and polemical book that argues against the existence of a supernatural creator while critiquing the societal harms of religion.
Critiqued“i have suspicions with some non-fiction books like i don't think the god delusion needed to be that long that you just wanted to sell a big book just didn't need as a vanity thing”
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Atomic Habits
Atomic Habits by James Clear is a popular self-improvement guide that offers actionable strategies for building positive routines and breaking negative ones through small, incremental changes.
Recommended“this is why james clear's atomic habits was so good because it wasn't just this rote memorization game of how to do habits it was illustrated with examples from team gb cycling or from the chinese weightlifting team or from a speed reader or from someone that knows 17 languages or something that it was illustrated with personal examples”
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