📚 8 Books mentioned in "ROBERT GREENE | The Laws of Human Nature" of Modern Wisdom

204 01:02:53 but creating that space where you can reflect and have some distance from the world I think is very powerful and important 205 01:02:57 absolutely anyone who is listening 206 01:03:01 there's a very interesting definition of solitude which Cal Newport used from digital minimalism 207 01:03:05 and it's a different one to what most people will consider 208 01:03:09 a lot of people may think I spend time on my own and maybe drive drive a lot

The host mentions a definition of solitude used by the author from this book.

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5641 56:41 Yeah 5646 56:46 and enlightenment now whatever 5651 56:51 Yeah I read his books 5655 56:55 You know he's a very important thinker 5660 57:00 He's he's brilliant

The guest mentions reading this book by Steven Pinker to challenge his own biases.

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131 03:34 48 laws of power art seduction etc etc 132 03:39 well I can't see it as the culmination sort of the distillation of all that I've learned over excuse-me over 20 years of writing books and doing a lot of consulting work and just sort of observing people 133 03:44 and I wrote a book prior to this called mastery 134 03:49 and I had a chapter in mastery about social intelligence 135 03:53 and the idea is that you could be absolutely brilliant in your field

The guest mentions writing this book and discusses a chapter from it.

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222 01:04:06 can you tell them where they can find you online and where they can look to find some more resources or some more info 224 01:04:10 well the main site is my old website which is power seduction and war calm those the titles of my first three books excuse me power seduction the word Anne spelled out and war calm 226 01:04:17 power seduction the word Anne spelled out and war calm 227 01:04:21 and there you'll find links to the book 229 01:04:25 I did a motor book with fifty Cent called the 50th law

The guest lists this title as one of his first three books, used in his website name.

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105 01:30 my pleasure 106 01:35 Chris thanks for inviting me 107 01:39 so I have a very lovely story to tell you actually about one of the guys behind the modern wisdom project guy called Jordan who said that your book 48 laws of power was the sole reason that he studied history at university 108 01:44 apparently apparently somehow tesco big supermarket in the UK randomly had it on a shelf 109 01:49 he picked it up at the age of 13

The host tells a story about a listener who was inspired to study history solely by reading this book.

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5629 56:27 I can't help this 60 70 percent weren't on the negative side 5631 56:31 But I overcame my bias to some degree in order to include books by like Steven Pinker whom I hate like and stand his books 5631 56:36 But I read them sort of forced myself like our better angels you know 5641 56:41 Yeah 5646 56:46 and enlightenment now whatever

The guest mentions reading this book (or books including this title) by Steven Pinker to challenge his own biases.

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154 05:24 and I'm also trying to meet a really deep need that people have right now in the world today 155 05:29 I couldn't agree more 156 05:34 I recently interviewed Robin Hanson author of elephant in the brain 157 05:39 and most secret motives in the way that people behave was it is a way to expedite your movement through the world and and avoid pitfalls 158 05:43 I suppose with other people isn't it

The host mentions interviewing the author of this book and its theme.

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125 03:05 well I think you've you've definitely been paid that by Jordan 126 03:10 so 48 laws of power 127 03:10 I'm a massive fan of what we're talking about the laws of human nature today 128 03:20 Which is your new book as of October last year that script 129 03:25 fantastic

The host introduces the guest's new book, which is the subject of the conversation.

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