Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2023-07-31
Books mentioned on Sam Harris - How To Feel More Connected To Yourself & Others (4K)
Sam Harris recommended A Guide to the Good Life by William B Irvine, Marriage Is by Bill Irvin, Why Buddhism is True by Robert Wright, and Beginning Game Development with Python and Pygame by Will McGugan, and discussed The Fast by Lou Engle and The Book of Mormon by Joseph Smith. Chris Williamson recommended Waking Up by Sam Harris and The Status Game by Will Storr, and discussed The Madness of Crowds by Douglas Murray.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Fast
The Fast by Lou Engle is a book centered on spiritual disciplines and fasting.
Discussed“certainly I notice young people now who are who appear almost neurologically incapable of watching a great movie from beginning to end without interruption you know what's cool if you Google the number of cuts in the first fast and furious movie compared to the number of cuts in the 10th Fast and Furious movie”
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The Book of Mormon
The Book of Mormon is a foundational religious text published by Joseph Smith in 1835 that details ancient prophets in the Americas and serves as the canon for the Latter Day Saint movement.
Discussed“if you if we knew more about it it would look much more like Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon and the and it would look like a you know the South Park episode that Mormonism in fact looks like”
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Waking Up
Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion by Sam Harris is an insightful exploration of meditation, consciousness, and the secular aspects of spiritual practice, bridging scientific rationality with inner awareness.
Recommended“and I I think that you make it very well in waking up which I told you before we'd started I think I've gifted my mum every Christmas for the last three years which has been a great assistance in me being able to get something delivered digitally the Night Before Christmas”
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A Guide to the Good Life
A Guide to the Good Life by William B.
Recommended“Bill Irvin this philosophy Professor um who wrote a great book the guide to the good life um has attract has a series on waking up that is really great”
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Marriage Is
Marriage Is is a concept explored by various thinkers in relation to philosophy and personal growth.
Recommended“I mean there's you know Bill Irvin this philosophy Professor um who wrote a great book the guide to the good life um has attract has a series on waking up that is really great”
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Why Buddhism is True
Why Buddhism is True by Robert Wright is an exploration of evolutionary psychology and ancient Buddhist philosophy that examines how the human mind creates suffering and how mindfulness can alter our perception of reality.
Recommended“I really enjoyed Robert Wright's book yeah yeah why Buddhism is true”
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The Madness of Crowds
The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity by Douglas Murray is a provocative contemporary commentary that investigates the cultural, social, and political shifts surrounding modern identity politics, intersectionality, and public discourse.
Discussed“me and Douglas Murray became friends just after he wrote The Madness of crowds and in that he's talking about the collapse of grand narratives”
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Beginning Game Development with Python and Pygame
Beginning Game Development with Python and Pygame by Will McGugan serves as a practical, foundational technical guide for aspiring programmers and game developers looking to build interactive software utilizing Python.
Recommended“you know will store who wrote that great great book for status game you know does this tribe somewhere that grows yams”
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The Status Game
The Status Game by Will Storr is a psychology and sociology book that explores how the universal human drive for social status dictates human behavior, interaction, and culture.
Recommended“you know will store who wrote that great great book for status game”
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“I mean that's why many people you I you know I've titled my book and my app waking up”