Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2020-07-25
Chris Williamson & Andrew Scott: books mentioned on Modern Wisdom #201
Society Has Everything Wrong About Ageing - Andrew Scott - #201
Andrew Scott is an economist and an author. Society has never been so old and yet never had so long still to live.
Chris Williamson recommended The Precipice by Toby Ord, and discussed Unfit for Purpose by Adam Hart and Deep Work by Cal Newport.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Unfit for Purpose
Discussed“dr adam hart who wrote unfit for purpose which is an assessment of our evolutionary heritage and how it's misaligned with modern society saying all the same things”
Where to get it
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Deep Work
Discussed“i think it was cal newport's book deep work where i was reminded or i was first told what it is that we do in the workplace that we're complex decision engines”
Where to get it
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The Precipice
Recommended“and like i'm reading the precipice by toby ord at the moment which is on existential risk it's a very good meta-analysis of all different types of existentialists”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged The New Long Life
“and that's kind of why we wrote the new long life we have these smart new technology these longer lives rather than be frightened by them how do you make sure we actually seize the advantages of them”