Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2024-06-10
Chris Williamson & Ryan Holiday: books mentioned on Modern Wisdom (Jun 2024)
Stoic Philosophy From 2000 Years Ago - Ryan Holiday
Chris Williamson discussed Zero to One by Peter Thiel and others. Ryan Holiday recommended Churchill by Martin Gilbert and Son by Lois Lowry, and discussed The Virtue of Selfishness by Ayn Rand and others, Meditations by Aurelius Marcus, Just Babies by Paul Bloom, The Theory of Moral Sentiments by Adam Smith, and The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Zero to One
Discussed“competition is for losers when people compete someone loses so go away you're the only one do what only you can run a race with yourself yeah uh that's a great line in zero to one that I've always loved”
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Churchill
Recommended“there's a great book called Churchill and Son about Churchill's relationship with his own son which was so much better than his relationship with his own father”
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Son
Recommended“there's a great book called Churchill and Son about Churchill's relationship with his own son which was so much better than his relationship with his own father”
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Meditations
Discussed“there's a copy of his medit of his there's his copy of meditations is there with his underlines of like these things”
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Just Babies
Discussed“is this psychologist Paul Bloom like even babies he has a wrote this book called just babies like justice”
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The Theory of Moral Sentiments
Discussed“Adam Smith wrote this book called the theory of moral sentiments before he wrote ”
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The Wealth of Nations
Discussed“Adam Smith wrote this book called the theory of moral sentiments before he wrote ”
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Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged Right Thing, Right Now
“like an obscure ”
Passing The Courage to Be Disliked
“the power of low self-esteem you know in the courage to be disliked the subtle art like it's kind of in that that sort of oxymoron kind of way”
Plugged Right Thing, Right Now
“and then the new book is right thing right now ”