📚 5 Books mentioned in "Tim Urban: Tribalism, Marxism, Liberalism, Social Justice, and Politics | Lex Fridman Podcast #360" of Lex Fridman Podcast

I remember reading a book that talked about hiking the Appalachian Trail. You might miss those hot showers for a bit, but after a few months or years, you'd get used to it.

Lex references a book he read about hiking the Appalachian Trail while discussing how people adapt to changes, illustrating this point with the example of how individuals can learn to live without certain comforts over time.

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The dream is to have the good overpower the bad — have you ever read the Culture Series by Iain Banks? Not yet, but I get criticized daily by mutual friends for not having done so, and I feel like a lesser man as a result.

In a conversation about the balance between good and evil in societies, Lex asks Tim if he's read the 'Culture Series' by Iain Banks, highlighting it as a significant reference in their discussion.

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He's the author and illustrator of the amazing blog called 'Wait But Why,' and is the author of a new book coming out tomorrow called 'What's Our Problem: A Self-Help Book For Societies.'

Lex Fridman introduces Tim Urban, highlighting his new book, 'What's Our Problem: A Self-Help Book For Societies', which is launching the next day. He establishes that the podcast episode is based on this particular work.

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You wrote an incredible book called 'What's Our Problem: A Self-Help Book For Societies.' In the beginning, you present this view of human history as a thousand-page book where each page represents 250 years.

Lex Fridman highlights Tim Urban's book title while introducing key ideas that will be discussed in detail.

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It's very complex. Ezra Klein has a great book, 'Why We're Polarized,' where he talks about a lot of this.

Tim references Ezra Klein's book 'Why We're Polarized' to underscore the complexities of the current political landscape.

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Well, there is, I mean, with Dostoyevsky's 'The Idiot,' Prince Mishkin, and 'Brothers Karamazov,' there's Alyosha Karamazov, you err on the side of love and almost like a naive trust in other human beings.

In the podcast, Tim discusses Dostoevsky's 'The Idiot' and 'Brothers Karamazov' to illustrate themes of naive trust and love through the characters of Prince Mishkin and Alyosha Karamazov.

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