Episode · Timcast IRL · 2021-09-23
Books mentioned on Timcast IRL #377 - CCP Defector Says China LEAKED COVID, Leaked Documents Ignite Scandal w/Jack Posobiec
Tim, Ian, and Lydia join friend and fellow podcaster Jack Posobiec to break down DARPA's wise decision NOT to fund gain-of-function research in Wuhan, the CCP defector who claims China really is to bl
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Hunger Games
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is a young adult dystopian novel set in a post-apocalyptic nation where children are forced to compete in a televised death match.
Discussed“and I think it actually is Suzanne Collins yeah I'm afraid the Hunger Games right”
Where to get it
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1984
1984 by George Orwell is a seminal dystopian novel that warns against totalitarianism, constant surveillance, and the manipulation of truth and language.
Discussed“it's like a brave new Fahrenheit 1984 for Vendetta exactly so uh Luke it's like you are here but I'm like I think he's missing one I think it's only he's only got three because you think about it's like you got 1984 you got big brother censorship spying surveillance”
Where to get it
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Brave New World
Aldous Huxley's Brave New World is a chilling dystopian masterpiece depicting a futuristic society engineered through genetic manipulation, conditioning, and pharmacological distraction to maintain total stability at the cost of individual freedom.
Discussed“it's like a brave new Fahrenheit 1984 for Vendetta exactly so uh Luke it's like you are here but I'm like I think he's missing one I think it's only he's only got three because you think about it's like you got 1984 you got big brother censorship spying surveillance you got Brave New World video games”
Where to get it
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Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is a classic dystopian novel depicting a future American society where books are outlawed and firemen burn any that are discovered.
Discussed“it's like a brave new Fahrenheit 1984 for Vendetta exactly so uh Luke it's like you are here but I'm like I think he's missing one I think it's only he's only got three because you think about it's like you got 1984 you got big brother censorship spying surveillance you got Brave New World video games Instagram just dopamine”
Where to get it
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V for Vendetta
V for Vendetta by Alan Moore and David Lloyd is a dystopian graphic novel depicting a totalitarian society and a masked anarchist's violent campaign to spark a popular uprising against government overreach.
Discussed“it's like a brave new Fahrenheit 1984 for Vendetta exactly so uh Luke it's like you are here but I'm like I think he's missing one I think it's only he's only got three”
Where to get it
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The True Believer
The True Believer by Eric Hoffer is a classic philosophical and sociological study exploring the psychological underpinnings of mass movements, fanaticism, and why individuals gravitate toward dogmatic beliefs.
Discussed“Eric Hoffer in um in True Believer um the great longshoreman philosopher had this line back in the 1950s”
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