Episode · Timcast IRL · 2022-08-25
Books mentioned on Timcast IRL #601 - FBI Ordered NOT To Investigate Hunter Biden Says Whistleblower w/James Lindsay
Tim, Ian, and Lydia host commentator and author James Lindsay to analyze the FBI warning agents to ignore Hunter Biden's laptop, trans activist swatting Marjorie Taylor Greene, Biden's plan to relieve thousands of dollars in student loan debt, and California's announcement that they will ban gas powered cars by 2035.
James Lindsay discussed Repressive Tolerance by Herbert Marcuse, Dialectic of Enlightenment by Max Horkheimer and others, Thought reform and the psychology of totalism by Robert Jay Lifton, Limits to Growth by Donella Meadows and others, and The End of History and the Last Man by Francis Fukuyama. Tim Pool discussed Cynical Theories by Helen Pluckrose and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Repressive Tolerance
Discussed“so that what we're actually living through is kind of the the logic of this essay from 1965 called repressive tolerance”
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Dialectic of Enlightenment
Dialectic of Enlightenment by Max Horkheimer, Theodor W.
Discussed“sam harris comes off to me as the fulfillment of the the critical theory magnum opus called dialectic of enlightenment”
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Thought reform and the psychology of totalism
Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism by Robert Jay Lifton is a renowned psychological study examining the mechanisms of brainwashing, ideological reform, and totalistic control implemented in China.
Discussed“like i read this book it was called thought reform in the psychology of totalism by robert j lifton”
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Limits to Growth
Limits to Growth by Donella Meadows, Jorgen Randers, and Dennis Meadows is a foundational 1972 report commissioned by the Club of Rome that models the consequences of unchecked industrialization against finite global resources.
Discussed“because there was a book in 1972 published by the club of rome called the limits to growth”
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The End of History and the Last Man
The End of History and the Last Man by Francis Fukuyama is a prominent political science and philosophy book arguing that the worldwide spread of liberal democracies may signal the endpoint of humanity's sociocultural evolution.
Discussed“and the last man was the title of the 1989 book by francis fukuyama”
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Cynical Theories
Cynical Theories by Helen Pluckrose and James Lindsay is a critical examination of postmodernism, social justice scholarship, and modern political ideologies.
Discussed“james we just read cynical theories that was an amazing book”
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Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“i wrote a book in february called race marxism that's about critical race theory so yeah”
“the title of the book is going to be the marxification of education and i'm aiming you know”