Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2018-10-08
Chris Williamson & Carl Cederstrom: books mentioned on Modern Wisdom #033
What Happens When You Dedicate A Year To Optimising Your Life & The Happiness Fantasy - Carl Cederstrom - #033
Carl Cederstrom is an Associate Professor at Stockholm Business School, an author of several books and a writer for The Guardian, The New York Times and Harvard Business Review. Carl dedicated a full year of his life to immersing himself in the Human Optimisation Movement.
Chris Williamson recommended The Wellness Syndrome by Carl Cederström and others and Desperately Seeking Self-Improvement by Carl Cederström and others, and discussed The Happiness Fantasy by Carl Cederström. Carl Cederstrom discussed The Culture of Narcissism by Christopher Lasch, The Triumph of the Therapeutic by Philip Rieff, Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett, and The Promise of Happiness by Sara Ahmed.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Happiness Fantasy
Discussed“And then we move on to his new book, which is called The Happiness Fantasy.”
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The Culture of Narcissism
Discussed“You have Christopher Lash writing in the culture of narcissism.”
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The Triumph of the Therapeutic
Discussed“You have Philip Rieff a little bit earlier than that speaking in the triumph of the therapeutic that really today we have lost faith in these various institutions”
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Waiting for Godot
Discussed“there's this sort of back and forth between Vladimir and Estragon in Samuel Beckett's play, Waiting for Godot.”
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The Promise of Happiness
Discussed“Sara Ahmed wrote this book The Promise of Happiness, and and and she makes a really good point”
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The Wellness Syndrome
Recommended“I will make sure that the link to Desperately Seeking Self-Improvement, The Wellness Syndrome, and The Happiness Fantasy”
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Desperately Seeking Self-Improvement
Recommended“I will make sure that the link to Desperately Seeking Self-Improvement, The Wellness Syndrome, and The Happiness Fantasy”
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Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“And we wrote a book a number of years ago called The Wellness Syndrome, which was really a critical diagnosis of what we call a wellness society”
“So so the book that you were supposed to interview me about, the the happiness fantasy, it's a book that That That was the book that I had to write in 1 month's time.”
“How to Win Friends and Influence People.”
“Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill.”