Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2020-01-06
Books mentioned on What I Would Tell My 18 Year Old Self - #131
Jonny & Yusef join me for the first episode of the new year as we ask each other what would we tell ourselves 10 years ago. If you were given a 30 second phone call to yourself 10 years ago, what would you say?
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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1984
George Orwell's classic dystopian novel 1984 portrays a totalitarian regime defined by perpetual surveillance, historical negation, and thought control.
Discussed“so for instance nineteen eighty-four is a Lindy book it's been around for five years four words therefore you can presume it's gonna be around for at least thirty five more”
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Nineteen Eighty-Four
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell is a dystopian masterpiece that examines totalitarianism, state surveillance, and the manipulation of truth through terrifying government control.
Discussed“So Lindy the Lindy effect is a metal model which describes the degradation of non-perishable goods and services I think it's just like items essentially so for instance nineteen eighty-four is a Lindy book”
