Episode · No Stupid Questions · 2021-06-20
Books mentioned on Which Incentives Are Best at Boosting Vaccination, and Why? | No Stupid Questions | Episode 57
Angela Duckworth discussed Plato's Republic for today. Stephen Dubner discussed Influence by Robert B. Cialdini.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Plato's Republic for today
Plato's Republic for today by Πλάτων and William Boyd is a classic philosophical text exploring justice, the ideal state, and the nature of reality through dialogues and famous concepts like the allegory of the cave.
Discussed“a tiny bit older than The Hobbit in Plato's Republic glaucon Plato's older brother tells this story”
Where to get it
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Influence
Influence by Robert B.
Discussed“he is interesting because he says that he wrote the book influence so that we all of us civilians could be hip to the tricks”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (5) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Hobbit
“I was like is this from The Hobbit a tiny bit older than The Hobbit in Plato's Republic”
Passing The Lord of the Rings
“this is like the Lord of the Rings he seduces the queen he kills the king and he seizes the kingdom”
Passing Twilight
“by the way I don't know if you're a Twilight fan I assume you are not correct do you know what Twilight is a series of books”
Passing The Lord of the Rings
“and then as Stephen recalls he kills the king and takes over the Kingdom so not great PR for invisibility and a pretty solid argument in favor of Steven's invisibility is evil Theory as is H.G wells's The Invisible Man and of course J.R.R tolkien's Lord of the Rings”
Passing The Invisible Man
“and then as Stephen recalls he kills the king and takes over the Kingdom so not great PR for invisibility and a pretty solid argument in favor of Steven's invisibility is evil Theory as is H.G wells's The Invisible Man”