📚 3 Books mentioned in "Why Do We Seek Comfort in the Familiar? (Replay) | No Stupid Questions | Episode 30" of No Stupid Questions
Podcast: No Stupid Questions
Episode: Why Do We Seek Comfort in the Familiar? (Replay) | No Stupid Questions | Episode 30
Published on January 13, 2023
Here’s a list of all the books mentioned in this episode. Click on the links to watch specific excerpts on YouTube and feel free to purchase the books if they caught your interest!
A tree grows in Brooklyn
Buy A tree grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith on Amazon
and there are other people who are like no I'm going to reread A Tree Grows in Brooklyn and I don't know that there's anything more right about either of those approaches
Angela Duckworth mentions rereading this book as an example of seeking comfort in familiar things during difficult times.
An Essay on Criticism
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the most famous version of this idea at least as far as I know comes from the British writer and satiris Alexander Pope who in his essay on criticism wrote a little learning is a dangerous thing drink deep or taste not the purion spring there shallow drafts intoxicate the brain and drinking largely sobers us again
Stephen Dubner mentions Alexander Pope and his essay, quoting a famous passage about 'a little learning'.
Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers
Buy Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers by Robert M. Sapolsky on Amazon
so as you were talking about the rats I was thinking about the research by Robert sapolski about novelty seeking an age I know Robert sapolski the zebras don't get ulcers guy at Stanford
Stephen Dubner mentions Robert Sapolsky and his book title when discussing Sapolsky's research on novelty seeking and age.