Episode · No Stupid Questions · 2021-11-28
Books mentioned on Why Do We Seek Comfort in the Familiar? (Replay) | No Stupid Questions | Episode 30
Stephen Dubner discussed A tree grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith and An Essay on Criticism by Alexander Pope. Angela Duckworth discussed Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman. Also mentioned: Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers by Robert M. Sapolsky.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers
Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers by Robert M.
Discussed“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”
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A tree grows in Brooklyn
A tree grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith is a classic coming-of-age novel depicting a young girl growing up in poverty in early twentieth-century Williamsburg.
Discussed“and there are other people who are like no I'm going to reread A Tree Grows in Brooklyn”
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An Essay on Criticism
Discussed“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”
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Thinking, Fast and Slow
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman is a popular science book exploring behavioral economics, cognitive biases, and the dual systems that drive human thought.
Discussed“dunning-kruger reminds me of something that Danny Kahneman wrote in his book thinking comma fast and slow which is a line I really love”
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Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing When elephants weep
“I know Robert sapolski the zebras don't get ulcers”
Passing A tree grows in Brooklyn
“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”
Passing An Essay on Criticism
“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”