Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2023-11-30
Chris Williamson & Rob Henderson: books mentioned on Modern Wisdom #713
Why Is Everyone Acting Like A Victim? - Rob Henderson - #713
Rob Henderson is a psychologist, US Air Force veteran, and author of Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class. Humans are an odd species.
Rob Henderson discussed Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman, The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene and others, and The Son Also Rises by Gregory Clark. Chris Williamson recommended The Two-Parent Privilege by Melissa S. Kearney.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Thinking, Fast and Slow
Discussed“well yeah so so I think that we we we fall prey to um so so in that the classic psychology book Thinking Fast and Slow Daniel conman coined this term”
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The 48 Laws of Power
Discussed“there is a there is a uh one of the one of the chapters in in Robert Green's 40 Laws of Power where and the book is about the attainment of power”
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The Son Also Rises
Discussed“but I just read uh this book The Sun Also Rises by Gregory Clark who's an economic historian uh very well versed in the behavioral genetics as well”
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The Two-Parent Privilege
Recommended“did you dig into Melissa Connie's new one have you read that yeah I I just read it I finished it a couple of weeks ago excellent book excellent book yeah the two parent privilege dude”
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Plugged Troubled
“so did you know some of this research as I was writing writing my book that'll be out next year and then um I I wrote this essay that's uh that was in the Free Press A couple of years ago which basically”