Episode · No Stupid Questions · 2023-03-19
Books mentioned on 138. Why is Everyone Having Less Sex?
Are we too busy watching Friends? Is porn driving us apart?
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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SuperFreakonomics LP
SuperFreakonomics by Steven D.
Discussed“We wrote about this a little bit in Super Freakonomics; we're writing about prostitution actually as a sort of industry that we studied from economic and social perspectives.”
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Bowling Alone
Bowling Alone by Robert D.
Discussed“it's like a version of the bowling alone Theory from the sociologist Robert Putnam sexing alone the bully alone book was about how bowling leagues were going down”
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing Grit
“And I'm curious why you think that is, based on your knowledge of the psychological research from this project you're working on now, this new book about self-control.”
Own book Superfreakonomics
“we wrote about this a little bit in super Freakonomics”