Episode · No Stupid Questions · 2023-03-19

Books mentioned on 138. Why is Everyone Having Less Sex?

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Are we too busy watching Friends? Is porn driving us apart?

Angela Duckworth discussed Bowling Alone by Robert D. Putnam. Also mentioned: SuperFreakonomics LP by Steven D. Levitt and others.

Books mentioned, in the order they came up

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   SuperFreakonomics LP

   Steven D. Levitt; Stephen J. Dubner · at 9:52

   SuperFreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner is a bestselling pop-economics book that uses unconventional data analysis to explore hidden incentives, human behavior, and surprising societal phenomena.

   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

   Robert D. Putnam · at 16:29 · mentioned 2 times

   Bowling Alone by Robert D. Putnam is a seminal sociological study that examines the dramatic decline of social capital, community organizations, and civic engagement in American society over the latter half of the twentieth century.

   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”

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