Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2024-04-13
Chris Williamson & David Brooks: books mentioned on Modern Wisdom #770
Why Is Everyone So Emotionally Detached? - David Brooks - #770
David Brooks is a columnist for The New York Times and an author. We’re often told to control our emotions, but is that actually what we want?
Chris Williamson recommended Why Buddhism is True by Robert Wright, and discussed The Obstacle Is the Way by Ryan Holiday, Ego Is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday, and The Art of Resilience by Ross Edgley. David Brooks recommended Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl, and discussed The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson and You're Not Listening by Kate Murphy.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Why Buddhism is True
Recommended“I just kept I I kept on seeing the same patterns come up in my personal relationships in the way that I deal with my business in how I feel when I record the podcast sitting in discomfort especially emotionally … there's this really phenomenal quote I took from … Robert Wes why Buddhism is true and he says is”
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The Obstacle Is the Way
Discussed“Ryan's book ego the enemy obstacles the way both been really formative for me”
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Ego Is the Enemy
Discussed“Ryan's book ego the enemy obstacles the way both been really formative for me”
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The Art of Resilience
Discussed“this whole sort of stoicism movement massive fan of it art of resilience by Ross Edgley … have been really formative for me”
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Man's Search for Meaning
Recommended“and then there's a I read about this later … from the classic book which I hope everybody's read called man search for meaning by Victor Frankl”
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The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
Discussed“and you mentioned social media my view in social media it's judgment everywhere understanding nowhere … and there's books out now the subtle art of not giving a [ __ ] and and girl wash your face”
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You're Not Listening
Discussed“there's a classic example of this I read about in a book called you're not listening by a woman named Kate Murphy and she's describing this focus group leader”
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Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged The social animal
“so I wanted to learn about emotions so I wrote a book about emotions called The Social Animal years ago”
Passing Girl, Wash Your Face
“and there's books out now the subtle art of not giving a [ __ ] and and girl wash your face”