Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2022-06-11
Chris Williamson & Susan Cain: books mentioned on Modern Wisdom #485
Why Sensitive People Enjoy Feeling Sad - Susan Cain - #485
Susan Cain is a best-selling author and speaker. There’s a tyranny of positivity in the modern world.
Susan Cain discussed The Odyssey and The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James Waller. Chris Williamson discussed Why Buddhism is True by Robert Wright and Bittersweet by Susan Cain.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Odyssey
Discussed“Odysseus in in the Odyssey, he's longing for for home. He's longing for Ithaca and that's what sets him off on his adventure.”
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The Bridges of Madison County
Discussed“So with love part of the lesson here There's a reason in the book I I I tell at some length the story of The Bridges of Madison County which was this blockbuster book and movie about this”
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Why Buddhism is True
Discussed“This really interesting line from Robert Wright's book Why Buddhism is True where he says that the original reading of life is suffering by the Buddha.”
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Bittersweet
Discussed“It's like yo, this is a a bittersweet emotion that I'm feeling. It's something kind of awe and dread and joy and sorrow and longing all kind of thrown together in this visual representation”
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Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Plugged Bittersweet
“Well, it's very interesting in that I thought that talking about sorrow and longing in this book Bittersweet, I I thought when I started this project that it was a pretty big departure from what I had done in the past.”
Plugged Quiet
“And it is, but what I'm finding is that so much of the way people are reacting to it is it's very similar to what I heard with Quiet in that so many people saying, "Oh, yeah, you know, this is who I really am."”
Plugged Bittersweet
“and the book Bittersweet is anywhere you usually buy your books.”