Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2025-04-17
Books mentioned on Why Women Say They Want One Thing But Date Another - Rob Henderson
Rob Henderson discussed How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker and Next Generation HALT and HASS by Kirk Gray and others.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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How the Mind Works
How the Mind Works by Steven Pinker is a comprehensive exploration of evolutionary psychology that argues the human mind is a system of computation designed by natural selection to solve problems faced by our ancestral hunter-gatherers.
Discussed“I always think of this famous this very nice line in in Steven Pinker's famous book, How the Mind Works. And it's something like most women would rather share John F. Kennedy than have Bobo the clown all to themselves.”
Where to get it
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Next Generation HALT and HASS
Discussed“But if marginalized groups aren't doing well, it's it's something wrong with society. And, you know, it's interesting sort of if you break this down politically, there's a really interesting book that just came out uh called Outraged by the psychologist Kirk Gray.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
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“You can buy my book. It's out in paperback. Troubled by Rob Henderson.”