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Every book Ben Joseph Stewart recommended on podcasts
Ben Joseph Stewart appeared on Timcast IRL to analyze societal trends, theories of human evolution, and historical cycles. During the episode, Stewart recommended the book 'What Technology Wants' by Kevin Kelly, using it to explain differing schools of thought surrounding evolution and contingency theory. He also discussed William Strauss and Neil Howe's influential book 'The Fourth Turning,' directing attention specifically to chapter six, which he noted contains eerie predictions mapping directly onto contemporary crisis and winter periods. Furthermore, Stewart brought up Rick Strassman's book 'DMT: The Spirit Molecule' to introduce the historical context of psychedelics and the long prohibition surrounding clinical research on the compound. By referencing these diverse works, Stewart provided listeners with a broad intellectual framework encompassing technological progression, generational cycles, and the history of human consciousness.
Books recommended by Ben Joseph Stewart
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What Technology Wants
What Technology Wants by Kevin Kelly is a visionary examination of human evolution, culture, and technology, famously framing technological innovation as a living, breathing seventh kingdom of life known as the technium.
Recommended“well here's the reason why i want to say that there's a really interesting book called what technology wants and it talks about evolution and it says there's two main camps and one is the contingency theory”
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DMT: The Spirit Molecule
DMT: The Spirit Molecule by Rick Strassman documents the author's pioneering clinical research into dimethyltryptamine as the first federally approved study of psychedelics in humans at the University of New Mexico.
Discussed“so if any of uh your listeners know dr rick strasman he wrote dmt the spirit molecule what he did was there was a long prohibition on psychedelics”
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The fourth turning
The Fourth Turning by William Strauss and Neil Howe is a generational theory book that argues history moves in repeating eighty-year cycles consisting of four distinct turnings, culminating in a major societal crisis or generational upheaval.
Discussed“but in chapter six of the book the fourth turning there's eerie like very eerie kinds of predictions that go right into what you could call now the winter period the crisis period”
Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
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| Timcast IRL #237 - The "Fourth Turning" Predicts Societal Collapse Then "New World Order" w/ Ben Stewart | Timcast IRL | 2021-03-05 | 3 |