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Every book Darrin Burnett recommended on podcasts
Key facts
- Darrin Burnett has recommended or discussed 8 books on podcasts, as of May 31, 2024.
- Darrin Burnett has talked about books on 1 podcast, as of May 31, 2024.
- Those books came up in 1 episode, as of May 31, 2024.
- The 3 books Darrin Burnett has mentioned in the most episodes, as of May 31, 2024: Addiction by Design, Objectivity and The Confidence Man.
- The latest episode with a book mention from Darrin Burnett aired on May 31, 2024.
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Darrin Burnett’s most recommended books
- Addiction by Design by Natasha Dow Schüll
- Objectivity by Lorraine Daston
- The Confidence Man by Herman Melville
- Jim Fixx's second book of running by James F. Fixx
- Suspensions of Perception by Jonathan Crary
- Taking Care of Youth and the Generations by Bernard Stiegler
- The Attention Economy by Thomas H. Davenport
- The Wings of the Dove by Henry James
Darrin Burnett appears on analytical and cultural podcasts such as The Ezra Klein Show, where discussions center around the history of science, the attention economy, digital distraction, and human behavior. As a scholar studying technology and society, Burnett brings an interdisciplinary perspective, drawing on historical texts, specialized academic studies, and philosophy to contextualize how modern technology captures human focus. At the conclusion of his podcast appearance, Burnett offered several book recommendations. He highlighted Natasha Dow Schüll’s 'Addiction by Design' for its deep dive into the mechanics of machine gambling and behavioral capture, Peter Galison and Lorraine Daston’s 'Objectivity' as an essential, rigorous text on the history of scientific observation, and Herman Melville’s lesser-known novel 'The Confidence-Man' as a wild-card exploration of trust and belief. Beyond these recommendations, Burnett referenced numerous texts throughout the interview to build a historical framework of attention. These included Thomas Davenport and John Beck's 'The Attention Economy', Bernard Stiegler's philosophical work 'Taking Care of the Youth and the Generations', Henry James's novel 'The Wings of the Dove', Jonathan Crary's 'Suspensions of Perception' regarding late 19th-century visual culture, and James Fixx's 'Running' to trace the history of popular fitness culture.
Books recommended by Darrin Burnett
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Addiction by Design
Addiction by Design by Natasha Dow Schüll is an anthropological study examining machine gambling, system design, and behavioral addiction in Las Vegas.
Recommended“uh it's called addiction by Design Natasha dul is a science and technology studies scholar”
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Objectivity
Objectivity by Lorraine Daston and Peter L.
Recommended“a second book that I love and that also comes out of my field and that I think is a deep and hard but beautiful and important book for thinking about the history of science would be the book objectivity by Peter Gallison and Lorraine daston”
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The Confidence Man
The Confidence Man by Herman Melville is a complex, darkly satirical novel set on a Mississippi River steamboat that serves as a profound meditation on trust, identity, and American capitalism.
Recommended“but I'm going to invoke his much stranger book The cont man which is a book about how belief happens and who the people are who can make us believe”
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Jim Fixx's second book of running
Jim Fixx's second book of running by James F.
Discussed“he wrote the book Running in what was it 77 before that regular people didn't go jogging”
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Suspensions of Perception
Discussed“in a book called suspensions of perception published around 2000 he made a super challenging argument about where that language of attention comes from”
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Taking Care of Youth and the Generations
Discussed“the recently deceased French philosopher Bernard eer in a beautiful and difficult book called taking care of the youth and the generations centers that book on attention”
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The Attention Economy
Discussed“two Biz School theorists Davin Porton Beck do a book called um the attention economy I think it's 2001”
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The Wings of the Dove
Discussed“in the early 20th century novel wings of the dove the American novelist Henry James describes a really beautiful and intense scene”
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Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| Your Mind Is Being Fracked | The Ezra Klein Show | 2024-05-31 | 8 |
Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
“it's by Herman Melville of course the author of Moby Dick a book I also love”