#2 Your Problems Aren't Real (Straw Dogs by John Gray)
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What I learned from Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals by John Gray.
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Books Mentioned in the Episode:
The Fourth Turning: https://geni.us/fourth-turning-nat
Meditations: https://geni.us/meditations-nat
Works and Days: https://geni.us/works-days-nat
The Drama of the Gifted Child: https://geni.us/drama-gifted-nat
Atomic Habits: https://geni.us/atomic-habits-nat
Power of Habit: https://geni.us/power-habit-nat
Darwin’s Dangerous Idea: https://geni.us/darwins-idea-nat
Denial of Death: https://geni.us/denial-death-nat
Timestamps:
(00:00 ) Intro
(01:34 ) Why This Book
(03:00 ) Progress is a Myth
(05:52 ) We’re Not That Different from Animals
(10:03 ) Science is a Form of Faith
(13:48 ) The Self is an Illusion
(20:02 ) Morality Moves in Cycles
(23:15 ) Our Obsession with Control
(26:51 ) We’re Terrified We’re Useless
(29:13 ) We Use Productivity as Escapism
(33:13 ) The Purpose of Life
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