Afleveringen
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We look at two of the most famous dystopias: 1984 by George Orwell and Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
We try to answer important questions like:
Dictatorship of no-sex or dictatorship of too-much sex? What gets you cancelled or spiked up though your butt? Should you be always happy or can you let yourself hate others for 2 minutes?Time:
1:07 Brave New World
3:01 1984
4:56 Discussion Starts
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Zijn er afleveringen die ontbreken?
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We talk about business and economics in today's podcast, reviewing two books popular books about economist-enthusiasts... whatever that means.
Books reviewed;
Why Nations Fail - Book by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson Principles for Dealing with the Changing World Order: Why Nations Succeed and Fail - Book by Ray Dalio -
J.R.R. Tolkien created a language, and wrote a story to explain how people speak it.
G.R.R.Martin created a cookbook, and wrote a story to show how people eat it.
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Norm, the Elon Musk nerd clashes with Raz, the Elon Musk sceptic. Who will win this great battle?
Support us by getting Elon Musk's Biography by Ashlee Vance
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Raz tells Norm why he is a Jordan Peterson fanboy. Also, why he likes to pet cats.
Support our pod, buy the book: Jordan B Peterson - 12 Rules for Life
Or follow the Classic Amateurs channel on YouTube to see our pretty faces.
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Holocaust survivor Viktor Frankl has some advice for us, how to get through though times. Raz also has an advice: don't read or listen this book while moving your lawn.
Support our pod by getting the book: Viktor Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning
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Norman tells Raz about Frankenstein - Mary Shelley's amazing horror / revenge / adventure / cautionary tale about French people.
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You can also check out our YouTube channel if you want to see our pretty faces.
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Kurt Vonnegut comes up with something even more fun than nuclear holocaust.
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We get edgy. Is it worse to be a paedo or a Russian?
Support the pod by getting Nabukov's Lolita
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Raz and Norm explores how feminine competition played a role in Snow White. We also talk about how cannibals choose which body parts to eat.
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Disney's Snow White Watercolored Classic Snow White -
Normal tells Raz why Philip K. Dick's novels are fantastic and why we might have been dead all along.
Support our pod by buying the book: PKD's Blade Runner
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Raz tells Norman about humankind's brief history and why we are both the heroes and villains.
Support the pod and buy the book: Yuval Noah Harari Sapiens
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Norm told Raz why Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged is so inspiring. Also: why do some people want to marry the railroad?
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Join us and learn about a classic, I'd probably not recommend reading. Anyway it is still fun to talk about it.
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Raz talks about a book that needs to be read at least once every year.
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We talk about Roadside Picnic, a novel by Arkady Strugatsky and Boris Strugatsky. This work has inspired the movie Stalker and some other media.
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This week we explore ' The righteous mind' by Jonathan Haight. We learn how people make moral judgements and why you should be suspicious of that chicken...
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