The Greatest Books Ever Written

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Show Notes

Dave and Tamler celebrate their one year anniversary and 30th episode with one of their least cynical episodes yet.  They talk about 5 philosophy/psychology(-ish) books that influenced and inspired them throughout the years.  They also respond to a listener email that accuses them (mostly Tamler) of being "reckless and irresponsible" in their discussion of responding to insults.   Episode

• The Razor's Edge
  
• Culture Of Honor: The Psychology Of Violence In The South (New Directions in Social Psychology)
  
• Humiliation: And Other Essays on Honor, Social Discomfort, and Violence
  
• The Extended Phenotype: The Long Reach of the Gene (Popular Science)
  
• Passions Within Reason: The Strategic Role of the Emotions
  
• Jacques the Fatalist and His Master (Penguin Classics)
  
• Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
  
• The Modularity of Mind: An Essay on Faculty Psychology
  
• Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
  
• Passions Within Reason: The Strategic Role of the Emotions
  
• David shows Richard Dawkins "Lemon Party" 
  
• Support Very Bad Wizards