The speakers appreciate a historian's objective yet emotional writing style while discussing various authors and writers. They highlight the importance of historians who summarize historical events in an entertaining and readable way.
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(00:00) – Introduction
(10:15) – Beauty and mantis shrimp
(14:43) – Parrots, Pirates, and Monty Python
(20:55) – Humor and absurdity
(28:16) – Thanksgiving
(56:56) – Unboxing the mystery box
(1:12:54) – Karl Marx and religion
(1:21:11) – Art
(1:25:25) – Books
(1:38:02) – How to be happy
(1:40:12) – Depression
(1:41:15) – Fear
(1:42:42) – Betrayal
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