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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Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak