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If Books Could Kill
''If Books Could Kill'' is a podcast hosted by Michael Hobbes and Peter Shamshiri, in which they criticize bestselling nonfiction books of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Books featured on the podcast include ''Freakonomics'' by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner, ''Outliers'' by Malcolm Gladwell, and ''The End of History and the Last Man'' by Francis Fukuyama. First airing on November 2, 2022, the podcast has received largely positive reviews from critics. Summary ''If Books Could Kill'' is hosted by Michael Hobbes and Peter Shamshiri. Hobbes is a journalist known for hosting ''You're Wrong About'' with Sarah Marshall (until 2021) and ''Maintenance Phase'' with Aubrey Gordon. Shamshiri is known for his hosting of the podcast ''5-4'', along with Rhiannon Hamam and Michael Liroff. The show targets "airport books", popular nonfiction books often marketed as pop science or smart thinking that might be found in airport bookshops, which Hobbes describes as "the superspr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Hobbes
Michael Hobbes is a journalist and podcast host. He was formerly a Senior Enterprise Reporter for HuffPost. His writing has also appeared in ''Pacific Standard'', ''The New Republic'', and ''Slate (magazine), Slate''. Hobbes currently co-hosts the podcast ''Maintenance Phase'', which criticizes the science behind health and Wellness (alternative medicine), wellness fads, and the podcast ''If Books Could Kill'', which critically examines the premises of various popular non-fiction books. He also previously co-hosted ''You're Wrong About'', which explores the truth behind popular narratives about well-known historical events and phenomena. Career Before beginning his writing career, Hobbes worked in human rights for 11 years. He was previously a reporter for the Huffington Post, where he covered the new economy. He also writes journalistic and personal essays for publications including ''Pacific Standard ''Pacific Standard'' was an American online magazine that reported on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Haidt
Jonathan David Haidt (; born October 19, 1963) is an American social psychologist and author. He is the Thomas Cooley Professor of Ethical Leadership at New York University Stern School of Business. His main areas of study are the psychology of morality and moral emotions. Haidt's main scientific contributions come from the psychological field of moral foundations theory, which attempts to explain the evolutionary origins of human moral reasoning on the basis of innate, gut feelings rather than logic and reason. The theory was later extended to explain the different moral reasoning and how they relate to political ideology, with different political orientations prioritizing different sets of morals. The research served as a foundation for future books on various topics. Haidt has written three books for general audiences: '' The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom'' (2006) explores the relationship between ancient philosophies and modern science; '' The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Lukianoff
Gregory Christopher Lukianoff (; born 1974) is an American journalist, author and activist who serves as the president of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE). He previously served as FIRE's first director of legal and public advocacy until he was appointed president in 2006. Life Born in Manhattan, New York City, in 1974,https://thebestschools.org/features/greg-lukianoff-interview/ Lukianoff is a graduate of American University and Stanford Law School. Work Lukianoff has published articles in the ''Los Angeles Times'', ''The Boston Globe'', ''The Chronicle of Higher Education'', ''The Atlantic'', '' Inside Higher Ed'', and the ''New York Post''. His article in ''The Atlantic'', "The Coddling of the American Mind" discussed whether or not trigger warnings are harming college health. He is a blogger for ''The Huffington Post'' and served as a regular columnist for the ''Daily Journal of Los Angeles and San Francisco''. Along with Harvey Silverglate and D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Coddling Of The American Mind
''The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure'' is a 2018 book by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt. It is an expansion of a popular essay the two wrote for '' The Atlantic'' in 2015. Lukianoff and Haidt argue that overprotection is having a negative effect on university students and that the use of trigger warnings and safe spaces does more harm than good. Overview Lukianoff and Haidt argue that many problems on campus have their origins in three "great untruths" that have become prominent in education: "What doesn’t kill you makes you weaker"; "always trust your feelings"; and "life is a battle between good people and evil people". The authors state that these three "great untruths" contradict modern psychology and ancient wisdom from many cultures. The book goes on to discuss microaggressions, identity politics, "safetyism", call-out culture, and intersectionality. The authors define safetyism as a cultur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel P
Samuel ''Šəmūʾēl'', Tiberian: ''Šămūʾēl''; ar, شموئيل or صموئيل '; el, Σαμουήλ ''Samouḗl''; la, Samūēl is a figure who, in the narratives of the Hebrew Bible, plays a key role in the transition from the biblical judges to the United Kingdom of Israel under Saul, and again in the monarchy's transition from Saul to David. He is venerated as a prophet in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In addition to his role in the Hebrew scriptures, Samuel is mentioned in Jewish rabbinical literature, in the Christian New Testament, and in the second chapter of the Quran (although Islamic texts do not mention him by name). He is also treated in the fifth through seventh books of ''Antiquities of the Jews'', written by the Jewish scholar Josephus in the first century. He is first called "the Seer" in 1 Samuel 9:9. Biblical account Family Samuel's mother was Hannah and his father was Elkanah. Elkanah lived at Ramathaim in the district of Zuph. His ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Gray (American Author)
John Gray (born December 28, 1951) is an American relationship counselor, lecturer and author. In 1969, he began a nine-year association with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi before beginning his career as an author and personal relationship counselor. In 1992 he published the book '' Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus'', which became a long-term best seller and formed the central theme of all his subsequent books and career activities. His books have sold millions of copies. Early life and education Gray was born in Houston, Texas, in 1951 to a father who was an oil executive and a mother who worked at a spiritual bookshop, and grew up with five brothers. His parents were both Christians and taught him Yoga and took him to visit Indian Saint Yogananda during his childhood. '' The Autobiography of A Yogi'' inspired him greatly later in life. He received a bachelor's and master's degree in the Science of Creative Intelligence, though sources vary on whether these degrees were received ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhonda Byrne
Rhonda Byrne ( ; née Izon; born 1951, Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian television writer and producer. Her book '' The Secret'' is based on the belief of the pseudoscientific law of attraction, which claims that thoughts can change a person's life directly. She wrote several sequels to the book, including '' The Power'' and '' The Magic.'' Life before ''The Secret'' Byrne was born in 1951, Melbourne, Australia, to parents Ronald and Irene Izon. She worked as an executive producer for television, with credits including ''Oz Encounters: UFO's in Australia'' (1997), ''Sensing Murder: Easy Street'' (2003), ''Loves Me, Loves Me Not'' (2003), and ''The World's Greatest Commercials'' (1995–2004). After the death of her father in 2004, Byrne became very depressed. At the instigation of her daughter Hayley, she read '' The Science of Getting Rich'' (1910) by Wallace D. Wattles. She began to work on ''The Secret.'' ''The Secret'' Byrne claims that all great men in history k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Secret (Byrne Book)
''The Secret'' is a 2006 self-help book by Rhonda Byrne, based on the earlier film of the same name. It is based on the belief of the pseudoscientific law of attraction, which claims that thoughts can change a person's life directly. The book alleges energy as assurance of its effectiveness. The book has sold 30 million copies worldwide and has been translated into 50 languages. Scientific claims made in the book have been rejected by a range of critics, pointing out that the book has no scientific foundation. Background ''The Secret'' was released as a film in March 2006, and later the same year as a book. The book is influenced by Wallace Wattles' 1910 book, '' The Science of Getting Rich'', which Byrne received from her daughter during a time of personal trauma, in 2004. ''New York Times'' bestselling authors of ''The Passion Test'', Janet Bray Attwood and Chris Attwood, are not featured in the film or the book, but arranged 36 of the 52 interviews for the film, many of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Howland Ehrlich
Anne Howland Ehrlich (born Anne Fitzhugh Howland; November 17, 1933) is an American senior research scientist emeritus in conservation biology in the Department of Biology at Stanford University and co-author of more than thirty books on overpopulation and ecology with her colleague and husband, Stanford professor Paul R. Ehrlich, including ''The population Bomb'' (1968), ''The Stork and the Plow'' (1995), with Gretchen Daily, and ''The Dominant Animal: Human Evolution and the Environment'' (2008). She also has written extensively on issues of public concern such as population control, environmental protection, and environmental consequences of nuclear war. She is seen is one of the key figures in the debate on conservation biology. The essence of her reasoning is that unlimited population growth and man’s unregulated exploitation of natural resources form a serious threat to the environment. Her publications have been a significant source of inspiration to the Club of Rome. By ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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