Reading Lists - Past and Planned Episodes (Recommendations are in bold)

Books I have recently read:

1. Intro

What We Owe the Future by Will MacAskill

Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker

Illegitimate Authority by Noam Chomsky and C J Polychroniou

 

2. Work

The Meritocracy Trap by Daniel Markovits

Bullshit Jobs by David Graeber

80,000 Hours by Benjamin Todd

Psychopolitics by Byung-Chul Han

 

3. Habits/Behavioural Psychology

Nudge: The Final Edition by Richard H Thaler and Cass R Sunstein

Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

Atomic Habits by James Clear

Deep Work by Cal Newport

 

4, 7. Phones/Social Media

The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt

Stolen Focus by Johann Hari

The Shallows by Nicholas Carr

 

5,6. Energy/Climate

Nuclear is Not the Solution by M V Ramana

Le Monde Sans Fin/The World Without End by Christophe Blain and Jean-Marc Jancovici

Not the End of the World by Hannah Ritchie

Apocalypse Never by Michael Shellenberger

Sustainable Energy: Without the Hot Air David J C Mackay

 

8. Urbanism

Human Transit by Jarrett Walker

City Planning: A Very Short Introduction by Carl Abbott

Triumphs of the City by Edward Glaeser

The 15-Minute City by Carlos Moreno

 

9. Men

Clown World by Jamie Tahsin and Matt Shea

Of Boys and Men by Richard V Reeves

12 Rules for Life by Jordan B Peterson

 

For Future Episodes:

War/Genocide:

Maus by Art Spiegelmann

If This is a Man and The Truce by Primo Levi

Destined for War by Graham Allison

A Problem from Hell by Samantha Power

 

Politics and Economics:

Politics on the Edge by Rory Stewart

Who Rules the World by Noam Chomsky

Imagined Communities by Benedict Anderson

Good Economics for Hard Times by Abhijit Banjeree and Esther Duflo

On Anarchism by Noam Chomsky

Manufacturing Consent by Noam Chomsky and Edward S Herman

It’s Ok to be Angry About Capitalism by Bernie Sanders