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David is the author of the 'Everything Is Bullshit' Substack, which aims to poke holes in the stories we tell ourselves. He joins the show to discuss why happiness & morality are bullshit, the difference between bullshit & lying, why we conceal the status monkey, and more!
Important Links:
- David's Twitter
- David's Substack; Everything is Bullshit
- Cards Against Humanity
- The Execution Hypothesis; by Richard Wrangham
- Discordianism
- Our podcast with George Mack
- Our podcast with Will Storr
Show Notes:
- What is bullshit?
- The difference between bullshitting and lying
- Why moralizing is bullshit
- Concealing the status monkey
- The origins of Cards Against Humanity
- How are status games changing?
- Why happiness is bullshit
- Happiness as a status symbol
- How can we escape bullshit?
- Why we're driven by negative emotions
- How to become more positive
- The role of humor in calling out bullshit
- MUCH more!
Books Mentioned:
- On Bullshit; by Harry G. Frankfurt
- Propaganda; by Edward Bernays
- Influence: Science and Practice; by Robert Cialdini
- The Moral Animal: Why We Are The Way We Are; by Robert Wright
- The Status Game: On Social Position and How We Use It; by Will Storr
- The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition Into the Forces of History; by Howard Bloom
- Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Meditation and Enlightenment
- Happy; by Derren Brown
- Tao Te Ching; by Lao Tzu
- Gödel, Escher, Bach; by Douglas Hofstadter