#2039 - Michael Easter
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#2039 - Michael Easter mentions Happy People: Life in the Taiga by Werner Herzog, The Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter, Scarcity Brain by Michael Easter, and Dante's Inferno with timestamps, quotes, and episode context.
In their world, these people are very happy.
He had read The Comfort Crisis, my last book, and just wanted to chat.
So my book, Scarcity Brain, which is coming out soon, it has a whole chapter on this and why exploration is so important to humans as a species, but…
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“It's about these trappers who live in Siberia. And there's very low instances of mental health issues, very low instances of all sorts of problems that society just has that are ubiquitous.”
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“The speaker refers to their previous book, 'The Comfort Crisis', which the astronaut had read and wanted to discuss during their conversation.”
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“The speaker mentions their upcoming book, 'Scarcity Brain', which discusses exploration and its importance to humans as a species.”
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“He describes Satan as living in a world of cold and ice. So hell, as he pictures it, is cold and ice. And now Satan is in hell, which is cold, and he's stuck up to ice to his waist.”
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Movies & Documentaries Mentioned
Happy People
“It's about these trappers who live in Siberia. In their world, these people are very happy and have low instances of mental health issues.”
Happy People, Life in the Taiga
“It's about these trappers who live in Siberia. In their world, these people are very happy and have low instances of mental health issues.”
Sour Grapes
“The documentary is called Sour Grapes, and it's an amazing documentary about a guy who got arrested for making fake wine.”