Episode #1034
Sebastian Junger
Books mentioned
Tribe
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The Perfect Storm
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War
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Sebastian Junger, author of Tribe and co-director of Restrepo, discusses how smartphones, social media, affluence, and weakened communal ties may affect happiness and mental health. He and Joe Rogan examine tribalism, political polarization, cooperation, leadership, war, community bonds, Syria, and possible social factors behind American mass shootings.
What they talked about
- Flip phone vs smartphone lifestyle
- Social media as anti-social media
- Lack of community and modern depression
- Tribal societies and egalitarianism
- Evolutionary basis of liberalism and conservatism
- Bipartisan commission for national unity
- Compulsory national service proposal
- Mass shootings and communal alienation
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