Episode #2039
Michael Easter
Books mentioned
The Comfort Crisis
Mentioned by Michael Easter · at 00:07:30 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate)
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The Bible
Mentioned by Joe Rogan (host) · at 00:09:38 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate)
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Michael Easter, a health and fitness writer and author of "Scarcity Brain," joins the podcast to discuss how scarcity, dopamine, and information-seeking shape human behavior. The conversation explores topics including gambling, technology, addiction, happiness in subsistence communities, and the influence of metrics on daily life.
What they talked about
- Ancient saw marks on Alaskan bones
- Flat Earth and conspiracy theories
- Slot machines and dopamine addiction
- Evolutionary basis of gambling behavior
- Numbers and quantification changing behavior
- Wine fraud and fake connoisseurship
- Addiction, recovery, and Captagon in the Middle East
- Hunting preparation and the Chimane tribe diet
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