Episode #739
Duncan Trussell, Christopher Ryan
Books mentioned
The Hero with a Thousand Faces
Mentioned by Joe Rogan (host) · at 00:01:53 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate)
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The Bible
Mentioned by Duncan Trussell, Christopher Ryan · at 00:29:33 · ▶︎ Watch this moment on YouTube (approximate)
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Duncan Trussell and Christopher Ryan explore mythology, spirituality, psychedelics, religious experience, and the Book of Job as a response to suffering and chaos. They also discuss agriculture, modern humanity’s relationship to nature and the present moment, technology, surveillance, automation, artificial intelligence, drug policy, and other social and scientific tangents.
What they talked about
- Star Wars and Joseph Campbell's hero's journey
- Self-driving cars and automation dangers
- Shipwreck survival and cannibalism lawsuit
- Religion, God, and spiritual symbolism
- Psychedelics, culture, and government propaganda
- Social media, attention, and dark pull
- Surveillance technology and privacy concerns
- Hunter-gatherer lifestyle vs modern society
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