Placebocracy: "A system of governance whereby a state likely a devolving democracy its institutions and codependent private sector entities introduces ineffective mechanisms overtly designed to manage public frustrations in lieu of resolving actual political, economic, and sociocultural problems."

I love listening to the Joe Rogan Experience as much as the
next American male, and to say that we share a wide overlap of mutual interests
is an understatement. I tend to have liked pretty much every book Joe Rogan has
recommended on the JRE podcast.

If you like listening to the Joe Rogan Experience podcast, then you have certainly heard Bryan Callen on an episode or two. Recently, Callen was on the JRE podcast and highly recommended this book to people with children. And he is right on the money with this one.

If you love the Joe Rogan Experience podcast, then you have surely heard him talk about this book he read and really enjoyed. In fact, the topic has become one of his re-occurring themes as of late, and has branched into an area of history that Rogan seems to want to learn more about in the future.

When you think of the best literary work of Joseph Conrad, it is easy to default to the novel he is most notable for: Heart of Darkness. But I would argue that there is a book that is even better, and more epic in length, scale and message. If you have not yet read a novel by COnrad, or want to expand beyond the famous Heart of Darkness, then check this great novel out!

I recently watched True Detectives (season 1) and really liked the dark, brooding and pessimistic philosophy of the character Rustin “Rust” Cohle, a detective played by Mathew McConaughey. If you haven’t seen the series, it is well worth it to watch the first season. If you have already seen it but want to see the highlights of Rustin’s life philosophy, then check out the Youtube video of the best parts.

We all love Californication and the endearing Hank Moody. And even the casual fan knows it was his debut novel God Hates US All that catapulted his career and stardom, and ultimately doomed his relationship with Karen. But did you know you can now read it yourself?

Atlas Shrugged is one of those novels that many folks are always wanting to read, but never get around to actually doing so. Probably because the book is well over 1,000 pages of sometimes dense ramblings. But that doesn’t mean people should not read it, or not understand the very relevant political and philosophical message Ayn Rand was trying to convey. Here’s how to do it 10x faster!

Usually when I see a good movie I check to see if it was a novel before. If I’m lucky, then it was. Because let’s face it—if a movie is good and was based on a book, then chances are the novel-form is better. There are exceptions of course, but it’s just too difficult to boil a great book into a 2-hour movie and still capture all the nuance that made the novel so good.

There is an episode in season two of Ozarks where Wyatt and Charlotte are in a used book store and Wyatt comes across a vintage copy of his favorite novel. But it’s expensive and he can’t buy it. SO Charlotte steals it when he isn’t looking. What was Wyatt’s Favorite book from Ozarks?