Gad Saad
Guest on Digital Social Hour · Guest on The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett · Guest on The Joe Rogan Experience
Gad Saad is a Lebanese-Canadian professor of marketing at Concordia University in Montreal and an evolutionary behavioral scientist known for applying evolutionary psychology to consumer behavior. He is the author of several books, including “The Consuming Instinct,” “The Parasitic Mind,” and “The Saad Truth About Happiness,” and hosts his own show, “The Saad Truth,” where he discusses psychology, culture, and human nature.
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Born to Rebel👍 Recommends
…explaining the scientific theory behind birth order effects on innovation
“Which I've done my own research on and published work on it. But the original theory comes from Frank Soloway, who's a historian of science, who wrote a book which I highly recommend to all your viewers. It's a bit technical, but you can get through it. It's called Born to Rebel. It's a book that explores historically the people who've generated the biggest breakthrough, radical scientific innovations, and what was their birth order.”
on The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Parasitic Mind💬 Mentioned
…discussing the progression of his work on parasitic ideas and emotional hijacking
“That book looks at what happens to your brain when it is hijacked by ideological capture. The next book, Suicidal Empathy, looks at what happens to your emotional system when it is hijacked. So if I can hijack and parasitize both your thinking ability and your emotional ability, then I have you completely zombified. And so that's the full story.”
on Digital Social Hour
Parasitic Mind💬 Mentioned
…discussing how ideological capture parasitizes thinking and emotion
“That book looks at what happens to your brain when it is hijacked by ideological capture. The next book suicidal empathy looks at what happens to your emotional system when it is hijacked. So if I can hijack and parasitize both your thinking ability and your emotional ability then I have you completely zombified. And so that's the full story. [He holds up the yellow book] It came out about five and a half years ago now almost it was in 2020 it came out.”
on Digital Social Hour
Suicidal Empathy👍 Recommends
…introducing the guest and his upcoming book on misapplied empathy
“Scholar at the Declaration of Independence Center for the Study of American Freedom at the University of Mississippi. Also author of many books, including Parasitic Mind and his forthcoming book, Suicidal Empathy. No, it hasn't come out yet. We're aiming hopefully with the publisher for a release in April. Only a single person has read it so far. And the response was, this book as promised is terrific. So I'm feeling good.”
on Digital Social Hour
Suicidal Empathy💬 Mentioned
…introducing upcoming book on dysregulated empathy and its dangers
“scholar at the Declaration of Independence Center for the Study of American Freedom at the University of Mississippi. Also author of many books including Parasitic Mind and his forthcoming book Suicidal Empathy. Thanks for your time today doctor. Great to be with you, thank you. Did the book come out yet? The new release? No it hasn't come out yet. We're aiming hopefully with the publisher for a release in April.”
on Digital Social Hour