Chris Williamson
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176 appearances
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first heard Jul 2026
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Chris Williamson’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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The Resilient Mind · The Hidden Reason You Can't Stop Overthinking - Alain de Botton · 10 Jul 2026
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Yeah, the other thing to consider there is that almost everyone's body of work is a thinly veiled autobiography.
You are looking to the person who has put the most time into this.
Why do you think I put the most time into this?
Because I see me as most efficient in precisely all of the different areas that I am focusing on.
I mentioned this to you last time, but I think it's one of the reasons why your work in particular, Oliver Berkman, who wrote 4,000 Weeks, is very sanguine look at human nature.
It's got a distinctively British quality to it, which I love.
This sort of...
It doesn't get too big for its boots.
It's kind of got a carry-on camping sort of signature to it.
Because of blue sky thinking, you can do all of these things.
I wonder whether it's one of the reasons why victimhood culture and its sort of modern incantation hasn't quite caught on in the UK in maybe the same way as it's often sort of the finger is pointed at.
Because if you're a child and you're told you can be whatever you want to be, the sky is not even the limit.
You can go beyond that and go further.
Literally, a South African living in America is the guy that's trying to go past the moon.
to go and do this thing.
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