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In this context, it is appropriate to recall Spengler's remark about the Cimbrian War of the time of Gaius Marius - if the Celto-Germanic tribes of the Cimbri and Teutons had won this war, they would hardly have destroyed Rome and the Ancient Civilization,... 4h ago (collapse hidden) 11

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"Hidden Gems" — Rare(-ish) Books list below seems possibly relevant ... 6d ago (collapse hidden) 00

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interesting theory. You're right that rationalists have self-serving motivation to believe intelligence is and ought to be the one true virtue, and have fantasies of omnipotence. I'm less convinced of the particular psychologization of abuse-seeking or rat... 1w ago (collapse hidden) 55

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Relevant to the discussion at >>1804. ... 12mo ago (collapse hidden) 22

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I think there is a tendency in parts of the dissident right to look for some "outside" source to blame for woke ideas, and I often wondered whether or not they are correct. But the discussion of the ideology of the Round Table group made it clear to me tha... 12mo ago (collapse hidden) 22

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I'm going to try, but am not sure if I'll be able to keep up with the reading pace due to other commitments. I'll do my best. 12mo ago (collapse hidden) 33

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One of my biggest frustrations is that people are quick to seek nutritional advice when nutritional self-experimentation is incredibly easy. ... 13mo ago (collapse hidden) 33

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I just bought, but have not yet started, Tragedy and Hope, so that one would have my vote. 13mo ago (collapse hidden) 11

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As such works go, I would say that New Atlantis (and Bacon in general) is less on the esoteric side. Bacon is pretty clear about his program, and it aligns with the development of technology that actually unfolded, up to a Landian perspective on AI. 13mo ago (collapse hidden) 66

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Justin Murphy wrote a little book called "Based Deleuze" that I found helpful in arranging Deleuze's thought in a way that I could better relate to my interests. ... 13mo ago (collapse hidden) 22

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I must say, his methods for resisting power are intended for the mentally ill and homosexuals, if those should be separated, but his conceptions of those categories are different from those popularly used at present, and they can still be adapted for other... 13mo ago (collapse hidden) 66

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I wanted to select OP's refinement of the prompt for the newcomers. My interpretation of this prompt is that we want to determine what is important to us, and I think that would start with understanding what the ideological foundations of our current regim... 13mo ago (collapse hidden) 77

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Agreed, the cover is what provides security, and provides a barrier to external threats (impeccability). For an internet community, especially considering possible threat models, this sort of barrier is far stronger than material security, say, in the form... 14mo ago (collapse hidden) 55

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I think there's value in that. Despite Foucault being the most frequently cited contemporary philosopher in academia, and there being readymade attacks for abuses of ideas branded Foucauldian, that he's misunderstood. That's my feeling. We can see if it's ... 1y ago (collapse hidden) 33

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