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The border patrol shooter was a zizian rationalist. Let's read ziz.
I love edgy philosophy. My general hunch is that the forbidden stuff contains truths that the nomos longhouse doesn't want you to know. Those truths give you important leverage against the established control structures, so it's a key move in the martial a... posted 2mo ago with 3 replies 6 6

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(Re Punching Evil) I don't get the point of these people acting like they're anodyne liberals who just don't like nazis. Why lie to yourself like that? He's acting like he's some Popperist but he clearly believes in something deeply revolutionary. Nothing ... 1mo ago 5 5

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A Hidden Gem
One of the reasons I am posting here is to discover some hidden gems that cannot be found easily elsewhere on the web. ... posted 11mo ago with 7 replies 22 22

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https://ploum.net/the-computer-built-to-last-50-years/index.html 5mo ago 1 1

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Reading Group Announcement: Carroll Quigley’s Tragedy and Hope
Following our discussion at >>1305, let’s read and discuss Tragedy and Hope. This book, published in 1966, is one of the masterworks of Carroll Quigley, arguably the 20th century’s best historian. It’s an ambitious macrohistory of Western Civilizatio... posted 11mo ago with 7 replies 12 12

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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. 11mo ago 3 3

I'm going to try, bu 3 3

Guide to Carroll Quigley’s books
Carroll Quigley was a historian who lived from 1910 to 1977. He is a major influence on a bunch of people in our little circle, myself included. Mr. Quigley’s great genius is in analyzing how political and economic systems are intertwined, a subject wher... posted 11mo ago with 5 replies 17 17

Guide to Carroll Qui 17 17

I just bought, but have not yet started, Tragedy and Hope, so that one would have my vote. 11mo ago 1 1

I just bought, but h 1 1

Book Club: Selective Breeding and the Birth of Philosophy.
Dr Alamariu dropped his groundbreaking dissertation last year and by now you have all had a chance to read it. Let's read it again and discuss. This book really hits hard doing two related things that I think are of supreme importance: ... posted 13mo ago with 37 replies 17 17

Book Club: Selective 17 17

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... 12mo ago 4 4

Agreed, the cover is 4 4

What books are you currently reading?
I'm reading: ... posted 1y ago with 10 replies 12 12

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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 ... 13mo ago 3 3

I think there's valu 3 3