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The bastardization of literature in the 21st Century should be studied for years to come. (thelemmy.club)
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This is what 'bestseller lists' have done to reading.

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[-] sovietsnake@lemmygrad.ml 32 points 3 weeks ago

wtf is wisdom per page, fucking shit

[-] Saymaz@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 3 weeks ago

Chat shit.

[-] muad_dibber@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 3 weeks ago
[-] TankieReplyBot@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago

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[-] DefectingToDPRK@lemmygrad.ml 26 points 3 weeks ago

Holy shit, the fact that Zero to One is on this is CRAZY. I actually unwittingly read that book after finishing high school, when I foolishly believed American tech was blazing a progressive path forward for society.

That book is a techno-fascist manifesto. In it, Thiel flat out says society should be ran by tech CEOs acting as kings. He lays the groundwork for what Silicon Valley has been trying to do recently with Próspera in Honduras, the Trump plan for Gaza, and there's been murmurings of a similar idea being pushed for Greenland.

With his involvement in Palantir (among other things) I think there's a real argument for this being comparable to a Mein Kampf.

[-] ghost_of_faso3@lemmygrad.ml 20 points 3 weeks ago

I just ran das kapital thru the wisdom density algo, it came out above 200%

[-] Kultronx@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 3 weeks ago

Sapiens was one of the most annoying and vapid books I've ever read

[-] invent_the_future@lemmygrad.ml 11 points 3 weeks ago

All the 'A brief history of' books are stupid, starting with their concept

[-] Kultronx@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

mmm I did enjoy 'a short history of nearly everything' by bill bryson, i found its scientific info tying geology to our understanding of modern science rather interesting, without going into the harari's zionist pro tyranny bs in the other book.

[-] Mantiddies@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 3 weeks ago

The worst thing is he milked that series. He has so many spin offs, and he even made an illustrated version of it.

[-] Saymaz@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 3 weeks ago

They will be teaching this shit in school instead of actual peer reviewed studies!? 💀

[-] REEEEvolution@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 3 weeks ago

How tf do you quantify wisdom?

[-] Mantiddies@lemmygrad.ml 14 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

as someone who studied archaeology just be aware that sapiens is extremely sensationalist

[-] bennieandthez@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Iirc sapiens is like a pitiful attempt at rediscovering historical materialism, anyways ill never bother reading it since its written by an israeli

[-] bobs_guns@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 3 weeks ago

That there are no impenetrable bastards of books on here is a crime. Where is Ulysses. Where is Phenomenology of Spirit.

[-] ProudCascadian@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago

In this case, when one finds, such a book, it is fertile soil for criticism.

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