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Another good book is Ishmael, by Daniel Quinn, which tries to look at the causes of civilization and the psychology required to make a civilization.
But it's a novel, which makes it more interesting, imo
lots of dialogue, not too long.
And if you're into things that follow your personal ideology, I would read some Lovecraft, specifically his early short stories
He constantly goes on about evil "nigger blood", I'm not even kidding.
you can probably find his early works lying around on the internet
@Belisarius While Moby Dick is one of the greatest American works written, I don't think it fits for @StaysafeTV - 191 lb Muscle Man since he says that he is not very well read (and wants to quickly go through a book).
I recommend Animal Farm or 1984 if you haven't read them already.
Animal Farm is short in volume, so I think it fits your description.
“Two ice creams, a can of soup, four cheese sticks, an orange juice, a grape juice, and two packs of graham crackers.”
Lol, that is a really good article
Its not often you come by such candid experiences involving race
There's something i've noticed is very consistent among less intelligent people (particularily those of certain races) - their inability to think ahead into the non-immediate future. That seems to be a common theme in that article
Yes. Winter climates for those further from the equator (i.e. Europeans) forced the development of skills in planning ahead evolutionarily.
At a risk of talking about something I don't have complete knowledge of- I read somewhere that those types of functions take place mostly in the frontal lobe, which is also the most recent part of the human brain to develop through evolution, and the last part of the brain to fully develop in a human life-span. Perhaps that's the part of the brain some races are lacking in.
The frontal lobe does have much to do with everything related to thinking -- problem solving, memory, language.
I pinned a text on <#359496856113381387> for anyone interested (the file of the book is there too).
Thanks for the recommendations, I think I will read Animal Farm as I've read some of the others in my childhood. Big fan of sci-for novels as well if anyone has anyone good / thought provoking ones. Big fan of the dune series and heinlein's books
Island of Dr. Moreau, if you've not read that already, and Brave New World. I'll have to wander through the collection again, but those pop to mind.
@StaysafeTV - 191 lb Muscle Man For science fiction, you must read Brave New World (if you haven't already, of course).
A lot of Evola's works touch on the dangers of modernity as well.
@P14 structure is always more important
brain size matters
" ’When you make love you’re using up energy; and afterwards you feel happy and don’t give a damn for anything. They can’t bear you to feel like that. They want you to be bursting with energy all the time. All this marching up and down and cheering and waving flags is simply sex gone sour.’ "
This is from 1984
What do you think?
@P14 1984 is only relevant to big tech companies
although i'd advocate for voluntary sterilization
not sure what response you wanted :v
I personally find Huxley got it more right. Take the heart out of sex, make it all solely for the pleasure, and you control people by the basest part of their animal heritage without them ever knowing something was wrong. After all, most people just want to be happy, right?
depression is increasing for this very reason ^
we live in a brave new world where more and more our existence is ultimately just producing and consuming
1984's excerpt that you provided is completely nonsensical and trying to derive meaning from it would be like deriving meaning from an superhero movies depiction of science
@Narylimepie Nice strawman.
That's not a strawman, I just didn't elaborate for the exact reason I gave, that that statement, even moreso w/o any context is a silly sentiment w/ no meaning.
He didn't try to derive meaning from it, just asked what we thought. He may have just been asking for help in understanding the passage.
It does look like a vague quote without any context.