… actually, when SJW is done at that level, it’s preference falsification, not idiocy. Which the psychopaths in the class undoubtedly understood; only a few clueless students would have missed the point and imagined it was sincere.
Venkat is more in touch with his pop culture influences and the Asimov/Harry Seldon angle is very fascinating. I think it's probably basically Ortega y Gasset (History as a System and Revolt of the Masses in particular) but I've never see him actually reference that.
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but ultimately I never understand their stuff in pure intellect mode either and have to step back, twist my head around, and re-read all the time too.
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I can see the Venkat influences, but how was David influenced by Bob Dylan?
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he would probably say that he isn't. I'll leave it as a riddle.
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Influences aside, you may find Sartre's nausea a useful bridge between Dylanesque and Buddhist phenomenology. It's the low road between east and west where Emerson/Whitman are the high road. This old guest post on Ribbonfarm gets at bothhttps://www.ribbonfarm.com/2012/05/17/discussion-note-sartres-nausea-vs-future-nausea/ …
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a truly Buddhist approach would be walking the middle path... (I'll see myself out)
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I set out on the Road to the Western Lands, myself. I don't recommend it. It is by definition the most dangerous road in the world.
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I've never referenced that because I have no clue what it is though name rings a bell
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you're writing about psycho-history so you will probably thoroughly enjoy that stuff, particularly if you enjoy contrarian, enlightened, elitist (the good kind!) intellectuals from the Second Spanish Republic.
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thanks, will check it out
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he's the kind of guy that drew the intense ire of all of the following: commies, fascists, continental philosophers, analytic philosophers, historians, populists, and Freudians. in other words: A+++ recommend most highly
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sounds like my kinda guy :D so you recommend history as a system as a starting point? this bit definitely describes my headspace well https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/gasset/#ExisPhenPhilLife …
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his most famous book is Revolt of the Masses, which could be about Brexit/Trump as much as it is about the rise of authoritarian populism in 1930s Europe. I think you will personally enjoy History as a System the most out of his writings. Meditations on Quixote is excellent too.
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just ordered all 3 from library, thanks :)
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