I remember reading where the Wizards Stay Up Late in middle school and thinking, "this is who I want to be." What books did tech people in their early 20s read? Is there a cultural gap?
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Replying to @generativist
The Pentagon Papers Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Beezelbub's Tales to his Grandson (well, it's kinda impossible to read if you value your time and sanity). SF, but nothing published after 1983—the time machine hadn't been invented yet. There is a cultural gap.
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Replying to @BobKerns @generativist
Of course, not the entire 7000 pages. Just what got published in book form around then. My takeaway was not quite the same as Gelb (the guy in charge of compiling them), but I agree it wasn't the lying. IMO, more the arrogance and lack of empathy. https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/what-post-missed-episode …
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Replying to @BobKerns @generativist
The Dulles brothers' grandfather engineered the overthrow of the monarchy in Hawaii to favor plantation owners. Grandkids engineered the overthrow of democracies in Iran Guatemala, & Vietnam. One sat on the board of United Fruit, the other was paid legal counsel WHILE IN OFFICE
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Replying to @BobKerns @generativist
Almost Trump-level corruption, and the problems they created resound to this day. Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is something I highly recommend Beelzebub? Worth a glance for the convoluted language. There's a sentence about a half-page long The story begins in Ch 2pic.twitter.com/2OvwMASQIs
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Replying to @BobKerns @generativist
The Illuminatus trilogy was an easier read, tho perhaps no less bizarre. And Ayn Rand. It was necessary, due to a fair number of acolytes at MIT. (And it should be remembered that the Koch brothers went to MIT).
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I need to do that. I’m too much a Discordian not to.
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