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    1.  💥 (wannabe) Ƀreaker of (the Bad) Loops  💫‏ @generativist 3 Jul 2019
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      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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    2. Bob Kerns‏ @BobKerns 3 Jul 2019
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      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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      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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      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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      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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    6. Bob Kerns‏ @BobKerns 3 Jul 2019
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      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 read them again a couple decades later for similar reasons; they did not improve. Bad in every sense. If you must engage in fantasies of superiority, try the Lensman series by EE "Doc" Smith, or better, World of Null-A by A. E. van Vogt.

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    8.  💥 (wannabe) Ƀreaker of (the Bad) Loops  💫‏ @generativist 3 Jul 2019
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      I keep meaning to reread Rand but then I don’t,https://dispatches.artifexdeus.com/ayn-rand-seduced-me-ahhhh-397487b9297b …

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      Well, "don't" is viable. Reading Adam Smith is far more rewarding, plus there are a bunch of good quotes to take down pseudo-libertarians who typically have never actually read him. I wish I'd have read him earlier.pic.twitter.com/eiAJlqmwgh

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    10. Bob Kerns‏ @BobKerns 3 Jul 2019
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      Nelson's article is a gem! I've seen it work in others. I've seen it try (and resoundingly fail, fortunately) in myself. It's crack for people who think they're smart (rightly or wrongly; works fine either way).https://dispatches.artifexdeus.com/ayn-rand-seduced-me-ahhhh-397487b9297b …

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       💥 (wannabe) Ƀreaker of (the Bad) Loops  💫‏ @generativist 3 Jul 2019
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      Oh that one is mine. I saw some libertarians quoting some Rand in defense of Trump before it and was mostly shocked by the quotes, not the fact that there were libertarian defenders. It was an anger blog but most of the anger was directed at younger me...

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        2. Bob Kerns‏ @BobKerns 3 Jul 2019
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          That was your writing? Nelson is you, or reprinting, or...? Just trying to get the attribution straight and not spread my present confusion... :)

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          Oh, wait, yes, I recall discovering your name, it just got buried under your vivid "breaker of loops" moniker. So yes, still, it is a gem!

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