This is a great one, can get audio or kindle off amazon instantly. Called "Empire of the Seas: Siege of Malta, Battle of Lepanto, and Battle for Center of the World."
If you want a reminder why the eternal t*rk roach is despised in the blood of every real european, this is your reminder.
And its by a reasonably pro-Christian academic, not a SJW. He is no holds barred in describing why the roaches are the scums of the earth.
If you are White, you will bet a boner reading about the roaches getting BTFO at Malta and Lepanto. If Europe had lost Malta, Roaches would have taken all of Europe.
And for all the bullshit you hear about French Cowards, the vast majority of nobles defending Malta were French. Lepanto fleet was led by Don Jon of Austria, who was only 32 at the time.
>>80007952
I thought this could help me at work, and at life.
I'm currently reading Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand. I've never read it before, yet have heard plenty about it. I've found it quite engaging so far. Objectivism as a philosophy appeals quite a lot to me for many of it's aspects; however its stances on art and government structure turns me off.
St Pierre and Miquelon are Canadian clay
gib
out of all the people here, one person is reading a book of some sort and one is trying to take the piss.
I guess we deserve to have the Jews as our overlords and mudslimes raping our women, while 99% of White males are in front of a video game...
>>80008589
seems like everyone goes through this phase. I never fell for the libertarian thing thanks to Dr. Pierce and his reminder that she was a Soviet Jewess.
>>80007952
Rare!!!!!
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>>80008727
What the fuck are you on about?
Also nice flag
>>80007952
GK Chesterton: Guide to being a Bad Goy
>>80007952
currently reading wealth of nations by adam smith. fucking 1200 pages to go.
>>80008834
Like I said, I'm not a fan of Objectivism's proposed government structure nor it's views of art. When it comes to the nature of living, the 'goal' of life, and the mechanics, I agree entirely. I don't believe I'm a libertarian by any means. I do agree with them about civil issues however.
>>80009029
I planned on reading that after I finished Atlas Shrugged. Is it a dry read, or does Smith have a decent style?
Been reading this. It's very good. Highly recommend it to the people on this board who aren't blue pilled cucks if you still exist here
>>80009029
Ha, I had that Oxford Companion tot he Mind book. I sold it for beer.
I recommend two books based on your shelf:
- The Catechism of the Catholic Church
- The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
>>80009164
it's basically a text book. very dry and prolific.
>>80007952
I haven't read a book in five years, ask me anything.
>>80009408
thanks for the recommendations I'll check em out
>>80007952
You're that guy. Yes I've seen you before biggah.
>>80009416
That's a shame. Have you found it insightful, at least?
Neuromancer because I want to learn more about cyberpunk
>>80009450
I was like you to until recently. Books are great anon. There's no substitute to the experience of sitting down with a nice novel and reading for hours on end.
Pic related. Friedman's "Machinery of Freedom" is next on the list.
>>80009571
lots of information, very formal and academic writing style though. usually takes me years to finish a book like this because I can only handle small doses of it. I'm not far into it but so far it's good in terms of information. I got it because Milton Freedman gushes about this book all the time in his lectures and books.
>>80009741
If it's that dense then I'll probably take an academic approach to it. Good luck anon
>>80009741
Consider Man, Economy, and State instead. Rothbard's writing style is much more palatable than Smith, or for that matter most economists and textbook writers.
>>80009571
example
To be quite honest.
>>80010064
>>80009741
What is the appeal of books on economics? Isn't it just dry theory which has no basis in reality? e.g., "People spend money rationally."
>>80007952
Metaprogramming in Ruby.
Its ok.
taking time to savor every page
>>80010331
>Isn't it just dry theory which has no basis in reality?
depends on who your reading. Sowell writes about economics pretty well IMO.
>>80010331
The best way to get an answer to your question is to read one. We are, after all, in a thread about reading books, so it would be only fitting.
It sounds like you have some strange misconceptions of what economics is. Try the one I posted here >>80009672, it's pretty straightforward and not dry at all.
>>80009450
I went about 5 years without reading a book. Moved to a city where I rode the bus every day and started reading 15 mins both ways every day. Never stopped. Now I have this. Probably the best choice I've ever made.
I'm almost half way through Warren Piece and Tolsgoy killed THE WRONG PERSON IN THE DUEL.
I didn't have any attachment to the character but I was very invested in him killing the other character and it was even worse the poorly written way he died.
I am unhappy, pol. Russians are definitely not white.
>>80011577
I have that same printing of Homer's writings
>>80010607
>tfw you spend months reading a book because you try to savor it as much as possible
>>80007952
I just read this sempai, really makes you think.
>>80007952
Ordered.
>>80011577
Recommend:
- Philosophers Speak for Themselves
- The Letters of Erasmus, by by James Anthony Froude
>>80007952
Spring Snow by Yukio Mishima
>>80011577
Delicious selection. Mmmm.
>>80011990
Watch out, you might get called a zionist jew
>>80013042
good rec, and good eye. Enlightenment period is a noticeable blind spot in my philosophy collection. I could also use more medieval period stuff eg Duns Scotus and Augustine.
>>80007952
RARE
>>80011577
Did you enjoy Greatest Show on Earth? If you did check out his Selfish Gene book, it's the origin of the word meme.
A large book.
Useful book.
Entertaining book.
A book you can open and start at any page.
/pol/acks should own this.
>>80009029
>who stole feminism
Nice, got that for like 2.50 in a used book store a while back, quality stuff, very useful in showing how full of shit feminists are.
Currently reading Moby-Dick, almost finished, then reading Paradise Lost.
>>80010322
same
i know this is meme-y, but the bible actually ridiculously redpilled in a genuinely good way
>>80007952
Can we take a step back for a second everyone and talk about this rare fucking flag?
>>80015471
Second this.
Stacks well with How To Win Friends And Influence People and The Art Of War.
>>80007952
Currently reading wealth of the nations by Adam Smith. Recently read "The Alchemy of Finance" by George Soros.
I recommend everyone reads Soros's book. It really gets you into the mind of the enemy, and actually has a bit of good financial advice.
>remember, goy, it's degenerate not to read 1 book a week!
le publisher jew face when
>>80016106
There are free pdfs of many books online. Also you can listen to audiobooks, which are much more efficient imo.
>>80007952
I'm currently reading City of Fortune, which is about Venice and by the same author. It's pretty cool. Byzantines got BTFO by a 90 year old blind Venetian man.
I prefer audio. I listen to the work of Ted Kaczynski atleast once a week does that count?
Do you guys like literature, or are you mostly into sociological/psychological/scientific/economic materials?
ik you all read Atlas Shrugged, but kek, let's get some ancient Greek discussion going.
>>80016355
I also spend alot of time browsing bilblioteca pleyades
>>80008589
Careful with that book. The fountainhead turned me into an insufferable prick in college.
>>80009029
Why would you punish yourself like that, how can such a long book, written so long ago, not be condensed in to a much more straightforward approach to the topic by now?
>>80007952
de Vallete Did Nothing Wrong
Everyone should have this bookmarked btdubs https://mega.nz/#F!B4dB2SzQ!h_pMC30v2a_y31iD0dy0sg
>>80009029
Why even waste your time with that book, do you think it really is going to make a difference with your life.
Might as well have spent the page count on War and Peace m8
>>80008589
I couldn't finish it. If your book is like 1000 pages long and doesn't go anywhere in the first 200 pages I'm not going to sink anymore time into it.
>>80007952
currently reading Prince of Thorns, I'm planning to read the whole Broken Empire trilogy this weekend
>>80007952
>If you want a reminder why the eternal t*rk roach is despised in the blood of every real european, this is your reminder.
Nah.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimean_War
>>80017320
She is a really bad writer. It's a good thing you didn't waste your time. Read a better book.
>>80015419
It was a gift, I liked it though. IMO The Selfish Gene is the best/probably the only important thing Dawkins has written
>>80017374
kek
>>80011577
>couple meme books
>some of the classics
>good varied selection
7/10 anon, im proud
>>80017728
heh thanks mate. not reading to impress desu, mostly just have a few interests that I read the hell out of. late imperial Russians, Greek philosophy, Nietzsche and Heidegger and their spinoffs, mythology and religion, medieval history. I also read lots of hammy genre fiction, embarassing tbqh but I know what I like.
shelf two
>>80011577
>not having seperate shelves for fiction and non-fiction
>putting Richard Dawkins next to the Odyssey
>Not putting the Odyssey next to the Iliad
>>80018368
Lmao, that copy of the odyssey is borrowed so I put it with my meme book so I would remember to give it back. That Harvard classics "homer" is another edition of it.
>>80011577
You have a couple classics, but you should really build your literature more.
Get Ovid he is the best.
Everyone should read this. It's considered one of the great American novels. It's about a gang of white scalphunters. It's really as /pol/ as it gets.
Plus it's pretty easy reading.
>>80011659
Kek keep reading, trust me.
Anyone has that image or video of that guy who shows off his Lamborghini and then his bookshelf?
>>80018687
I have Metemorphoses on my kindle, it's really great. I also have all of the three Greek tragedians in full- you can get a lot of great classics free/cheap digitally. Aeschylus is my favorite but I'm biased because Heidegger loves him and thinks Euripedes is a sacrilegious jackass
>>80007952
>kindle off amazon instantly
>$12.99
>>80017596
what? I like high fantasy and it happened to be the book I'm reading right now, I like escapism from time to time
>>80019034
Well you have really good taste. The Metamorphoses is one of my favorite works ever, literally changed my life.
Read Fasti, you'll like it, it is essentially a contiuation of the the metamorphoses, in a sense of course.
Euripides is literally a shitty Platonist, it's good to not like him, clearly you have read Nietzsche too.
Aeschylus on the other hand is absolutely fucking based, so you're not biased, you're just right.
keep reading m8
>>80007952
Zoobiquity
>book discussing the ubiquitous nature of vet medicine and how it relates to human medicine
>discusses wat can divined from one science to the other and vice versa
>very much promotes a one health mindset where physicians and vets work in tandem to solve problems in both fields
T. Veterinarian
Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes and The Brothers Karamazov. Both of them are damned great books.
>>80019374
>TBK
hurrah!
First 'real' novel I ever read, still one of my absolute favorites, he is a genius.
>>80009450
Do you not poop anon? I basically get all my reading done while pooping. It's better than shitposting on the toilet
I started reading a book called Propaganda.
It's a book by Sigmund Freud's nephew.Highly Recommend
I have a book called 48 Laws of Power I need to read.
>>80019512
See I'm the absolute opposite, I can read while I am shitting, but I prefer to shitpost, because I am generally reading all day.
All Quiet on the Westerm Front
Just made me really depressed tbqhfam.
Havent been reading a lot so I always get a few questions wrong on LSAT reading comprehension lol.
>>80019664
That book was seriously so good.
You felt you were in that company. I felt when people died in that book. And despite the ending I smiled when it did end
>>80019640
>shitposting while shitting
Pottery
HOWEVER
>tfw those red spots on your quads appear cuz you been reading on the jon too long
>>80019893
Been thinking about picking that up soon, any translation I should pick in particular?
>>80019893
I lost friends while riding the train. And it was all for nothing.
>>80019664
Top-notch reviewers and my mom say otherwise...
>>80018229
Recommend
- A.D. 500: A Journey Through the Dark Isles of Britain and Ireland
- The Picts and Scots at War
>>80020216
I dunno, I just got an old one. I don't think it will be too different. This is one of the greatest read books ever. The translatiOn is mostly standardised
>>80019664
>>80019893
>>80020216
Agree.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om6HcUUa8DI
I've started to read a few WW2 memoirs for the historical perspectives.
Almost done reading this, much of it seems so extraordinary that it's made up but I like it regardless.
>>80022847
I love history. It is so fascinating to read what people experienced.
>>80007952
From where is all the christian stuff coming?
There are kek threads
there are christian threads
and there are even merchant faith threads
All that is left are islamic threads which i doubt they are going to get made for obvious reasons
Why
im spooked
>>80007952
I've been meaning to pick up Dante's Inferno; i'm looking for a version of the book that has the Italian and English versions side-by-side.
>>80024993
>All that is left are islamic threads which i doubt they are going to get made for obvious reasons
There's one up right now. It's b/c it's summer.
>>80025336
>check thread
>arg flag
Did you make it?
One Second After. Should be required reading
Started reading The Devil to Pay in the Backland after coming out of Reymont's four volume novel The Peasants.
11/22/63
Im having a bit of trouble getting into it. I've never really been a Stephen King fan but a fiend gave me the book the other day saying I had to read it and he generally has pretty good taste.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
Been about a decade since I last read it. Seems fitting for these times.
>>80025560
What? No.
>>80022847
Can you make some recomendations? Ive always been fascinated with WWII
>>80025660
https://www.amazon.com/Second-After-John-Matherson-Novel/dp/0765356864
>>80008310
Is it good?
>>80007952
He's evil, but his theory of reflexivity makes sense, and he's not wealthy for lack of knowledge
>>80025901
>replies are 20-30 secs each
>No one has posted
>>80025207
Took for granted I would be able to find this.
Amazon, Powell's and Book Depository only know of one, and none of them has a copy.
This is not quite what you wanted but here:
danteinferno.info/translations/index.html
>>80026366
>Published 2014
Did it name events that were to come?
>>80008310
I had to read this in my curriculum for a public speaking course, it can be very helpful in used proactively in real practice
>>80026548
Thanks, Anon.
>>80016681
made me laugh. that was my homepage for a few years way back when...
>>80026661
It's just speculation on how he think political and economic philosophy will change, and how that will shape governmental unity in european countries. Honestly it's insight into the arrogant man he is, but he's not really a socialist, he's sort of worse.
If you're really interested in getting familiar with his writings, preface his writings by looking into his philosophy of "Open Society" and his father's views as well as his professor in college he talks about.
Reflexivity was his guiding theory he says helped him make so much on currency speculation, and the idea is that people make more on the perceived path of the market than the market fundamental analysis of where it should go based on debt and things like that.
Rather it's fraud and confidence of policy makers and corporate interests that guide the markets
> and people like him who have inside info to tank markets, frighteningly, At will it seems.
He's not gonna tell us goys the inside info tho I dont think
Frank Raymond
Sweet Dreams and Terror Cells
Disguised as a first-effort self-published spy novel is this brilliant defense of race realism and the value of European uniqueness, from a Bangladeshi man! Check out his Red Ice interview.
>>80017022
thanks for that link bud. its a list of pol approved books with zipped pdf/epubs if anyone's wondering.
>>80020142
tfw you stand up and can't feel your legs
Communist manifest
Just to read the other side ( i m right wing )
>>80027355
he's a quick losse definition of reflexivity, for those of you interested
Reflexivity is based on three main ideas:[33]
Reflexivity is best observed under special conditions where investor bias grows and spreads throughout the investment arena. Examples of factors that may give rise to this bias include (a) equity leveraging or (b) the trend-following habits of speculators.
Reflexivity appears intermittently since it is most likely to be revealed under certain conditions; i.e., the character of the equilibrium process is best considered in terms of probabilities.
Investors' observation of and participation in the capital markets may at times influence valuations and fundamental conditions or outcomes.
>>80027613
That's good; there's also a work by Engels, I forget the title, in which he bitterly and thoroughly argues against free will. It attributes everything to circumstance, which is obviously now canon on the left ("poverty causes crime," "you didn't build that").
>>80027355
>It's just speculation on how he think political and economic philosophy will change, and how that will shape governmental unity in european countries. Honestly it's insight into the arrogant man he is, but he's not really a socialist, he's sort of worse.
>He's not gonna tell us goys the inside info tho I dont think
Of course speculation although i doubt he will say the actual truth nevertheless thinking about it more than one of them have admitted in their own biography what they were plotting
>Reflexivity was his guiding theory he says helped him make so much on currency speculation, and the idea is that people make more on the perceived path of the market than the market fundamental analysis of where it should go based on debt and things like that.
O i know this very well, i learned by practice and observation of the biggest ongoing non governmental (although thats arguable) economical experiment there is. It at least it should be one of the biggest
About a quarter of the way through pic related, it's pretty redpilled.
Honestly I don't see how the Nazis managed to warp Nietzsche's overman concept so badly, it's obviously about self improvement/ascention, not racial superiority
>>80027814
What he doesn't tell you is how it actually works
They shape the system to fit their interest and the system runs on pure greed from all parts involved from the richest to the poorest
>>80007952
I actually read that for a history class last year. Great book. Ended up getting pissed off a lot, especially around the middle of it when it was pretty much 10 straight pages of "Then this Christian European town was burned to the ground and its men were killed, women became sex slaves, and children taken as slave soldiers, and then THIS Christian European town was burned to the ground and..." but the Siege of Malta was incredible and Lepanto wasn't half bad either. Made me scrounge for movies like Kingdom of Heaven and Arn.
>>80027936
Argentina, you're very smart, and for what it's worth, I think you're white buddy.
>what's really interesting is the political reflexivity and how he creates positive perceptions of his "Open society" through his open society foundations, which are by far his most aggressive "Philanthropic" (satanic) organizations
>>80028362
Those passages are obviously vital though because they are a finger in the eye of the Not All Muslims people.
>>80008589
How far are you? I'm a little bit past where Dagny just met up with Galt.
>>80008834
Apparently I'm missing something, but this hasn't turned me into a Libertarian. If anything it's instilled in me a complete disgust for looters and their modern day equivalent.
>>80016829
How so?
>>80028335
That seems to be exactly what they do, it's amazing how unknown the technical of his investing and political agitation strategies are. Especially the fact that conservatives willfully never expose or analyze tham
Almost done with this. Did i enjoy it?
Everything Roger Crowley writes is gold.
He's probably the only history writer alive right now who not only picks unique topics and not the usual bullshit, but also is a great writer.
>>80028593
He totally stacks the deck in his favor and even colludes with govt officials. He's been called an economic war criminal, and rightfully so, seeing as he's been convicted of insider trading by a high court in France.
In Hungary he's been heavily investigated, and yet seems to be able to invest freely with no real consequences, just paying the odd fine for heavy white collar crime
>>80028470
I agree and have brought it up in a few other classes/arguments since.
>>80028414
>Argentina, you're very smart, and for what it's worth, I think you're white buddy.
it means a lot this are dark times, in every possible sense of the expression.
>>80028593
>That seems to be exactly what they do, it's amazing how unknown the technical of his investing and political agitation strategies are. Especially the fact that conservatives willfully never expose or analyze tham
Heres the thing. In essence they don't just do, everyone does thats why it works. Most people are evil in more than one way
Although in reality they did shape the system everyone is a willing slave they even are proud of it
I've not only been part of a real experiment but an scale virtual one. I've seen an economy, where millions participated, be born from the scratch and be "modernized" in the course of 5 years and how it affected the community.
Observing that process was really enlightening,
They rule evil follows but its all part of a philosophical problem that has no solution
>>80022847
>>80026020
Probably the best WW2 related memoir I've ever read is Marine! The Life of Chesty Puller. Admittedly it doesn't focus on WW2 (if that's what you really want then With the Old Breed is also incredible) but it naturally includes it as well as guerrilla fighting in the 20's/30's and then the Korean War.
>>80029364
Sergio Martinez is the man by the way
>>80007952
>And for all the bullshit you hear about French Cowards
Anyone spouting that ridiculous meme get their history lesson from late night American comedians, not history books.
>>80029364
How this Open Society idea will look in practice is really ironic, considering Soros is this international Jew investor.
It sort of aims for societal barriers to be broken down leading to this unprecedented free movement in hemispheres, and so much exchanges of ideas that equality ensues, but
>in reality we will all be "equals" who are represented, conveniently by Soros and he cohorts, and bureaucrats (unelected).
It's just funny
That it's "Coincidentally" achieving the goals outlined in the illustrated protocols of Zion, but for A different kind of Elites and their appointees
>>80029570
Im not really into boxing
If you want to know how everything actually works. Do research on valve's business model, you won't be able to see what i saw but you should arrive to the same
Valve is capitalism incarnate
http://blogs.valvesoftware.com/economics/it-all-began-with-a-strange-email/
>Soon, however, I realised that this bunch of people were not just weird but also wonderful and, to boot, that what they were describing, the digital community they had facilitated into existence, was an economist’s dream-come-true. Think of it: An economy where every action leaves a digital trail, every transaction is recorded; indeed, an economy where we do not need statistics since we have all the data!
http://www.pcgamesn.com/valve-s-economist-may-become-greece-s-new-finance-minister-fear-the-hat-event-horizon
>Almost three years ago Valve hired an economist to analyse and direct the Steam Market. Yanis Varoufakis was going to chart the sale of Dota 2’s vanity items, the purchase of Counter-Strike weapon skins, and try to understand why the hell everyone was buying hats.
>Varoufakis is now tipped to become Greece’s new finance minister.
>>80015627
<--- this kind of thing mentioned?
Are dishonest "scholars" Catherine McKinnon and Andrea Dworkin mentioned?
<-- always reading this
>>80030211
How everything works, in reference, you mean to why Soros is able to succeed in his plans? And you're using valve as an illustrative example?
>>80007952
>look through a friends facebook
>2 books read
>cat in the hat and the bible
i would also like to point out that bragging about how much you read literature is the same as bragging about how much you play chess. the only people who do it are people that just started
>>80030557
I was just having trouble understanding what you were trying to help me see, sorry
>>80030557
No how capitalism works from an economic stand point but more and absolutely important at societal level. You will find out the truth
I saw the community get absolutely nuked and segregated
Essentially all the principles of capitalism are completely made up and everything foreign to economics is essentially irrelevant unless the person decides it isn't which never happens
Now they seem to be testing some behavioral algorithm for a social engineering plan to compete with that china's new social network
>valve as an illustrative example?
They are not an example. Economy is philosophy in a way whoever controls and dictates its nature controls everything, it all comes down to the same central point to which no one has an answer for
>>80030211
Thanks, these articles are really eye opening. I wish I could talk with you more about it Argentine bro
>>80007952
Maltese here. Thanks for the recommendation.
>>80031114
It seems as though they are creating demand entirely out of perception, or making them percieve essentially wothless things as being so high in demand, that they are missing this golden opportunity, even though it's know all the while that it's not worth anything.
I've know that capitalism is tied strongly to the idea of rational ignorance principles, but this is a whole new level.
Thanks again brother
>>80031612
>It seems as though they are creating demand entirely out of perception, or making them percieve essentially wothless things as being so high in demand, that they are missing this golden opportunity, even though it's know all the while that it's not worth anything.
Not really. Hats are like bitcoins they sell for real money, there was so much money laundering going on at some point the FBI almost shuts them down.
They are now growing in the betting department since they enable users to bypass US betting laws
>I've know that capitalism is tied strongly to the idea of rational ignorance principles, but this is a whole new level.
In what sense?
>>80032236
Oh maybe i misconstrued some things, i haven't finished the articles, and I have to admit i'm not well versed in the concept of these virtual gaming economies.
I was confused about what you were referencing with the pure capitalism reamke you had made, and I was referencing the rational igorance principle in micro economics
To make the point, that in the political arena people have better things to do than to familiarize whole political platforms, as it does not directly affect them, and I thought you were saying that these virtual fabricated economies succeeded because people went along with them
And this was a major reason for Sors's success in kind of creating market conditions from scratch by manipulating the confidence of investors in the market.
>I think I may have misunderstood you
>>80007952
book of mormon
>>80009029
I swear you posted your book shelf a long time ago maybe like last year in a similar thread.
I think you talked a lot about Dostjoevski in that thread. Why do i remember this?
Impressive though!
>>80032236
"There's nothing new under the sun" This is like tulips in the netherlands in the 1600s, capitalism allows for the non coercive production of valuable goods that are effeciently produced based on the demand in the markets informing people where to spend their capital and energy to shift to producing good that are worth their while.
In game skins and hats >sell for real money
>only because of our economic comfort and high standard of living.
>were we to go through the economic reversal that we are due for, these hats wll be worthless, because there will be scarcity introduced into our lifestyles instead of the excess we're experiencing now
Capitalism is subject to manipulation but the productive capacity is still greater than central control.
Not sure if you were trying to make the point that this hat market was pure capitalism in a bad way or what, but I don't think these virtual markets will have an easy time functioning when real productive scarcity drives the demand of luxuries down,
>lets face it these virtual markets are luxury item markets essentially, and arent as indicative of real produced goods markets
>>80032977
>Oh maybe i misconstrued some things, i haven't finished the articles, and I have to admit i'm not well versed in the concept of these virtual gaming economies.
Theres no difference between the virtual economics and irl economics beyond the complexion everything that has been done in real life has been done in the game, i've witnessed pretty much everything even prostitution
>I was confused about what you were referencing with the pure capitalism reamke you had made, and I was referencing the rational igorance principle in micro economics
Its not just pure capitalism, everything works the same
>To make the point, that in the political arena people have better things to do than to familiarize whole political platforms, as it does not directly affect them, and I thought you were saying that these virtual fabricated economies succeeded because people went along with them
People just didn't go along with them they are a means to an end, to which end is in the user to decide but the active sector will be but the organized sector will dictate how it works and the organization is self organizations its set by the nature and the mean
But more importantly than finding how the virtual economy works, find out how valve's business model works, thats where youll see the truth, understanding the virtual economic will only show crystal clear whats the principle behind the markets and its elements (which granted its pretty neat) but the social aspect will not be seen, unless you actually manually banter with pinoys who insult for ours you over $0.01 monopoly money which you should to see how the world would work if it was just economy
>And this was a major reason for Sors's success in kind of creating market conditions from scratch by manipulating the confidence of investors in the market.
Its not just the market, thats not the point. Again check valve's model for Dota 2 TF2 and CSGO
>>80034629
Ok i'll look into it, I only really scratched the surface of what you were talking about, thanks for your time.
>>80034391
>>were we to go through the economic reversal that we are due for, these hats wll be worthless, because there will be scarcity introduced into our lifestyles instead of the excess we're experiencing now
no. offer and demand scarcity or not do not determinate the price of an item.
For example
There was an event where everyone who participated got some points which could be used to buy some boxes, the boxes would yield certain items of a varying price ranges, when a rumor a potential expensive item that was pure speculation since no one new anything about ran rampart the price of the box which yielded random items which were also fluctuating greatly went from $1.80-2.40 to $10. In the end the "expensive item" ended up costing $0.03 when the dust settled
Soros warned you about this
>>80007952
I'm reading Steven King's IT, but I recently purchased 1984.
>>80035060
>"There's nothing new under the sun" This is like tulips in the netherlands in the 1600s, capitalism allows for the non coercive production of valuable goods that are effeciently produced based on the demand in the markets informing people where to spend their capital and energy to shift to producing good that are worth their while.
Also Valve is the one that controls how to get the items
Thats why it is so enlightening
You get to see the whole picture of how wealth is created a
>>80035187
They added to many restrictions to dota 2 like new items not being tradeable
Try to find about how it was before , CSGO and TF2 have no restrictions
The sleepwalkers: how Europe went to war in 1914
That book is fucking based, got to learn how serbs are the scum of the earth. Diplomacy was really interesting back then
I'll read "a line in the sand next", then " the prize: the epic quest for oil"
Prioritizing psychology over all else. Starting with Freud and then Jung.
>>80035321
Do notice that all evil leads to violence of every kind even if its unconcious
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/diretide
about to finish this, fucking loved it
any others like it?
>>80035060
>There was an event where everyone who participated got some points which could be used to buy some boxes, the boxes would yield certain items of a varying price ranges, when a rumor a potential expensive item that was pure speculation since no one new anything about ran rampart the price of the box which yielded random items which were also fluctuating greatly went from $1.80-2.40 to $10. In the end the "expensive item" ended up costing $0.03 when the dust settled
Forgot the most important part
Supply was through the roof
It turns out a group of very dedicated and wealthy people were mass buying the boxes first from the other uses and then from themselves to inflate the price all with bots
But the early and mid stages of the economy where barter and "jobs" appeared is gone all that is left is very refined speculation
>>80019664
Get ready to feel fucking SICK of reading anon...
you will never spend so much time reading 10 pages in your life.
You will earn how to pack so much information into one sentence.
And then you will get paid dick to work 12 hours a day.
BRB need to drink,
O well my browser crashed
now im sad
A lot of the tabs weren't restored for some reason
Will be tackling these over the next month or so.
Much prefer audio books of late, but there aren't a lot of torrents and the Merchant charges an extra $10-$15 just to have some cunt read the book.
Yes, agree the guy deserves to be paid for his time, but you know people who read audio books get at most $1k and rest into Merchant's pocket, when they make cost up 4-fold from savings on paper, ink, labour, shipping, etc.. Audiobooks are a giant fucking ripoff, but what can you do.
The average torrent is going to have 1,000 paris hilton sex videos and maybe 1 audiobook (if it's mainstream and trashy, like Dan Brown).
Anyone interested in the Crusades, Byzantium, and the beginning of the end for the T*rkroach empire, IMO the book originally mentioned is worth the shekels. Author is actually brave enough to tel us about Turk slavery, flaying captives alive, all their crimes.
>>80039035
what the fuck are you
>>80008838
>t.neetche
Any recommendations similar to 1984 other than Fahrenheit 451 and brave New world
>>80038417
I guess lesson learned
but still
why
>>80030478
I was reading thru this thread wondering when someone would bring this book up. Thanks based canuck
>>80007952
>le "I read books therefore I'm smart" maymay
>>80009029
how was tragedy and hope? i just bought the book, only about 30 pages in. so far its very interesting
>>80036513
>bluepilling himself with Freud's Jewish degeneracy
>>80017374
You must be a quick reader. Speaking of which, has anybody had any experience with speed reading?? I have attempted it. I understand that the key is not to verbalize what you are reading internally and rather just let the words absorb into your brain somehow. I have had little success doing this though..
>>80037362
I have also nearly finished this book, although I generally have about 20 books I'm reading at once. Blade Runner has been one of my favourite movies for years and I was surprised how different the book was.
Philip K Dick wrote a lot of books, I've read only a few. The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch is a good one. It was written in 1965 and shows a future where people escape into virtual reality worlds as a form of entertainment after taking a hallucinatory drug.
I'm pretty sure that Dick himself was borderline insane by the end. He thought life was all a simulation. He could be right though..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXeVgEs4sOo
>>80007952
>goys
how to spot a newfag/shill
its goyim, for plural, retard.
>>80046722
What amazes me most is how Ridley Scott nailed the cyberpunk aesthetic of the book so well when the author never really describes it beyond trivialities like the weather.
>>80010322
Same here
Recently got a orthodox Christian study Holy Bible
>>80046827
Memes aside, is it really worth a read?
>>80047732
yeah.
You can download the audio book if you want.
>>80047393
Yeah I think cyberpunk was an invention of the movie rather than the book. In fact, they are so different plot-wise that you could only really say that the movie was inspired by the book rather than based of it.
>>80047732
Not really. It's horribly written and hastily put together. Hitler was definitely not as good a writer as he was a speaker.
>>80007952
Canticle for Leibowitz
>>80046722
>>80047393
What pissed me off about the Blade Runner movie was that it completely removed the anti-semitic undertones of the book.
see:
http://www.counter-currents.com/2014/04/philip-k-dicks-do-androids-dream-of-electric-sheep-as-anti-semiticchristian-gnostic-allegory/
>>80008589
I read Atlas Shrugged in 8th grade and thought it was the greatest thing ever. Read it again in 11th grade and realized how full of shit it was.
Jesus, I have been reading this book for 9 hours + now?
If anyone cares, I learned from this book that Jews followed the Turkroach navy to buy White slaves from Malta, and that it was a Jew butcher who flayed the ITalian governor of Cyprus alive.
>>80048703
Weird as fuck, the author is a NYT bestselling writer, not just a guy ranting in his basement, and out of nowhere he mentions these details.
>>80048604
M8 kikes will find antisemitic allegories in the Talmud if they want.
Who gives a fuck.
>>80048703
SHUT IT DOWN
>>80007952
herbert marcuse - one dimensional man
I'm reading Pic related
>>80049096
Anything interesting? Maybe some part you might want to quote? I've been curious about the freemasons for quite some time now.
>>80047732
It has it's own historical value and a nice feeling. You will understand the feeling if you read goodly translated version of it.
I would say yes, it is worth it.
>>80049668
kek freemasons are just the servenants for the zionists these days. Literal cucks, but with minor power. Yes, powercucks they are.
Economics in one lesson is pretty god tier.
>>80050735
nah mate they're magick wielding satanic sorcerers obviously.
>>80049668
nothing i can realy quote its almost jiberish in some places. i just dont understand it Yet
some weird diagrams in the book this one looks like some kind of punishment prehaps
>>80051818
Freemasons are symbolism on top of symbolism. Hard to tell what symbolism is solely there for distracting and what is good and important.
>>80048598
I tried reading that in highschool but never managed to get through it. Difficult read for me back then and my college years took a toll on me.. should I pick it up again?
>>80030478
Same.
You are one of the good leafs.
I am currently reading
"The Devil's Pleasure Palace: The Cult of Critical Theory and the Subversion of the West"
An amazing book that gives a good understanding for why things are they way they are in the west today.
Anybody here know it or have read it?
>>80026174
It is awesome. I have already used some of it at work. Very clear, very well organized.
>>80030478
This, and I keep Seneca's Letters by my bedside.
Got any reccs for books on Asia? History or shit like Mahan's "the problem of Asia"
>>80008589
>>80010322
>>80037362
I'm reading this now, it's great. You might like Neuromancer too.
"Vodka Politics. Alcohol, Autocracy, and the Secret History of the Russian State" by Mark Lawrence Schrad. Made me hate Yeltsin so far.
>>80054738
- China: A New History by John King Fairbank
- Red Star over China, by Edgar Snow
- The Soong Dynasty, by Sterling Seagrave
>>80055204
Thanks a lot m8
