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Ryan Holiday • The Obstacle Is the Way: The Timeless Art of Turning Trials into Triumph
“icy water of egotistical calculation.”
Alain Badiou • The True Life
Fourth, in the face of horrendous evils, such as the massacre of the innocent, rape, or murder, there is the human demand for not only condemnation but damnation.
Paul M. Gould • Cultural Apologetics
The Revolt of The Public and the Crisis of Authority in the New Millenium
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Cixin Liu • The Dark Forest (The Three-Body Problem Series Book 2)
And indeed there is a serious criticism here, to any one who knows history; since the things that grow are not always the things that remain;
G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton • What I Saw in America
Goblin mode may have taken hold due to the pandemic and then was exacerbated by massive inflation. The meaning crisis consumes you.