Root Beer Man
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root beer man knows his purpose
the peter thiel reading list is probably short. you can get where he’s coming from with these books
1 (optional) bacon, new atlantis
2 strauss, on tyranny
3 meier, lesson of carl schmitt
4 girard, i’ve seen satan fall like lightning
5 zero to one
1 (optional) bacon, new atlantis
2 strauss, on tyranny
3 meier, lesson of carl schmitt
4 girard, i’ve seen satan fall like lightning
5 zero to one
November 11, 2025 at 8:00 PM
the peter thiel reading list is probably short. you can get where he’s coming from with these books
1 (optional) bacon, new atlantis
2 strauss, on tyranny
3 meier, lesson of carl schmitt
4 girard, i’ve seen satan fall like lightning
5 zero to one
1 (optional) bacon, new atlantis
2 strauss, on tyranny
3 meier, lesson of carl schmitt
4 girard, i’ve seen satan fall like lightning
5 zero to one
yeah theres a lot in there
November 11, 2025 at 7:56 PM
yeah theres a lot in there
have you read zero to one
November 11, 2025 at 7:55 PM
have you read zero to one
yeah this seems right to me
November 11, 2025 at 7:54 PM
yeah this seems right to me
you can pitch it in a certain way under certain circumstances but looking weak is never good and often that’s what it looks like
November 11, 2025 at 7:28 PM
you can pitch it in a certain way under certain circumstances but looking weak is never good and often that’s what it looks like
i partly disagree. looks weak
November 11, 2025 at 7:27 PM
i partly disagree. looks weak
he will for the next one too!
November 11, 2025 at 7:26 PM
he will for the next one too!
i think the scary thing about him is that although he wishes to be admired as a brilliant man he does not care even a little bit about whether or not he be loved by anyone
November 11, 2025 at 7:16 PM
i think the scary thing about him is that although he wishes to be admired as a brilliant man he does not care even a little bit about whether or not he be loved by anyone
i don’t think the same is true of the other big villains these days — mike johnson is a soldier/slave, tucker is a racist but more fundamentally a hired gun, yarvin and bannon are like the joker, musk is just a petty child, trump is basicly a robber or burglar. evil is the right word for PT though
November 11, 2025 at 7:09 PM
i don’t think the same is true of the other big villains these days — mike johnson is a soldier/slave, tucker is a racist but more fundamentally a hired gun, yarvin and bannon are like the joker, musk is just a petty child, trump is basicly a robber or burglar. evil is the right word for PT though
the word gets thrown around but in some really basic sense i think he does truly wish what is worst for everyone who has any shred of human kindness, sociality, or sense of justice, and specifically because it is worst for everyone who has any shred of human kindness, sociality, or sense of justice
November 11, 2025 at 7:05 PM
the word gets thrown around but in some really basic sense i think he does truly wish what is worst for everyone who has any shred of human kindness, sociality, or sense of justice, and specifically because it is worst for everyone who has any shred of human kindness, sociality, or sense of justice
i can agree with this wording !
November 11, 2025 at 6:29 PM
i can agree with this wording !
i dispute the premise that there’s a deep reading of girard to be put into competition therewith. i’ve read girard: he’s very shallow!
November 11, 2025 at 5:11 PM
i dispute the premise that there’s a deep reading of girard to be put into competition therewith. i’ve read girard: he’s very shallow!
i know this, but i’m still afraid it’ll just happen again
November 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
i know this, but i’m still afraid it’ll just happen again
(including info and good thinking on the pros and cons of the non-moderate options)
November 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
(including info and good thinking on the pros and cons of the non-moderate options)
“unchopping a tree” by ernesto verdeja is very good in general about poltiical reconciliation processes after mass crimes etc.
November 9, 2025 at 6:53 PM
“unchopping a tree” by ernesto verdeja is very good in general about poltiical reconciliation processes after mass crimes etc.
seems like that’s how moral argumentation always works if it’s geared in any way toward persuasion
November 2, 2025 at 7:01 PM
seems like that’s how moral argumentation always works if it’s geared in any way toward persuasion
what piece do you recommend? i’ve only read we have never been modern
October 23, 2025 at 4:21 AM
what piece do you recommend? i’ve only read we have never been modern
suppose that, having been kidnapped and tied up in the back seat, you notice that the driver, although he menacingly repeats his intention to drive you to the slaughterhouse, is, even so, clearly too drunk to get the car where he intends. i say this would likely strike you only as *partly* good news
October 20, 2025 at 12:40 AM
suppose that, having been kidnapped and tied up in the back seat, you notice that the driver, although he menacingly repeats his intention to drive you to the slaughterhouse, is, even so, clearly too drunk to get the car where he intends. i say this would likely strike you only as *partly* good news