Read to the End

Read to the End

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  • At Least Slaves Know They Are Not Free – Nassim Nicholas Taleb x The Bed of Procrustes

    The Bed of Procrustes, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, takes its title from Greek mythology: the story of a man who made his visitors fit his bed to perfection by either stretching them or cutting their limbs. It represents Taleb’s view of modern civilization’s hubristic side effects—modifying humans to satisfy technology, blaming reality for not fitting economic models, inventing diseases to sell drugs, defining intelligence as what can be tested in a classroom, and convincing people that employment is not slavery.

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    12 min
  • I am no man, I am dynamite – Friedrich Nietzsche x Ecce Homo

    Ecce Homo is an autobiography like no other. Deliberately provocative, Nietzsche subverts the conventions of the genre and pushes his philosophical positions to combative extremes, constructing a genius-hero whose life is a chronicle of incessant self-overcoming. Written in 1888, a few weeks before his descent into madness, the book passes under review all of Nietzsche's previous works so that we, his “posthumous”readers, can finally understand him, on his own terms. He reaches final reckonings with his many enemies, including Richard Wagner, German nationalism, “modern men” in general, and above all Christianity, proclaiming himself the Antichrist. Ecce Homo is the summation of an extraordinary philosophical career, a last great testament to Nietzsche's will.


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    9 min
  • 337 Bible: The Book of Genesis || It Begins

    We take a look at the first book of The Bible, The Book of Genesis, covering creation of the world and promises to the Israelites.

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    20 min
  • 336 Please Stop Helping Us by Jason L. Riley || Race Relations
    We take a look at Please Stop Helping Us by Jason L. Riley. In Please Stop Helping Us, Jason L. Riley examines how well-intentioned welfare programs are in fact holding Black Americans back. Minimum-wage laws may lift earnings for people who are already employed, but they price a disproportionate number of Blacks out of the labor force. Affirmative action in higher education is intended to address past discrimination, but the result is fewer Black college graduates than would otherwise exist. And so it goes with everything from soft-on-crime laws, which make Black neighborhoods more dangerous, to policies that limit school choice out of a mistaken belief that charter schools and voucher programs harm the traditional public schools that most low-income students attend. Once Upon a VampireRead with me: Aspiring [email protected] Finally on Twitter @KawFee_Haus Read new articles at KawFee Haus Korner on Substack Consider supporting the show on Patreon See what I'm reading on Goodreads

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    24 min
  • 12 13 22 || All This Week on Tuesday: Dave & Elon, Sam Bankman Fried Arrested, Cambridge Dic Defines Woman
    Dave Chappelle invited titan Elon Musk up on stage in San Francisco and the reaction was unexpected anywhere except San Francisco. The Notorious SBF is finally arrested to ensure he can evade Congressional questioning. And the Cambridge Dictionary changes the definition of the word woman. Once Upon a VampireRead with me: Aspiring [email protected] Finally on Twitter @KawFee_Haus Read new articles at KawFee Haus Korner on Substack Consider supporting the show on Patreon See what I'm reading on Goodreads

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    4 min
  • 335 Emma by Jane Austen || Tie That Knot
    We take a look at Emma by Jane Austen. Emma, by Jane Austen, is a novel about youthful hubris and the perils of misconstrued romance. The novel was first published in December 1815. As in her other novels, Austen explores the concerns and difficulties of genteel women living in Georgian-Regency England; she also creates a lively comedy of manners among her characters.Before she began the novel, Austen wrote, "I am going to take a heroine whom no one but myself will much like." In the first sentence she introduces the title character as "Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich." Emma is spoiled, headstrong, and self-satisfied; she greatly overestimates her own matchmaking abilities; she is blind to the dangers of meddling in other people's lives; and her imagination and perceptions often lead her astray.Once Upon a VampireRead with me: Aspiring [email protected] Finally on Twitter @KawFee_Haus Read new articles at KawFee Haus Korner on Substack Consider supporting the show on Patreon See what I'm reading on Goodreads

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    13 min
  • 12 6 22 || All This Week on Tuesday: Canada Kills, The Twitter Files, and ChatGPT Takes Our Jobs
    Covering the news for the week of December 6, 2022. Canada has a perverse incentive to kill its citizens, Elon Musk releases the Twitter Files, and ChatGPT is the next step in conversational AI. Once Upon a VampireRead with me: Aspiring [email protected] on Twitter @KawFee_Haus Read new articles at KawFee Haus Korner on Substack Consider supporting the show on Patreon See what I'm reading on Goodreads

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    5 min
  • 334 The Tyranny of Big Tech by Josh Hawley || PART 2
    This is the second part of our look at The Tyranny of Big Tech by Josh Hawley. Once Upon a VampireRead with me: Aspiring [email protected] Finally on Twitter @KawFee_Haus Read new articles at KawFee Haus Korner on Substack Consider supporting the show on Patreon See what I'm reading on Goodreads

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    22 min
  • 11 15 22 || All This Week On Tuesday: FTX, Protests in Iran, and Dave Chappelle
    There are several important stories for this week including the collapse of FTX, protests in Iran, and Dave Chappelle on Saturday Night Live. Once Upon a VampireRead with me: Aspiring [email protected] Finally on Twitter @KawFee_Haus Read new articles at KawFee Haus Korner on Substack Consider supporting the show on Patreon See what I'm reading on Goodreads

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    6 min

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From Genesis to Economics to Nietzsche, Jackson Keats applies civilizational knowledge on the road from Zero to One. Every week the show tackles works from authors including Thomas Sowell, Nassim…