Soup forgot his password Posted June 27, 2012 Share Posted June 27, 2012 Post your books, pamphlets, etc.. Just finished "Amusing Ourselves to Death." By neil postman Pretty much required reading for every american. It focuses on how the values of society have shifted from pamphlets and novels to newspapers and television. "Higher Education?" By Andrew Hacker Discusses how our university system in this country is academically bankrupt and has turned into a $442 billion business. Also discusses what this means for Americans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soup forgot his password Posted June 28, 2012 Author Share Posted June 28, 2012 America's First best seller from 1776. Written by a lower classmen who worked at a harbor it not only proved that the literacy rate at one point in america was fucking astonishing and the exchange and strength of ideas was at one point classless, it also proved that at one point america was capable of serious disquisition and, when needed, rational enough to agree when actions needed to be taken. There has never been a more widely-read (by % of population) piece of litterature in american history and today is only rivaled by the superbowl. In many ways, this is a more important document than the constitution and in recent days has been all-but forgotten. Thomas Paine - Common Sense http://loufreyinstitute.org/civicsconnection/assets/files/conversations/congress_and_the_public/primary_resources/Thomas%20Paine%20Common%20Sense.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soup forgot his password Posted June 28, 2012 Author Share Posted June 28, 2012 The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains You Are Not A Gadget: A manifesto Hamlet's Blackberry: A Practical philosophy for building a good life in the digital age Alone Together: Wy we expect more from technology On Photography by Susan Sontag "Susan Sontag's groundbreaking critique of photography asks forceful questions about the moral and aesthetic issues surrounding this art form. Photographs are everywhere. They have the power to shock, idealize or seduce, they create a sense of nostalgia and act as a memorial, and they can be used as evidence against us or to identify us. In six incisive essays, Sontag examines the ways in which we use these omnipresent images to manufacture a sense of reality and authority in our lives." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uzzi 9mm Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Thanks fuckhead now i have more in my to do pile... Fuckhead... The conundrum, just finished... Feeling more dystopian... Magnum degrees. For you yankees, if you have not read this and are left inclined its a really good read. Shame that Joe died last year. Whats the shallows like? Worth a read? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ipod90 Posted June 28, 2012 Share Posted June 28, 2012 Nice thread, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soup forgot his password Posted July 2, 2012 Author Share Posted July 2, 2012 God Is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soup forgot his password Posted July 17, 2012 Author Share Posted July 17, 2012 Justice, What's the right thing to do? Michael Sandel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dignan Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Where the Conflict Really Lies: Science, Religion, and Naturalism Alvin Plantinga A must read for anyone interested in this topic especially since Plantinga is considered by many to be the most important philosopher of religion in the 20th century. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soup forgot his password Posted July 25, 2012 Author Share Posted July 25, 2012 Neil Postman, Building a Bridge to the 18th Century http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JovJr_LmAP8 Neil Postman, Technopoly http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbAPtGYiRvg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soup forgot his password Posted July 27, 2012 Author Share Posted July 27, 2012 Tim Wu - The Master Switch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soup forgot his password Posted August 4, 2012 Author Share Posted August 4, 2012 NIcholas Carr - The Big Switch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uzzi 9mm Posted August 5, 2012 Share Posted August 5, 2012 THIS BOOK IS FUCKING HARDCORE 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soup forgot his password Posted August 5, 2012 Author Share Posted August 5, 2012 Goddamnit i want to read your books but my county library doesnt have em. I'll keep looking. ‘Land of Promise,’ by Michael Lind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McLovin Posted August 24, 2012 Share Posted August 24, 2012 Frank R. Wallace's The Neo-Tech Discovery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McLovin Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 Deschooling Society by Ivan Illich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McLovin Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 'Focus' by Arthur Miller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uzzi 9mm Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McLovin Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 Morality Needs No God by Joseph Rowlands Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soup forgot his password Posted September 9, 2012 Author Share Posted September 9, 2012 McLovin, if you could spend the extra time to post covers it'd be great. And uzzi, vice versa, just in case the link breaks. Anywho Charles Eisenstein - Sacred Economics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Under the bridge Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 good books Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McLovin Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 Don't judge a book by its cover ;) Kill the Messenger: The Media's Role in the Fate of the World by Maria Armoudian Morality Needs No God by Joseph Rowlands Focus by Arthur Miller Deschooling Society by Ivan Illich Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt Free to Choose by Milton & Rose Friedman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McLovin Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 Anarchy, State, and Utopia by Robert Nozick A Theory of Socialism and Capitalism by Hans-Hermann Hoppe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McLovin Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McLovin Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 A Return to Common Sense by Thomas Mullen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McLovin Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 Race and Economics By Walter Williams Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanfullofretards Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 This thread is like my bookcase, I'm not on any kind of trajectory to get through them all. Although, I am about half way through Sandel's - Justice for my English class. Good read, watching his class on youtube at the same time for "review" I guess you'd call it. We're also getting Alfred McCoy's work thrown at us... He's the professor who exposed the CIA for helping Laotian drug/war lords during the Vietnam war among many, many other things. He remains pretty objective throughout his work. A+ stuff... http://www.democracynow.org/2006/2/17/professor_mccoy_exposes_the_history_of He teaches at University of Wisconsin - Madison... not far at all from where I live /coolstorybr0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McLovin Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 How an Economy Grows and Why it Crashes by Peter D. Schiff How an Economy Grows and Why it Crashes uses illustration, humor, and accessible storytelling to explain complex topics of economic growth and monetary systems. In it, economic expert and bestselling author of Crash Proof, Peter Schiff teams up with his brother Andrew to apply their signature "take no prisoners" logic to expose the glaring fallacies that have become so ingrained in our country?s economic conversation. Inspired by How an Economy Grows and Why It Doesn?t?a previously published book by the Schiffs? father Irwin, a widely published economist and activist?How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes?incorporates the spirit of the original while tackling the latest economic issues.With wit and humor, the Schiffs explain the roots of economic growth, the uses of capital, the destructive nature of consumer credit, the source of inflation, the importance of trade, savings, and risk, and many other topical principles of economics. The tales told here may appear simple of the surface, but they will leave you with a powerful understanding of How an Economy Grows and Why it Crashes. Haven't had a chance to read this one yet but it is on my wish list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McLovin Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 1984 by George Orwell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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