/lit/ - Literature

>>14591858
>why yes, i do know the best for humanity and how to realize this vision with apodeictic certainty, how could you tell?

>>14591851
Shut up, I've actually read probably 1/3 of the books people start threads with here. I'm in the top 1% of lit. Also, my commentary on books I havent read is better than other peoples commentary on books they have read, because of my big brain.

>>14591835
Nobody is evil. Some people and suprahuman organizations are bad for humanity though.

>>14591794
Do something useful. Suicide bomb a bad organization.

>>14591791
>no

>>14591725
Depends on the store and what you work as? Generally not fun, stupid guests, mostly selling popsci and ya fiction.

>>14591746
>five titles that would give him a totally inadequate understanding would have been better

okay, read the starcraft lore books, the third book in the hunger games series, norwegian wood, the oh she glows vegan cookbook, and harry potter methods of rationality.

>>14591556
You ought to have asked "How do I become an expert at everything cultural without putting in any effort". That way people could ignore your question.

>>14591620
>than

do you mean rather than?

>>14591628
no

>>14591490
Hmmm, the list I gave you is maybe not what you are after when I think about it. Meditations on First philosophy is an extremely engaging book, but the others are quite dry.

>>14591487
My answer, is read a lot of cultural criticism, and consume a lot of cultural objects, analysing them critically. Thats how you amass cultural knowledge. Thats what you asked about doing. Dont see how I didn't answer your question. There is no list of 5 books you can read that suddenly gives you good understanding of a dozen different fieds.

>>14591467
You could just be a neet, its not hard if you put your mind to it. Much better for reading. In jail you have a very strict schedule, and if you are from a third world country like america you probably even have to work.

also, this >>14591485 >>14591478

>>14591451
Read IN THIS ORDER:

Meditations on First philosophy, by Descartes
The Monadology, by Leibniz
Treatise of Human Nature, by Hume
ALL THREE CRITIQUES, by Immanuel Kant, as well as the Groundwork.

Even though it seems like you've gotten half your book reccomendations from Jordan Peterson, they're still decent. I would suggest reading some of Nietzsches other works, like the Geneaology before Beyond good and Evil. Also, Gulag Archipelago is a huge meme. The only reason you'd read it is if you hate communism, but if you hate communism, you won't learn anything, except maybe you'll hate communism a little more.

>>14591422
I find that remembering stuff you've analysed is much easier. Reading cultural criticism will automatically make your memory stronger for cultural objects, like films and music et cetera. Only works if you actively apply your knowledge though. It's like how remembering 5 chess moves backwards in time is difficult for most people, but grandmasters can remember every single move in every game they've played the last 5 years.

>>14591417
You should talk to a psychologist, the thoughts you are having are not normal. Literature won't fix it.

>>14591410
Very good.

>>14591407
Its not worth buying. Adam Smith is a person only pseuds care about. I guess its good as a purely historical work, but I don't think anyone would find that entertaining.

>>14591354
no

>>14591335
Read IN THIS ORDER:

Meditations on First philosophy, by Descartes
The Monadology, by Leibniz
Treatise of Human Nature, by Hume
ALL THREE CRITIQUES, by Immanuel Kant, as well as the Groundwork.

This will EASILY take you three months, but it is very much worth it.

>>14591340
You dont.

>>14591336
>prescriptivism

There ought to be a hole in the ground within a 50 meter radius of where you are sitting which you can crawl down into. You won't have to read or listen to people speaking in a way that makes you uncomfortable

>>14591310
>your diary

Stop posting this garbade dude, why would you post this? Its just garbage. I get that garbage is a reflection of our culture, but it has to be specifically literature related garbage to have a place here.

>>14591296
Anon, that's what all literature is for...