/lit/ - Literature

>>23678001
I found this in the sticky. I don't get it. Is the main point to avoid attention stealing and meaningless media? Surely there's more to it, otherwise there wouldn't be 20 books as recommended reading?

>>22364235
That's because OP is a retarded redditor faggot who posted the cropped version

The Blindpill (20 books edition, there's one with 25)

IJ deals with this quite well and being fiction is able to handle it with more nuance than nonfiction. The blind pill books in general should be of interest as long as you do not take the idea of a "blind pill" seriously.

I sort of miss the blind pill anon despite his being completely ridiculous. I am fairly certain he was also the burger punk anon and reasonably certain he was the thanatophobia anon.

>>22186626
The earlier version comes with an explanation.

>>22102473
Picrel is all you really need, but make sure to start with Propaganda by Edward Bernays to see propaganda as a tool by removing the viseral reaction that keeps most people from properly understanding it and to understand the principle of targeting individuals on a mass scale. Beyond that it's useless since the book was only written as a sales brochure for Bernays.

Ellul's Propaganda is my favorite book on it and has shaped how I think about propaganda. He understands propaganda as an environment and a force in and of itself and spends chapters on how parts of propaganda influence parts of a society. Before you get to this though, make sure to read though at least a couple books on media/the press, like anything in picrel.

The Blindpill (There's a version with an additional row but currently I don't have it)

>>20781966
The reason is that they are on different political teams. Even the authors that are telling more truth than others are usually "sponsored" or "handled".

>>20767355
You are not wrong but you are so deep in the matrix. It's just an orchestrated spectacle.

Did you know that most of the Trump family converted to Judaism?

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>>20749689
Read those books

The Blindpill (There's another version of this chart with more books)

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>>20688296
Fuck, forgot to post it

>>19895136
Corporations such as Goldman Sachs do not want negative press run about them. Therefore they take punitive action on periodicals and other Mass Media that report on their various misdeeds, denying them advertising money if they publish stories about the misdeeds. In effect this puts a hurdle in the way of negative reporting on corporations, meaning there is less of such. So too does these media have incentive to downplay misdeeds of America's allied countries with those oppositionally aligned. For example, mentions in the NYT and other major publications of the word "genocide" with mass killings in other countries has clear correlation with whether we are allied with the country in question or if it is our client state.

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>>19898804
Endorsed, good mix there - Christian anarchism, unenlightened capitalism, critical theory, situationism

>>19895321
retard

>>19885114
I've been skimming through self help books and philosophy to fix this myself to "become a better person" and the only worth while books I've come across that seemed good enough to add to my "To-be-read" list is not many. Generally want to avoid anything like "Art of not giving a fuck" Here is my personal list. I haven't read it all but plan on it eventually
How to win friends and influence people
and
The Social Skills Guidebook: Manage Shyness, Improve Your Conversations, and Make Friends, Without Giving Up Who You Are
by Chris MacLeod if you're autistic or really bad at socialization. These two are a great start for social skills.
Allan Pease - Body Language - How to Read Others' Thoughts by Their Gestures
How to Talk to Anyone - 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships
The courage to be disliked
hagakure: The Book of the Samurai
The Analects (Chinese philosophy has some good stuff to follow its not too difficult to read)
Walden by Henry David Thoreau (more of philosophy but it encourages you to be more self sufficient very comfy book)
The How of Happiness
48 laws of power
Atomic Habits
17 Anti-Procrastination Hacks
Self Discipline Mindset Why Self Discipline Is Lacking in Most and How to Unleash It Now by Curtis Leone
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing
House Organization - The Best Beginner's Guide To Simple and Easy Cleaning And Organizing Your House
The Shallows - Nicholas Carr
Ego is the Enemy The Fight to Master Our Greatest Opponent by Ryan Holiday
12 Rules for Life - An Antidote to Chaos by Jordan B. Peterson
brian tracy no excuses the power of self discipline
Getting Things Done The Art Of stress free productivity
Don't Sweat the Small Stuff by Richard Carlson
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People Powerful Lessons in Personal Change and Habits by Stephen R. Covey
The Power of Habit - Charles Duhigg
Your Brain on Porn: Internet Pornography and the Emerging Science of Addiction
Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki
Games People Play The Psychology of Human Relationships by Eric Berne
Think and Grow Rich
Ten Arguments For Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now
NLP Neuro Linguistic Programming - Fred Cremone
In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
You should try to find a book from each skill set of things like
>Cleaning
>Time management
>building and creating habits and routines
>mindfulness
>how to talk to people without being a bumbling buffoon
>developing a sense of self discipline

If you spend a lot of time jerking off and browsing the internet read both your brain on porn and the shallows. If you play video games a lot Read Addction by design.

>>19758017
I'm an Indian, '03 born. As a consequence of both of my parents being professors of English, there was never a dearth of books in my home growing up. I remember my father narrating As You Like It and other classic plots (watered down, of course) at bedtime. Curiosity in the lit that my parents used to teach at college thus piqued, I bought some graphic novel adaptations of Shakespeare's works and other heavily abridged versions of classics like Don Quixote and Great Expectations when I was in primary school. Thoroughly enjoyed them, got cocky and tried to read the originals. Heh.

What followed was a bit of a downgrade. I found some recommendation lists in my school magazine and started reading average zoomer-tier books (Harry Potty, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Rick Riordan's genre fiction). Having found nothing of my interest in the middle school library that children my age had access to, I got permission from my Principal to sit in the senior library whenever I so wished.
In my very first visit to the senior library, a shelf called out to me. It had some books by Tolkien in the front, and I would've picked one of them had I not noticed a book with sick looking cover art lying neglected behind that row of books. "The Truth" by Terry Pratchett. Pivotal read. The prose was just the right density, and just the right mix of satire, adventure, fantasy and everything in between. Started devouring the Discworld series. Also found a collection of Dahl's short stories there intended for adults (but my librarian didn't know any better). Pretty graphic at times, rape and whatnot. Fun.

I levelled up slowly and steadily. Lewis Carrol. Edgar Allan Poe. M.R. James. RL Stevenson. Dickens. Ray Bradbury. Orwell.
Made a horrible mistake in the first few years of high school - joined Chinkstagram upon my girlfriend's insistence. One thing led to another and I was whoring for internet points and lurking on Bihari rape threat making forums all day long.

Everything changed when I saw a video on Diogenes. Encountered Marcus Aurelius a few Wikipedia clicks later. Meditations was probably the first non-fiction lit that I read and it had an incredibly immense impact on my life. Developed personal heuristics. Stopped consuming sugar and junk. Understood the futility of internet points, left social media and cut off all contact with weaklings. (I only occasionally browse /lit/ now, no other boards or chans.) I've only read The Enchiridion of Epictetus, Thus Spoke Zarathustra and Lovecraft's and Kafka's prominent works since then. I have acquired a huge to-read list though that I am raring to start working upon once done with my entrance exams.

Reciprocating your concerns, OP, I do strive to get some of my friends that I think there is still hope for to quit basedcial media and globohomo-influenced ideologies and to think for themselves. I don't think it is working. But do the weak not deserve to be predated upon?