/lit/ - Literature

[Anonymous No.22151393]

I slept through my school lessons and didn't went to college
And now I realize I have 0 knowledge about literally anything
I am a walking retard
How do I undumbfy myself (quickly)
What books should I read

[Anonymous No.22151400]

start with the greeks

[Anonymous No.22151408]

>>22151393
>didn't went
Fuck I meant didn't go
I truly am retarded

[Anonymous No.22151413]

>>22151393
Basic Mathematics by Serge Lang
Principles of C++ by Bjarne Stasroup
The Pale blue dot by sagan
Plays and poems by Shakespeare

[Anonymous No.22151432]

>>22151393
iktfbro
now i'm just drifting by as a dilettante in everything

[Bugbane No.22151488]

>>22151393
A bugman that's attained a modicum of self-awareness is still a bugman.

[Anonymous No.22151494]

If you’re relatively young you’re actually in a somewhat fortunate position considering that education nowadays is mostly anti-humanistic brainwashing and civic-professional indoctrination into a sterilized world order. You can start with the classics (i.e. Greeks and Romans) and teach yourself Latin and Greek to start an actual humanistic education. I taught myself Latin at 29 personally.

[Anonymous No.22151888]

I remember in high school talking to a German exchange student and I realized they actually learned and absorbed everything they were taught in school up til then and it wasn't just running off like rain on a tin roof

That was a wake up call

[Anonymous No.22151897]

>>22151413
u overdosed on reddit

[Anonymous No.22151899]

>>22151408
maybe you are
but I hate when ESLs do this

[Anonymous No.22151926]

I know this is probably a stupid and incomplete answer, but I'd say you should read:

- the most important novel in your mother tongue (e.g. The Betrothed if you are italian);
- something about basic mathematics (algebra and geometry);
- the magazine Scientific American or a similar one;
- something about world history (NOT just your own country's history).

What do you think, anons?

[Anonymous No.22151951]

>>22151393

Study maths/science to understand the universe around you (see /sci/ sticky), Literature (to turn you into a human being, see /lit/ top100 chart), also read a summary of western philosophy, then pick a philosophy you'd like to study of any kind, doesn't even matter which as long as it replaces all the shitsludge that's been poured into you. The four books that make up the trial of Socretes are a good start.

A lot of history is massively distorted, so be cautious about what you pick to read (who funded the author?). Same for anything politics.

Also, unironically, Rich Dad, Poor Dad. School teaches you an obedient slave mindset that's important to break (go school, get job, be poor slave for 60 years, die). Studying business / money is pure fucking horseshit, but it's the prison by which modern man is enslaved, and you can't liberate yourself from it without studying it.

[Anonymous No.22151962]

>>22151393
I realized this too, Anon. Now I'm trying to fix this. My plan is as follows:
>learn Latin, Greek, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian and a few others
>get good at math
>get good at physics
>programming (C, C++, etc)
>read and reread and reread the western canon in original languages
>read broadly in history, philosophy, etc
>learn an instrument
I'm just trying to give myself the holistic education that I feel I missed out because the education system is dogwater.

[sage No.22151987]

>>22151962
that could take a lifetime though

[Anonymous No.22152032]

>>22151962
Remember the loci method. I don't mean use that exact method but understand why it works and arrange your information within a context so you know how to retrieve it.
A timeline is a simple example. If you actually imagine a line you have what's like a physical location to place events in.
I think there's also something to be said about attempting to do things you can't and structuring what you learn around accomplishing goals, that's easier in programming than most things. It makes the knowledge seem more valuable if you know it solves some problem stopping you before.

[Anonymous No.22152044]

>>22151951
>Also, unironically, Rich Dad, Poor Dad>

mfw

[Anonymous No.22152090]

>>22151413
>Principles of C++
This. The true masterpiece of our age. A tour de force on contemporary reality, If there has ever been one. Well done, Anon!

[Anonymous No.22152101]

>>22152090
It has been translated in 20 languages. Its impact cannot be overstated.

[Anonymous No.22152127]

>>22151987
All the better, anon. I already spend most of my days working towards my nebulous end-goal.
>>22152032
Do you have any articles on the loci method?

[Anonymous No.22152150]

>>22151899
stop hating us

[Anonymous No.22152193]

>>22152150
You started hating us first

[Anonymous No.22152328]

>>22151413
>Principles of C++ by Bjarne Stasroup
Fuck you, recommend SICP next time.

>>22151393
Start with The Trivium, it's a book by a nun, you'll know it when you see it. If you just want facts, go to a largish used bookstore or library book sale and get the cheapest copy of a complete Encyclopedia (ideally Britannica, but any works) AS LONG AS it was published before 1964. That's really important.

>>22151962
You really don't need all those languages. Translations are good enough now, except for maybe Latin, if only for the mental exercise.

>>22151951
Rich Dad Poor Dad is GARBAGE. Read Richest Man in Babylon instead and if you want to go beyond, then Intelligent Investor.

>>22152101
SICP is better.

[Anonymous No.22152337]

>>22151393
You better off spending your time watching lectures on youtube, Yale has a few dozen courses for free. Then read the material that is discussed.

[Anonymous No.22152369]

>>22152127
>Do you have any articles on the loci method?
No. It's mostly magicians that use it and magicians are faggots. The majority of your brain is trying to do the job of feeding you information through intuition, the formal part that thinks in language is new. You have to explore your own intuition and learn to interpret emotions to get more out of your brain. That can't really be taught.

[Anonymous No.22152386]

>>22152328
>Start with The Trivium
what about Quadrivium
She wrote a book about it too

[Anonymous No.22152403]

>>22152386
I want to reply with a metaphor about building a house and laying foundations, but I won't.
START with the Trivium. Logic, Grammar, and Rhetoric are the most important if you don't know anything. The quadrivium can come afterwards but it's not nearly as foundational.

[Anonymous No.22152470]

>>22152328
>Translations are good enough
Amerimutt hands typed this. I will learn a dozen languages and you can't stop me.

[Anonymous No.22152484]

>>22151393
>I have 0 knowledge about literally anything
at least you are not indoctrinated and your brain is probably developed enough to critically look at suggestions.
learn on your own by now.
read 2 most important books to start with,
"learning how to learn" and "How to read a book".

[Anonymous No.22152490]

>>22151393
>highschool
High school textbooks. Don't bother with old shit that people are recommending here. New shit is better because people made them using research in education.

[Anonymous No.22152525]

>Conservatives ITT complimenting the fact that OP slept through his school years
Conservatives are mentally ill

[Anonymous No.22152754]

>>22152525
Neocons hate education because they know educated people won't vote for them.
Liberals are too up their own ass to provide education without their biases infecting shit.

[Anonymous No.22152835]

>>22152754
Not necessarily against bias desu
Biased people offer the best counterargument, since they wont get go easily
I am against a society that only allows one group to be biased
In my perfect would we would have lots of school with their own bias

[Anonymous No.22152855]

>>22152835
>Biased people offer the best counterargument, since they wont get go easily
Definitely not how that works.

[Anonymous No.22152860]

>>22151393
You’re doing good recognising that
Most people are like you but don’t ever recognise they’re tards
Read a lot
Do your home work
Start with the Greeks

[Anonymous No.22152864]

>>22152855
What I meant is that they are more persistent.
If they biased but are also honest they will acknowledge that you have a decent argument, but will also read 100 books until they find a good counterargument.
Again, assuming they are honest with themselves.
If they arent, they will just use an half-assed argument and pretend they won the debate

[Anonymous No.22153947]

>>22151393
Knowledge is secondary, you need only bask in the here and now, not in front of a soul rending screen either. True knowledge of self and wisdom Trump all book learning, but book learning grants you an insight into others minds
But you should read

[Anonymous No.22154948]

>>22152490
Maybe if you want to become a zogbot

[Anonymous No.22156010]

>>22151962
>this is my plan
I see a flaw. Instead of executing this you're posting on /lit/. Many such cases!

[Anonymous No.22156015]

>>22151393
Do something before you become a wizard with no skills like me. gonna have to end it all eventually with the looming recession or depression on the way.

[Anonymous No.22156033]

>>22152090
This true monument to Man´s ingenuity will not ever be forgotten. It has singlehandedly changed so many lives on this Earth

[Anonymous No.22156039]

>>22151888
You met a superhuman

[Anonymous No.22156838]

>>22152090
God, C++ is such an ugly language, how can people enjoy writing in this shit? I think functional ones are pure kino aesthetically, but I never bothered to learn one except reading "Learn you a haskell for a greater good" once.

[Anonymous No.22157206]

>>22156838
>C++ is such an ugly language
Thoughts on C? I like it though I may be biased because I'm already learning it. Looking forward to trying out HtDP and/or SICP soon afterwards.

[Anonymous No.22158488]

>>22151393
Thinking as a Science by Henry Hazlitt.