EPTWhat Are You Reading 2018 - Page 9
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IgnE
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Jerubaal
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On February 27 2018 09:42 Zergneedsfood wrote: It was maybe like a month or two ago, but there was a Reddit post talking about how it was unnecessary to read all the encyclopedic entries in Moby Dick, which I thought was fucking absurd, so I ended up posting on another discord's literary channel and gave a short "this is what's wrong with people" rant. A surprising number of people responded in favor of not reading the whaling chapters, which got me super frustrated, so I went back and reread Moby Dick just so I could refresh my mind and tell them they're wrong. They never responded to me, but it was worth it. :| This is like reading the Cliff's Notes of Shakespeare. I feel like I've been shilling for my ventures too much, but I've been really pondering the future of idea dissemination, to give it a term. You might have seen a few of my essays in the blog sections. I'm not really sure that's going to gain any traction. So what then? Well Youtube is very popular in the political sphere right now. I'm not sure it fits as well for more complex ideas. So if anyone has any ideas or wants to collaborate on anything literary or philosophical or whatever else you might want to talk about. | ||
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Acrofales
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Mun_Su
France2063 Posts
On February 23 2018 08:20 Mun_Su wrote: You shouldn't have told me that, now i'm feeling suddenly less motivated to go after the 4th book  I recently read for a second time all Asimov cycle of Robot and Fondation books. Love his writing (even though i read the french translation, and not his own words) I enjoyed the 4th GOT book, slighty less than the 3rd but still enjoyed. Now time for the 5th. | ||
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farvacola
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On February 27 2018 10:11 IgnE wrote: my excuse for not reading moby dick is that someone said it seems to be really affecting for people going through mid life crisis, so im saving it This is a good strategy. I'm not sure I have any good mid-life crisis works saved up, so I'll just force myself to listen to recordings of "Death of a Salesmen" performances on repeat once I get there  | ||
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123Gurke
France154 Posts
On February 27 2018 21:14 farvacola wrote: This is a good strategy. I'm not sure I have any good mid-life crisis works saved up, so I'll just force myself to listen to recordings of "Death of a Salesmen" performances on repeat once I get there I actually read a similar thing: apparently, Moby Dick is a book for men that are at least 40. I have already chosen the translation I want and my wife knows that I will want it for my 40th birthday in a few years. Somewhat similarly, I have realized that I enjoy Hemingway even more now that I am a little older. I guess that topics like failure in life and getting older resonate more with me Currently reading The Left Hand of Darkness. I like it so far, but progress is slow. (Even though some here seem to disagree, having a family and a job will cut into your reading time...) | ||
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Plansix
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farvacola
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 Whether or not Hemingway would push someone towards matching his fate is beyond me; I've never found his works particularly depressing. | ||
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Jerubaal
United States7684 Posts
On February 27 2018 16:56 Acrofales wrote: Pretty sure you get nowhere in today's political ideasphere if it doesn't fit in a tweet or a meme. I'm not sure that's true, but it does need to be digestible and, I suspect, visual. | ||
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IgnE
United States7681 Posts
On February 28 2018 02:04 Jerubaal wrote: I'm not sure that's true, but it does need to be digestible and, I suspect, visual. the real question is: are most people's stomachs weaker than they were 50 or 100 years ago, or was the audience for the ideas you are talking about always small (and relatively unchanging), in other words, does more democratic participation in media like youtube or twitter reduce total audience appetite for more logocentric media or does it only seem like they do because the relative audience size has always been so small? | ||
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Plansix
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IgnE
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IgnE
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"no it hasnt changed. except the internet is all trash." | ||
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Plansix
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Silvanel
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IgnE
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On February 28 2018 04:48 Plansix wrote: I do not believe so. The news stand is owned by a local business person and responds to the needs of a small customer based. The library is publicly owned by the community. The front page of the internet is owned by Facebook, Google, Reddit, Twitter, Microsoft, Netflix and other large, often multinational companies. The internet is driven by mass market capitalism, which has no interests in niche audiences. netflix doesnt cater to niche audiences??? subreddits? twitter enclaves? do we live in an echo chamber or not??? you constantly traffic in undiscriminating cliches and end up contradicting yourself. in other words, we are talking about a specific niche, not niches, generally. see now youve distracted me from my main line of questioning. | ||
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IgnE
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