Youtube comments of (@_jared).

  1. goodbye, employed TikTokers!
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  2. I had no intention of making two anti-Amazon videos in a row. I didn't even want to make another video about Amazon, as I'd like to focus on philosophical ideas and great books. But this news is time-sensitive, so I wanted to make a video right now to get the word out. Look for alternative ereaders. Buy physical media. Support local booksellers. Editing again to add this: I said that removing DRM was legal, but I did add 'to the best of my knowledge.' I'm not a lawyer. I was repeating what I believed to be the case (that removing DRM was legal if done for personal use). However, several people below have told me that this violates the DMCA in the US. I'm not going to say what is true or false, because I don't know. Please do your own research and think carefully about what you want to do with your ebooks. But above all, this speaks to the need for alternative distributors and ecosystems (and a broader reform of how ebooks are treated legally). There are some recurring questions in the comments. I can't address them all, but here are some thoughts. I'll edit this as they crop up. Question: What is DRM? DRM stands for Digital Rights Management. It is software that limits how you can use a digital asset. It the case of Kindles, DRM locks you into the Kindle ecosystem. It also helps to prevent piracy. This is the crux of the issue: in order to prevent piracy, companies restrict how you can use what you buy. Question: Why not just pirate? I want to support authors and artists. Question: Does this affect your ability to read books on your Kindle or on a Kindle app? No. This prevents you from downloading the files onto a folder on your computer, which you can currently do in order to save a local copy (or to use a program like Calibre to strip the DRM). Question: Is it legal to remove DRM? I am not a lawyer. I said in the video that to the best of my knowledge it was legal (thinking here only about using the content for personal use), but obviously the law is complex and varies by jurisdiction. You'll want to do your own research before taking any action. Question: Does this affect Audible? Will Kindles still be able to download books via WiFi? This change is specifically about downloading files from Amazon's site onto your PC. Your Kindle app and your Kindle device isn't affected, as far as I know. Audible isn't either. Question: Will all my books be removed from my Kindle? No. I expect that for the vast majority of users, they won't notice a difference. This mostly affects people who want to have local backups of book that cannot be remotely edited or deleted. Question: Don't you realize DRM is necessary for authors to make a living? I don't think that's true. Books are being pirated one way or another. DRM primarily restricts your ability to do as you please with your files. I don't like or support piracy, but I still want DRM-free files for my own personal use.
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  3. This is the best thing I’ve read all week.
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  4. If this video gets 1 million views, I'll show the Warhammer minis on camera in a future video.
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  5. If you listen closely, you'll hear me claim that Richard Nixon walked on the moon. Perhaps it was a mistake, or perhaps it was a way of subtly reminding you that you shouldn't believe everything you hear on the internet. I also wish I had made a distinction between formal and informal fallacies. Maybe this deserves a much longer video.
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  6. A bit more context for anyone interested. 

 For the last two years, I’ve worked at Indeed. It has been a good job, and I liked the work and my coworkers. The company laid off 15% of the workforce last year, and I thought we were through the worst of it. But on Monday, I was laid off with about 1,000 other people. That’s a further 8% of the company. About half of my team was laid off. My wife and I had bought our new house the previous Friday and moved in over the weekend. It’s not an ideal time to get laid off, but we will manage. For now, we’re thinking about this line from Epictetus: “Some things are in our control and others not.” And to add just two more notes. I am looking for more stable work too — I won’t pursue YouTube to the detriment of my family. And for those asking about a book: stay tuned.
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  7. The title text under Descartes' name says 'Confessions', which is an unfortunate error made during the editing process. The text recommended is, in fact, the Meditations. This link in the description takes you to the correct book.
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  8. So sorry to hear you're going through this. The copyright system needs serious change.
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  9. I plan on making more of these deep-dive videos into various philosophers, media that has interesting philosophical dimensions, and philosophical concepts. What would you like to see in the future?
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  10. I appreciate that clarification! EDIT: This is an important enough error that I'm pinning the comment. I should always doublecheck terminology, and I didn't do that this time.
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  11. In and out of the vet, still, but there are signs of recovery. Thanks for asking!
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  12. I’m blown away by the feedback from the One Piece community. You folks are the best. There is one error in the video I want to note. I miscounted the volumes that I’ve read of the manga, so I’m actually not quite to volume 23. I miscounted because I’m reading the chapters on the Shonen Jump app. I think a lot of what I said is going to get more complicated based on things to come in the series. I can’t wait to continue reading.
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  13. If I remade the video, I'd bump Aristotle to S tier.
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  14. I make YouTube videos for a living, but I don't have YouTube on my phone.
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  15. A few notes: 1. Hitchens isn't the hardest author to read, but his book served as a decent example for the purposes of this video (and I had the book ready at hand). 2. Throughout, I mentioned synoptical reading — but Adler wrote about syntopical reading. A helpful commenter corrected me (and apparently many others have made that mistake).
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  16. That's a great thing to hear. I can't wait to read more.
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  17. I had to remind myself that this is supposed to be a philosophy channel. (For those curious, my Nietzsche video is coming along! I think it will be a very long video.) If you just want to see the final list, it's at roughly 25:45
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  18. Be sure to take notes!
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  19. I caught an embarrassing typo in the video, but it was too late for me to change it. At 2:05 I spelled Thomas Aquinas' name as 'Thomas Aquinus.' I regret the error. If I catch any other errors, I'll put them here, too. In the meantime, let me know here what other topics you'd like to see covered. I'm making a list and planning for 2025!
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  20. Thanks — glad you liked it
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  21. I actually have plans for one, but it is a matter of time management and logistics.
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  22. What area of philosophy interests you the most?
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  23. I didn’t catch this — but this comment made me laugh. That’s what I get for improvising instead of checking my script!
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  24. It’s the scandal of the century
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  25. Neal Stephenson, of course, is the author of Anathem, not Neal Stepson. Let’s just say that proofreading has never been my strength.
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  26. This is the great irony of my career.
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  27. That could be interesting (especially if I covered why people hate them…lots of good stories there!)
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  28. I have several friends who are voracious readers who were told in school that they were poor readers/needed to lower their expectations. Once they cracked the code and could read a bit better, they never stopped.
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  29. My sleep has improved, I’m with my family more, and my diet has radically improved. I’m way less stressed, and I generally feel good. Leaving tech was a boon for me.
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  30. I spotted some errors late in the editing process that I wanted to clear up here. 

 First, Copleston’s volumes are still printed by Continuum. However, I can’t find the books available for purchase anywhere except directly from the publisher, which is odd. I don’t know the exact status of the series at Continuum, but my advice still stands: you can find used copies of Copleston and save some money.

 Second, I grouped Boethius into Roman philosophy. This isn’t wrong per se, but then I started Medieval Philosophy with St Augustine. Augustine is older than Boethius by nearly a century. So my groupings here were a tad inconsistent. The lines between Roman philosophy and Medieval philosophy are blurry. Both philosophers were influenced by Neo-Platonism, and I wanted to include a representative Neo-Platonist text in the Roman section. Unfortunately, a beginner-friendly Neo-Platonist text is hard to find, especially non-Christian Neo-Platonism. (Though Boethius is a Christian Neo-Platonist, the text doesn’t feel as religious as Augustine’s writings. Make of that what you will.)

 If I see other errors, or others point them out to me, I’ll update this comment.
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  31. This was such a good video. I like to recommend that people always read the source material, because the online hype around Stoicism really misrepresents it. Epictetus, another famous Stoic, was a Roman slave, and he found great comfort in Stoic teachings. I highly recommend his works!
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  32. This has also been my experience. When I'm able to just write, without much regard for structure, I get much more out of it.
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  33. It’s no surprise that Fallout is one my favorite video game worlds.
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  34. I now agree with whatever else you believe
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  35. I didn’t address it here, as I did in my video about burnout, but I think for quite a bit of jobs the number of hours worked could be reduced if we started being honest with ourselves about things like meetings and corporate trainings.
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  36. I appreciate the trust!
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  37. Sorry about the reupload, everyone. There was an error I didn't catch in the export process. I hope you like the video.
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  38. There are so many authors we could talk about, like Dostoevsky, Borges, Calvino, Hesse, and so on. Who are your favorites?
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  39.  @xWingzTV  I stand by everything else.
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  40. If you've watched my channel for any amount of time, you might know I made a similar video last year. I made a few mistakes in that video – including say Richard Nixon walked on the moon – and I knew I wanted to make a longer video about this topic. So here it is. Now, tell me: what's your favorite fallacy?
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  41. Thank you so much, Clark! That means so much.
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  42. I actually started reading the manga years ago when it appeared in Shonen Jump but I didn’t keep reading for very long. I picked up the manga again awhile ago before the show happened. I can’t wait to catch up.
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  43. If I recall correctly, Northeastern is also heavily invested in moving up the U.S. News rankings. They're playing a very particular game at the highest levels.
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  44. I made a video that was substantially about the whole language learning problem last year. (I should add it to the description.) I’m glad some states are seeing success by returning to phonics.
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  46. What are your favorite philosophy books?
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  49. I’d have to find the video about this that broke down how this works, but Netflix now will demand that plot points are explained multiple times in a new movie so that people will be able to follow along even while distracted.
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  50. That's a very good point. Having a reason for reading the book helps you get the most out of it, especially if you're motivated to answer a particular question.
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  51. If you download them and save them to your hard drive, I wouldn’t sue you.
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  52. Thanks, Mike!
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  53. Oh my goodness — I read that word wrong every single time. I assumed he was calling it synoptical because it lets you get a general view of a subject. I appreciate the correction!
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  55. Yes, just collecting the passages allows you to stumble on common ideas or themes, or to make connections, or just to have thoughts you wouldn't otherwise have.
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  56. You get better with this over time. I certainly had this problem when I was starting. You eventually start to find more critiques as you read. But if this isn’t helpful enough, just think of a few questions to ask when you’re reading. Is what the philosopher saying necessarily true? Why have other philosophers said otherwise? How would we settle this question?
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  57. Tell me about a great book you read recently!
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  58. They did give a refund. I should have said that in the video — I think I cut it during editing, for some reason.
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  59. I think this aligns well with my general view. If you focus on the numbers, you won’t read well, you won’t read the difficult but valuable books, and you won’t enjoy it as much.
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  60. I really appreciate you saying that! And I'm glad I could be of use.
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  61. It is certainly helpful. Someone who wants to study philosophy on their own would probably need to be quite disciplined and would need to adhere to some kind of schedule.
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  62. I've been on a diet and getting more cardio in!
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  63. I'm not 100% sure, but I think that is correct.
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  65. I didn’t say this very clearly in the video, but this is a follow up to an earlier video of mine on the same topic. You might like the books in that video, too. I recommend Le Guin, Butler, and a few other authors I'm sure you'll love. https://youtu.be/Vrd9JnK8cho
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  66. I'm a big fan! I'd love to talk and brainstorm.
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  67. You do not need a degree! It has its benefits, but I think philosophy can be read by anyway with the time, patience, and basic reading skills. Just know that it can be difficult work. But many great, beneficial things are difficult work!
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  68. Dune was in the first draft of this video. I cut it because I wanted to make a separate video in the future. Great book!
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  69. One class I took did, though it was also heavily postcolonial. I eventually dropped the major to then focus exclusively on philosophy, but my sense was that the classes I didn’t take would not have included anything about Marxism.
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  70. I have three planned. They just take me a bit. I want to do a much longer video on One Piece soon.
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  71. Great question to ask! I have a list of questions I ask myself before I read a book. One day I'll make a video about it.
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  72. Actually, I think the explanation goes in the other direction: culture war intensity is likely downstream from the rise of loneliness.
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  73. I would maybe do videos about philosophical anarchism at some point. I don't know enough about other theories to make good content, but I could likely make good content about anarchism.
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  74. I appreciate it!
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  75. I had him in the video, but the audio was weird and I had to cut it. (He was C tier, FYI)
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  76. I have a science fiction and fantasy list coming out soon too! So happy I can help people discover philosophy. It is life-changing stuff.
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  77. I'll work on it — maybe it can come out in January.
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  78.  @DrSteamCS  That would ruin the reveal
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  79. Newsletter can be found here: https://jaredhenderson.substack.com/ That's a slightly different link than what I said in the video. I had to switch to Substack because so many of you signed up — my original platform was going to require significantly more money per month. I'm blown away by the amount of people who wanted to join. Come read with me!
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  80.  @razzberrysoda89  Kind of...I took on too many projects and have had to prioritize a few things.
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  81.  @AlasdairAly  To my knowledge, there are no good print editions right now. When I taught this text in the classroom, I advised students to print off the version I linked to.
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  82. Nebula would be the dream one day.
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  83. Same thing happened with that audio, but he was B tier.
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  85. I'd ask you to give it a shot — I wanted to use the show as an opportunity to talk about philosophy. (And I think I succeeded in that.)
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  86. That's a brutal midterm. Hope it went well!
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  87. My best advice: take a pen, scribble all over the first page, and then remind yourself that everything else you write in your notebook will be better than that.
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  88. Thank you very much. I've been working on my editing quite a bit, trying to make it exciting without overwhelming the viewer. It's nice to hear that it is appreciated.
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  89. Boethius is great (especially about wealth and fortune).
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  90. Thank you. For anyone curious: those are Sts Katherine, Maximus, and Augustine.
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  92.  @ace0135  I appreciate that about the community very much!
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  93. Usually, I would. Unfortunately about 99% of my books are currently in storage as I'm about to move!
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  94. I hope you find a method that works for you!
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  95. Thank you, Philip. I'm really enjoying Malazan — would love to chat about it once I'm done with Gardens. If you have a way to get in touch, maybe send me an email (my email is in my profile)?
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  96. Those are all Le Guin volumes.
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  97. We do not read each other's journals.
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  98. I had to re-render this video multiple times. Something was weird about the audio that I couldn’t seem to fix. I’ll work on it for the next one.
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  99. One more coming tomorrow (I have to get it out in July for scheduling reasons)
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  101. That's a very nice variation.
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  102. Hume and Aristotle could be read right away, though they would take work. MacIntyre assumes familiarity with the history of philosophy.
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  103.  @TheEsotericaChannel  Thank you! I hope all is well, aside from YouTube copyright woes.
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  105. I take them off after I export. I just forgot to mention it!
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  106. If I had been able to track down my physical copy of that book, it would’ve been on here. I love that book.
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  107. I think YouTube will generate these. If they don't, I'll add them tonight.
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  108. That's more complicated. First, you get an advance for the book. This varies greatly depending on publisher, author, etc. The advance purchases the rights from the author. Then the publishing company gets a share of the profits from the booksellers who buy the books and part of that is split with authors after they earn out. Those royalty percentages are often between 5-15%. The publisher also (in theory) does a lot for authors, like editing, designing, marketing, etc. It's why I would prefer to be traditionally published, for instance, and why I don't think it is predatory in the same way. (And while there aren't enough big publishers anymore - there's only 4 or 5 – there is at least some competition between them.)
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  110. I'm going to do some contrasting of Aristotle with the Stoics in a few other videos. For instance, I want to talk about happiness according to Aristotle and the Stoics.
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  111. Doing research and using secondary sources definitely isn't cheating.
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  112. I shaved the beard down and kept the mustache a week or two ago.
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  113. That’s something I’d like to do eventually, but there’s so much background I’d have to research that it wouldn’t be anytime soon!
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  114. I think it’s a little more complicated. It’s partly a shift in mindset, but a shift in mindset toward things that are intrinsically valuable — not just conceiving of them instrumentally in terms of productive labor.
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  115. The jump in quality from Eye of the World to The Great Hunt is pretty astounding. And it keeps going for quite awhile!
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  116. It's helpful to introduce another term: defeasible inferences. A good defeasible inference is rationally compelling but not deductively valid. (That's a gloss of the definition the Stanford Encyclopedia gives, for transparency.) 'Experts say X, so therefore X' might be a decent defeasible inference. But it isn't as reliable as a deductive argument.
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  117. Dive into the primary text first. When it gets too difficult, find supplemental works to help you along.
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  118. I can't wait for the opportunity to share these stories with him!
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  119. It'll be on YouTube by the end of the month
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  120.  @alejandrotapia5800  I will definitely keep reading.
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  121. Often, yes. But I sometimes recommend not getting too caught up in a particular sentence or paragraph if it is your first time reading the book, especially philosophy, as I think you should get a feel for the whole thing and then dive deep into the hard parts.
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  122. This is probably the last one for about a month!
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  123. Dune is one of top 10 science fiction works. I talk about it in a few other videos!
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  124. It really is great. Hope you’re holding up, Randy.
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  125. I will have something positive (hopefully soon)!
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  126. It has made self-publishing easier, but also has squeezed a lot of money out of traditionally published books (and, I'd add, takes a really big cut for those self-published books).
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  127. Very good distinction — I should have said 'speed' rather than 'efficiency' in the video.
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  128. I'm not familiar with the details of his comments, so it is hard to say. But I do think they have a lot of institutional incentives to maintain the status quo.
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  129. I do consider the impact of YouTube. I've mentioned it many times on my channel. I regularly encourage people to limit their consumption of content here in order to focus on more important things. I view it like alcohol: enjoyable, but only good in moderation.
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  130. They've asked to remain anonymous. They don't want glory.
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  131. That’s not a dismissal. I’m saying that people should read them.
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  132. As you can tell from my beard, I don't know much about razors.
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  133. Nintendo is awful about this sort of thing. An entire video could be made solely on their digital storefronts.
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  134. I love Hyperion and the first two Ender books (haven't read past that). I also really enjoyed Children of Time. 1984, Brave New World, and The Road could all be considered for a bigger list (maybe a top 25)!
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  135. Use those sticky book tabs I briefly showed and write on those. It's the only viable option for library books, I think.
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  136. I wanted to bring to mind the idea of tilting at windmills — thinking you’re on to the truth, but being misguided.
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  137. Great question. I use the notecards when I want to get key ideas or quotes from many books and group them by themes, usually when I’m tying it all together for a writing project. This approach is great to dive deep into a single book.
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  138.  @rascaltwitch22  I think that's it. I hadn't watched the channel before that video.
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  139. Roam Research (which requires a subscription) and Obsidian (which is free)
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  140. Yes. I've read a lot of PKD, though I liked him more in high school than I do now. I also quite like Samuel Delany, who is another New Wave writer.
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  141. Get the editions published by Hackett. High-quality and affordable.
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  142. I already made that video! Search for 'Stoicism: An In-Depth Explanation.'
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  143. It’s a skill you pick up over time. Focus on what stands out. You eventually start to get an intuitive feel for it.
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  144. Michael Sugrue was one of the absolute best. His lectures are still on YouTube.
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  145. That’s certainly the plan
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  146.  @justineady4251  76
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  147. Check out my profile page. I have a video on exactly that topic.
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  148. The majority of the ones we give names to are informal fallacies — they are basically bad principles we use as premises in arguments. Formal fallacies are more structural and we don't give them names very often.
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  149. I would like to do stuff like this in the future, but it would probably be better either as a livestream or off of YouTube. I'd have to think about it.
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  150. I always recommend primary sources. You could find commentaries to help you along, but in my opinion the bulk of your reading should be primary sources.
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  151. I got very lucky that it didn’t scare me off, but I still don’t understand that Heidegger book.
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  152. I think Graeber captured a common sentiment, but you’re correct that there’s this larger question of being socially meaningful that he doesn’t quite account for.
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  153. I link to Kripke in the guide. I’m afraid to say much without reading it again, as I’d probably make a fool of myself!
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  154. Parker, I’ve been meaning to reply. Email me at jzh1e4[at]gmail[dot]com and we can discuss your podcast.
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  155. It really is a mind-blowing essay.
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  156. Karl
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  157. I took a break from reading for fun while working on my dissertation. Sometimes circumstances change and that affects how much we’re able to read for a time.
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  158. It's not an easy read, but with effort it is doable! It will just require you to slow down and read carefully.
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  159. Very hard to include! Certainly if you were expanding this to, say, 50 one would make it. It’s also hard to pinpoint the one central text (if we limit ourselves to texts that survive to this day).
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  160. 3-5, depending on the books. I'm almost always reading at least one fiction book, one work of philosophy, and one non-fiction book.
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  161. I do not. Aside from YouTube I try to stay off of social media.
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  162. I think that’s the right approach. You can’t use this for everything.
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  163. My current struggle, in fact!
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  164. That's probably the first time my legs have been on camera!
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  165. If you want an overview, I'd recommend the two volume set from Scott Soames entitled 'Philosophical Analysis in the Twentieth Century.' Soames also has a series called 'The Analytic Tradition in Philosophy,' but I haven't read it so I can't speak to its quality.
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  166. @ThenNow Thank you! And the same should be said for your work.
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  167. I would recommend doing the same thing for an e-reader. I took this part out, but in general I think there is massive benefit to writing by hand. You process information differently when you write it yourself.
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  168. One thing I love about this is the flexibility. Anyone could take this idea and tweak it for their particular needs.
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  169. The burnout video? I’ve updated the description with it now.
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  170. I could perhaps make a video about this, but for now let me just recommend Dante’s Comedy, Bullfinch’s Mythology, Emily Dickinson, and Walt Whitman’a Leaves of Grass.
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  171. I totally forgot about it. It would have been in the caveat section. I liked it when I read it, but as the years have passed I’ve lost interest. I did like the Dunk and Egg stories, though.
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  172. It’s a personal favorite. I featured it in one of the earlier videos on my channel!
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  173. I can’t mention him by name in a video — he’s scared I’ll send him more subscribers! Clarke is a modern master of the genre. She’s a treasure.
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  174. I am Orthodox, but I love St Benedict. In fact, he’s my patron saint.
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  175. I’m planning a fiction video soon, given the popularity of the request!
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  176. That's a really nice idea. I had never thought of that, but I'll put it in the brainstorming box.
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  177. It really depends. For instance, I would like to teach small online classes, where the price per class would be much cheaper than what you would pay at a university. I think that could be worthwhile for some people, but it is completely detached from a degree program.
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  178. I actually got this method from reading a French philosopher. But I was not at all surprised when I found out the folks at Daily Stoic use a similar method.
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  179. She got a nice, long bath after this video was recorded and now seems less irritated. Something had gotten on her skin.
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  180. That Huemer book is very good.
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  181. I have a PhD in philosophy. I have taught students at multiple academic institutions. I now don’t work in academia, but I try to teach people about philosophy through YouTube and my writing.
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  182. I didn't mean to say it would only be vocational programs, but I was probably unclear here. You could imagine, for instance, really focused programs to train doctors (that ended up taking less time and requiring less debt).
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  183. The best explanation here is that stoicism is a philosophy that is dealing with the horrors of the world and trying to make sense of it. It doesn’t justify the brutality, except from a cosmic point of view, but helps us deal with it.
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  184. I might do a bookshelf tour once we’ve moved. That way people can see what I decided to keep in my collection.
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  185. I don't know, either. It is why I want to do more research before I say what I'm doing next or make recommendations.
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  186. The mean diverges significantly from the median, which was 4 (I believe).
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  187. The live action, mostly, though I’m reading the manga!
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  188. I do! In fact, I read more fiction than philosophy. Dostoevsky is my favorite writer.
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  189. Thanks for letting me know!
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  190. I always appreciate respectful pushback.
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  191. I’m glad to have you here!
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  192. Not yet. It's on the list.
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  193. It never got in the way of me teaching. It’s more of a constant background thing — though I manage it much better than I once did!
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  194. It is many-fold. I should have discussed it more, but I was conscious of the runtime of the video. First, the economic system that underpins universities doesn't work. It may work for large universities with large endowments, but it doesn't work for most. Revenue is driven by government-backed debt, expenses are bloated due facilities, events, sports, administrators, etc. Second, the rise of grants as the source of research funding leads to faddishness. When you add the increase in administration to the mix, you get less substantive research that follows trends and prioritizes conformity. Third, the consumer mindset means students feel they are paying for a credential. The education isn't what is valued. And universities conform to their students' expectations. The goal is to get them a degree — not to broaden their minds or to form better human beings.
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  195. So good to hear from you, man. The scar has faded and now that’s just a good memory.
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  196. It’s interesting. I think there’s probably a lot of work to be done to understand how people in different types of jobs feel about their work. Those shipping jobs are essential, in a very broad sense, in a way many office jobs aren’t.
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  197. It’s a good question. I don’t intend to exclude women, but you’re right that I don’t feature as many women in my videos. Currently I’m reading a book by a scholar of ancient philosophy, Julia Annas, and I should try to feature her alongside some other women in the future. Ursula K Le Guin is the woman I mention the most often, and she greatly influenced me (especially politically).
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  198. It’s probably not long enough, but I added it at the very end while I fade to black. Should make it a little easier to view the whole thing.
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  199. They don’t have to be evenly spread, but 10% of the timeline accounting for 50% of the books should raise your suspicions.
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  200. I think that Ishiguro is very good at exploring how our moral perception shifts — we can be trained or convinced to not view persons as persons, and he shows this so well in his work. As for whether it is science fiction — I lean toward saying yes, but the problem is that the technology has caught up to him, for the most part.
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  201. I've give it some time. Maybe space out your reads by a month or two if you're doing some dedicated studying, or just know that you'll revisit the book in a year or two with your notes.
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  202. His book is good. It isn’t my top recommendation, but it is good.
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  203. If it's playing 8 ads in 10 minutes, something's gone wrong. I'll look into it.
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  204. It is in my top 10 science fiction list.
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  205. My wife, who is Chinese, mocked me mercilessly for my mispronunciation.
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  206.  @estebanmamberto1212  that is a Karl Marx quote.
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  207. I’d have to go back and look at exactly what Adler says, but here are my preliminary thoughts. When you first read a book and come to terms with the author, you should be doing your level best to prove the author right. You should interpret the book as generously as possible. But, in the end, you still might disagree. The big problem is that readers often skip right to criticizing a book or author and don’t do the difficult work of interpreting it fairly.
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  208.  @SerfOnEarth  Yes, I see. I don't have a perfect answer for this, but part of what I have done is choose some reading (for instance) that I don't produce any content on, whether on Substack or YouTube. I choose those in advance and do my best to shut off my productivity mind while reading them.
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  209. I feel much better, too!
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  210. Funnily enough, I just bought Babel-17. I just haven't had a chance to read it yet!
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  211. I use a plug-in for Final Cut Pro called mTuber 3.
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  212. Maybe buy that Plato collection I mentioned and read it as you are able. Some of the dialogues can be read in a few hours. Read as slowly as you need. It's a marathon, not a sprint.
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  213. I recently started Malazan, and I’m looking forward to diving in. The Dispossessed didn’t get mentioned in this video, but it’s actually one of my top 3 books.
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  214. Clarke may be up your alley, and perhaps Guy Gavriel Kay. Hope you find something enjoyable!
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  215. I think the best thing to do is to balance this with practical living. I believe this is a major benefit of thinking in terms of virtue ethics — we talk about exemplars, practical circumstances, and so on. It keeps ethics human.
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  216. I wasn’t even expecting it until a couple of days ago. The idea just wouldn’t get out of my head.
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  217. Once these themes made themselves more apparent to me, what seemed like a silly story about pirates ended up becoming an incredibly deep story about life. I can’t put the manga down!
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  218. Long & Sedley's work is certainly very helpful and informative.
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  219. It’s kind of based on that. This is less structured and is more based on a particular project — I’m not striving for evergreen notes here.
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  220. It may be a surprise to some, but I love Hitchens’ writing. His ‘Letters to a Young Contrarian’ was very important for me.
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  221.  @sufficientmagister9061  Dune.
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  222. Completely ridiculous. Keep fighting the good fight.
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  223. I did one on the Stoics a few months ago! I’ll probably do more on some more recent philosophers, by which I mean later than Ancient Greece or Rome.
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  224. Someone else brought this up, and I looked into briefly. In short, I don’t think that’s the right model, but I don’t know a better one currently.
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  225. I would recommend sticking with primary texts. This allows you to better develop your thinking and reading skills.
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  226. I just want to thank you for this response. I'm not a fan of Kingkiller, and I worried about talking about not liking it would cause some problems. I usually stay positive on this channel. But I'm glad a KKC fan could still enjoy the video.
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  227. Especially for fiction, don’t let notes get in the way of enjoying the experience!
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  228. I would say an inference is like a cognitive move that we make. A good inference is one where the premises support the conclusion. A bad inference is one that’s lacking that support. So a bad inference in this case is one that relies on a bad principle (like a fallacy) or uses an invalid pattern of reasoning.
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  229. Yes, I am!
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  230. One of his best.
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  231. I did an earlier video like this about a month ago, and I discussed Le Guin's Hainish Cycle at some length. Check it out!
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  232. I do not. I just write everything down in a notebook.
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  233. I hadn't even noticed. Once I saw your comment, I immediately rearranged them.
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  234. I don't know if he's science fiction, but he's certainly philosophical (and terrific).
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  235. The first book really shows the influence of Herbert and Wolfe. But over time the series takes on a life of its own in a really pleasing way.
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  236. Earthsea
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  237. There is book called ‘The Key to the Name of the Rose’ which is an excellent supplemental volume. I hope that helps!
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  238. Your comment is how I found out!
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  239. When I say it is wrong, I think mostly it is way too strict on what prose should look like. Lasch may be too, but too a much lesser degree. Dreyer’s English is also a good book, by the way.
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  240. If note-taking gets in the way of reading, cut down on how intense the note-taking is. The reading is definitely more important. For serious research, I export every chapter. For more casual reads, the whole book. And sometimes you don't have to take notes, though you will lose a bit of information.
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  241. Thanks!
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  242. Check out a few of my other book lists — I love Le Guin and talk about her often!
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  243.  @Aryan-256kb  I don't really do haul videos, but I could see a philosophy of Jojo video or something like it in the future.
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  244. The Organon was the other text I considered. With Aristotle it is very difficult to narrow it down to one!
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  245. As I understand it existentialism is not a simple subjectivist view. There is a sense of ‘my truth’ in some writers, but that’s used in a very different way to mean taking on a commitment as your own commitment. Calling it ‘my truth’ or ‘subjective truth’ can be misleading.
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  246. I would take a look at the Copleston volume for more references. Much, though not all, of Russian philosophy was done by Orthodox theologians, so you'd need to look there. Of course, the fiction of Dostoevsky and the non-fiction of Tolstoy is going to get you started well.
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  247. Yes, but it will be a little while. I’m still recovering, and a lot of my energy is focused on some longer videos I’m working on.
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  248. (Slight spoiler ahead so proceed at your own risk) Book of the New Sun was on my science fiction list. It certainly blurs the line!
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  249. Philosophy of logic is brutal right now, from what I can tell. (When I listed my AOS, it was always language, logic, and metaphysics.)
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  250. The videos here will increase, not stop.
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  251. I should’ve said more. If cultural trends continue and more people opt out of degrees, employers might stop requiring it because they realize they’re over-filtering. But I think that’s the sort of thing that will happen very slowly at first then become widespread very quickly. However, this is pure conjecture.
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  252. I appreciate the feedback. I’m always experimenting, so it is helpful to hear how it works.
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  253. Hellenistic Philosophy: Stoics, Epicureans, Sceptics
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  254. I love these sorts of video. I hope to make many more.
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  255. There’s almost always a bottle on my desk.
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  256. I am a great admirer of his work
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  257. I wish I’d mentioned this in the video. I think the notecards are useful for taking notes on a theme (or themes) in multiple books. This method is best for students who need to deeply study a single book. Does that make sense?
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  258. Nicomachean Ethics is my favorite work of philosophy!
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  259. Unfortunately, most do not have happy endings.
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  260. I actually have a lot of respect for some of the bigger names in the popular Stoic genre. I just think there’s much more to be said.
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  261. I haven't read him. But I should move him up on the list.
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  262. Exactly what I had in mind.
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  263. I think the truth is, for all of us, that YouTube videos will only ever get us so far. I hope the video introduces people to new concepts and makes them want to dive in!
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  264. Most published translations are good, from what I gather. My preferred one (meaning the one I enjoyed) is by Michael Katz. There is a link in the description.
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  265. I did a whole video about that trilogy — and Perelandra is my favorite!
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  266. I still think I was mostly correct, but it is easy to take it to an extreme.
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  267. There is always more to read!
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  268. Yes, those are icons.
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  269. I have, and it was. Hitchens’ book was part of a series, all inspired by Rilke.
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  270. Thanks for the feedback. I'm working on the video quality — I think it is fixed in videos I'm releasing this week.
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  271. I mean something like having a home server or NAS that holds the files on a machine that I own.
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  272. I'll check those out!
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  273. I’m about halfway through now
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  274. Maybe one day. Right now 99% of my books are in storage as I prep for a move.
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  275. Personally, I prefer Epictetus — but Marcus Aurelius is a great entryway into Stoicism and philosophy more generally.
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  276. It isn’t essential. But it is very useful, and I would say it is essential for true scholarly work. I read a bit of Latin. I recently started working with a tutor to improve my skills.
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  277. Already thinking about that, actually!
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  278. This is a case where these adjuncts are professionals who also teach college courses on occasion; in many other fields, adjuncts are typically permanently contingently employed PhDs. I think that's the big difference.
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  279. Apparently they have that, and I didn't know! I'll have to get that card, and then I'll see if it solves the journal problem. Thank you!
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  280. I like Katz’s translation of both Crime & Punishment and Brothers Karamazov. These translations are also highly commended by reviewers.
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  281. I didn't mention a universal income — if you're talking about something like a UBI policy, that's not at all what I'm talking about. "All virtues are in your essence of being" is, well, not the Aristotelian view I'm explaining here (and something I would dispute as a matter of fact).
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  282. That's a very affordable collection and a good alternative to the complete works collection that I recommended.
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  283. Absolutely understandable — there's at least one free post per week, if you wanted to read that. But I appreciate any support, including watching the videos!
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  284. That’s my favorite Alamo
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  285. I've discussed Book of the New Sun in several videos, so I wanted to branch out a bit. Both are good explorations.
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  286. That's a very good question. Substack counts both free and paid subscribers in that number. The vast, vast majority of the 4,000 subscribers are on the free tier.
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  287. I view this as a system that I use when I have a goal in mind for the notes — like when I’m reading a book for the podcast or when I’m involved in a research project. Commonplace books are better for more scattered observations.
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  288. I am in fact working on one about Nietzsche, but it is taking a long time!
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  289.  @Larckov  I’ve announced that I’m reading it on my second channel (@jaredminus) but I haven’t talked in any detail. I only started the first book this week.
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  290. I’m so glad!
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  291. I hadn't heard of this one. I'll check it out!
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  292. Fingers crossed!
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  293. It's taking longer than I'd hoped, but I recently made progress. I'm trying to make it at least as comprehensive as my Aristotle video.
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  294. I think you could read Aristotle after just a little bit of Plato. For existentialism, I think you could dive right in whenever you wanted. There’s no perfect time or place to start — I just wanted to get people going with some suggestions.
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  295. In a lot of recent videos, I’m just wearing a Uniqlo flannel over a t-shirt.
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  296. They were a sponsor I was very happy to work with.
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  297. What’s the connection?
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  298. I can understand the criticism. I'd ask that you stay tuned for some future videos, because I'm not done with this general topic and have more to say on it. What would have improved this video was making it longer and more in-depth, which would have included some of what you mentioned, so for the next discussion of this I'll be taking my time to get it right.
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  299. I haven't read the Hackett. I assume it is good, and it may even be great. I just have the most experience with the Chicago edition and so I recommend it in videos.
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  300. Yes. It’s very good. I think the second book is much worse, but I loved the first one.
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  301. I like the Netflix show a lot, but I think the manga is superior.
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  302. It’s weird. My mic was buzzing for some reason. It only affects the first 30 seconds or so.
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  303. It's like a commercial loan, but with more regulations and weird restrictions.
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  304. I think I have a cable making noise….sadly didn’t catch it when I did audio processing.
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  305. Thank you, Calum!
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  306. Break it up into chunks — that's really the best way. I also think it is fine to take breaks, even long ones, from difficult and larger books. Sometimes I'll walk away from a book for a month and then pick it back up.
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  307. I'm no expert. But my recommendation is to read the Church Fathers, e.g. Athanasius, John Chrysostom, Basil the Great. I have also gotten a lot out of Alexander Schmemann's writing.
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  308. A volume of Maimonides is recommended in the medieval philosophy section.
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  309. My editor asked me about ASOIF, and it was only then that I remembered it. I've forgotten almost everything about it since I read the last book.
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  310. That’s also been true for me — I made a choice to highlight philosophy here, but there are a few fiction works that really made me look at the world in a different way.
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  311. Maybe the phrase is a stretch for that book — I suppose I intended to communicate that the book taught me something important. Namely, it changed my opinion about modern retellings of mythology and broadened my horizons as a reader.
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  312. The Stoic Reader is essentially just of the Stoics. The Hellenistic Philosophy volume is more comprehensive. The Hellenistic Philosophy book mentioned in this video is more of a scholarly summary of teachings. If you’re interested in going beyond the Stoics, get the Hackett book and maybe the book I mentioned here too.
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  313. I usually don’t, to be honest — I just wanted to flag it as a possibility for others. I’d look for anything with a simple organization or tagging method.
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  314. I have — I like him, but I don't love him. I like his short story 'Chivalry', though, and Good Omens.
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  315. Great timing!
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  316. I'd certainly try to do a better job if I made a second version of this video.
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  317. Not offended. It would just be hard for me to talk about Buddhism knowledgeably.
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  318. It is the best keyboard.
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  319. I was limiting myself to books I had read since I started the reading journal. I read Dune in 2013 or 2014, 4 years before I started the journal. I talk a bit about Dune in my most recent video!
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  320. Red Rising is a pretty easy read in my opinion, though it is dark. Others that come to mind: Ender's Game, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Stranger in a Strange Land.
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  321. Yes
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  322. The mantras used in Dune could be viewed as a Stoic way of thinking. I’d have to think about other examples.
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  323. That’s certainly related. When I wrote my dissertation, I had to read every relevant article and book and write a proposal assessing the state of the debate, and in order to do that I had to be engaging in that kind of reading.
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  324. I’m just very thankful for all the support from viewers!
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  325. Diversification is the plan. YouTube, substack, other work I can find, etc.
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  326. Thank you!
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  327. I work with an editor now, and he is much better than I ever could be.
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  328.  @13hehe  A.G. Sertillanges. His book 'The Intellectual Life' discusses uses slips of paper to take notes. The main idea is that they should be easy to sort and organize so that you can synthesize the ideas and go on to produce quality writing.
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  329. On the backend, Substack is one of the most supportive for writers who need to make a living.
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  330. From what I’ve seen, I agree.
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  331. Internet bad; read books.
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  332. I would say that the more important issue is the gap between our desire to focus on things we care about and our ability to do so — that’s the problem I hear about from quite a few people.
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  333. Thank you!
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  334. Not entirely! (Though I mention I didn’t know what to include from India)
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  335. I lost a lot of weight, though the beard helps.
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  336. Katz
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  337. There was an error in the first export, so I had to reupload.
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  338. I was thinking about PC games (but I didn't specify, admittedly)
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  339. The way Adler describes it, each level contains all the previous levels. It can get confusing. At a minimum the trick is to read it once very quickly and read it again more thoroughly.
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  340. My apologies — I should have made those available. I will try to fix it for this video and other videos going forward.
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  341. I love Ishiguro (and he should’ve been mentioned at the end with Atwood and Mitchell).
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  342. I love Hyperion. It’s a terrifying and beautiful book!
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  343. That’s my plan!
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  344. I’ve read many! She is my favorite science fiction author, and she was featured in many previous videos!
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  345. Very good advice
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  346. The only thing has helped me has been getting some noise cancelling headphones. I understand the struggle!
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  347. I’d recommend looking at some of my more beginner-oriented videos if you wanted to ease yourself in.
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  348. With Kierkegaard, things get complicated (as with Christian or religious existentialism in general). Aho's themes are meant to be broad, and there will be exceptions. I typically think of Kierkegaard as a precursor to existentialism. His work on truth and commitment is very similar in spirit — for instance, his emphasis on the (irrational) leap of faith.
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  349. Not finished, so I’m leaving it out for now
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  350. I haven't read Lensman, but I really enjoy Foundation (though I've only read the first two) and liked (but didn't love) Stranger in a Strange Land.
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  351. It's a Japanese brand called Yellows Plus. That's the only glasses brand I've worn for years now.
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  352. I’ve read a bit. I just don’t read much short fiction, so it is hard to include him.
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  353. Feel free to leave recommendations in the comments. I'm considering covering some Indian philosophy in the future, but it would be quite awhile as it would require a lot of research on my part.
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  354. I saw that making the rounds, but far too late to make it into this video. I'm also skeptical of the study!
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  355. I think it is a great place to start.
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  356. I don't necessarily need the recommendations, but they are always appreciated!
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  357. Hyperion
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  358. What forms did you combine it with?
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  359. I slightly miscounted the volumes I’ve read (I’m reading chapters on the Shonen Jump app). So I look forward to actually finishing 23 and then reading this comment.
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  360. Glad you enjoyed it!
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  361. Both are wonderful
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  362. I think (but would have to confirm) that there are differences in information retention when it comes to listening to audiobooks, but that may be primarily due to the fact that people tend to multitask while listening to audiobooks. (That’s what I do! I listen to audiobooks sometimes while I clean the house.)
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  363. I average a book per week — some weeks I don't finish a book, some weeks I finish multiple books. It all depends on what I'm reading.
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  364. I would say that Butler is using the parables as a metaphor. But it’s an indirect connection.
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  365. I think that’s right. I already had an interest in anarchism, so the book was very interesting for me.
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  366. Silly mistake on my part.
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  367. So strange — YouTube deleted my description! It was there all day yesterday and this morning. It’s been fixed.
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  368. I have thought about it. My only big worry is that a Discord server requires moderation, and I don't have the time or energy to handle that by myself. I'm open to the possibility, but I haven't found the right way to do it yet.
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  369. Personally, no, but I don’t spend much time with it. Other people on YouTube are much more adept than I am.
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  370. If you have the money and time, it can be very good. I just wouldn’t recommend going into debt for it.
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  371. There is a lot of overlap, but the existentialist relationship to the state is less defined.
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  372. With self-publishing, I think it is because Amazon's marketplace did make self-publishing more feasible (and I give them credit for that). So the bargain doesn't seem as bad.
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  373. I’m great. Glad to be back to making videos, too!
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  374. I have some plans for the future, but nothing is definitive yet.
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  375. There's a Q&A from when I hit 10k subscribers. I'm making another one to celebrate 50k.
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  376. I like Waterfield's translation/annotated edition.
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  377. Personally, I’d buy this over a Kindle if I were in the market. But I don’t know if I’d replace my e-readers if they broke currently — I just love physical books so much.
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  378. I’m not skilled enough to recommend much. I enjoy chess, but I am hardly a good player. (I’ve also gotten a lot worse since we had the baby.)
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  379. No offense intended (I am a fan of his!)
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  380. It isn't me being pedantic. I just have at least 10 books I like better than anything I've read from Asimov.
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  381. That’s a helpful clarification. I appreciate it.
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  382. Thank you for the recommendations! I was impressed by the sheer number of translators who have wrestled with Sappho — the forward to this Penguin edition offers a partial, but formidable, list.
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  383. Probably Pigma Micron pens.
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  384.  @mikeshukis  that’s a custom box
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  385. I might even argue that he's the greatest American writer.
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  386. I was an Episcopalian for years, but I later converted to Orthodoxy.
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  387. I had considered putting that one the list. But to be honest, I'm ignorant of so much of political philosophy and I wanted to avoid saying anything false.
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  388. I need to read Mates. I glossed over technical details in Stoic logic in this video as I wasn't sure how to present them in a YouTube video, but it is something I need to study as well.
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  389. On my profile here on YouTube, there’s an email address. (You may have to be on desktop to see.) Reach out to me there.
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  390. This is her website: https://phil.uic.edu/profiles/schechtman-marya/
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  391. I have a similar video in which I discuss the entire Hainish cycle and its philosophical themes.
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  392. For Aristotle, happiness is an objective state, and one is only happy when one lives virtuously.
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  393. When I add the timeline graphic, YouTube is usually able to auto-generate them. They just take a little time.
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  394. It sounded fine with my headphones, but I think it should’ve been mixed lower. It won’t happen again.
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  395. I might address this in a Q&A video I'm planning on recording. Stay tuned!
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  396. Here's are a few quick examples to show you why the fallacy of division is actually a fallacy. The United States is a country. Delaware is a part of the United States. But, Delaware is not a country. My body contains over 200 bones. My right thumb is a part of my body. But, my right thumb doesn't contain over 200 bones. My car is red. My tires are a part of my car. But my tires aren't red.
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  397. Yes
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  398. For the last 4 years I’ve worn a brand called Yellows Plus. This is my third pair, and I love them.
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  399. Congratulations! My wife and I were chrismated not too long ago in an Antiochian parish.
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  400. If you check out my note-taking video (which I mentioned in this video) you'll see what I use them for. I like to use the notes to mark important parts of the books, because later I will go and copy the notes onto notecards. I only do this when I'm using the book for a writing project.
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  401. I don’t mind saying that audiobooks count as reading. Yes, the experience is different — but you consume the material, experience the story, etc. and are thus able to have a discussion about the book. For a long time, reading was almost always experienced as an auditory phenomenon. Many learned people had books read to them. This was the norm in the ancient world, for instance. I bring that up just to point out that what we mean by ‘read’ has changed over time.
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  402. I use Traveler’s Notebooks for that. The little passport size one. I like that it is refillable.
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  403. I really limited what I had to say based on the live action. I’m not trying to give a full analysis of the manga, at least until I’ve read all the way through and engaged more with secondary material.
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  404. It's close to my ideal.
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  405. If he'd had a chance to try the champagne of beer, I think he might have changed his ways.
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  406. That part of the video certainly suffered from the brevity. I could’ve been much clearer and more precise.
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  407. In Sun Eater, a group called the Scholiasts repeated maxims to themselves in order to control their emotions and respond rightly. There’s heavy overlap with Stoicism.
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  408. It’s worth considering, and it’s one reason I’m not completely against video! I do think longform video essays can be very interesting and informative, but they’re a different way of engaging with information and forming knowledge.
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  409. I haven't, but a friend keeps telling to watch his stuff.
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  410. Just swapped out the link!
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  411. It's a great example of taking a dystopian piece of media and treating it like an instruction manual.
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  412. That mic is pretty affordable, even with a windscreen. Then I mix it all in Adobe Audition. You need to get a feel for your voice and your mic.
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  413. It’s very good for that.
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  414. For me, it’s mostly a matter of preferring complete series. A lot of people feel burned by GRRM as well (I don’t, but it probably explains why others don’t include ASOIAF on their lists). I think GRRM does some very good things, but he isn’t the sort of fantasy writer I prefer.
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  415. Thank you!
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  416. It's not on the list because I haven't read it! But many people in the comments have recommended it, so it is going on my list.
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  417. Ultimately, the prose fell flat for me. It was sold so hard to me and when I read it nothing clicked.
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  418. It is highly dependent on contracts, but publishers acquire digital rights when they buy a book now.
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  419. I’ll likely sound like a fool, but I suspected from the start that the the One Piece isn’t real. My theory is that Gol D. Roger lied about his treasure to encourage people to follow their dreams. But, again, I’m so early in the series that I’m not confident.
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  420. It has lines that aren’t great about women. But in this case it is separable from the main point, and that’s why I’m able to look past it and get a lot out of the book (as are women I know).
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  421. Every pair I've worn on the channel is from a brand called Yellows Plus. Hope that helps!
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  422. Go read!
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  423. She's certainly on the list.
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  424. Great catch. I completely missed that when I was reviewing the video with my editor!
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  425. You could try writing the notes into blocks in your notebook and then come up with a color-coding system. I don’t think this is as effective, though. I’d suggest experimenting. See what you can come up with that works for you.
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  426. I certainly learned quite a lot about logic, philosophy of language, and so on when I was giving it an earnest effort.
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  427. You're in for a treat!
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  428. Postman’s book is better in almost every way.
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  429. I didn't say anything about instructors or professors not working hard. In fact, my view is that many of them do work very hard, but that they are trapped in a broken system that isn't serving them or their students well.
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  430. I believe if you press the CC button on the video player, you'll see captions.
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  431. It is tough, but it pays off. I hope you enjoy it.
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  432. I haven't solved this problem, so I mostly read fiction that I'm not annotating on my Kindle.
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  433. She's on my wishlist, but I'm not sure exactly when I'll get around to reading her.
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  434. Obviously you probably don’t want to give too many personal details, but a little more specificity could help me understand the question. It does sound like a good question; I just want to fully grasp it.
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  435. Many of the classic works I recommend, like Plato, are available for free online. Newer books will be harder to find, but the classics are worthwhile and accessible. Good luck!
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  436. Life got in the way of my Divine Comedy reading. But I will read it this year!
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  437. And they're nowhere close to the largest (by enrollment) university in the area!
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  438. I'll check it out
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  439. Does Canada have a national or provincial curriculum? At least in the US the adoption was scattershot due to our very localized structure, though it became a major model for the country as a whole.
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  440. I use a Sony A7iv, and this was shot with a Sigma 35mm lens.
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  441. I will talk about it at some point. But it is probably the greatest American novel.
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  442. Yes. I’ve read several of his works.
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  443. Sometimes!
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  444. Wondershare recently proposed a sponsorship for my channel (not for Filmora, but for another of their products). Even after they changed course on Filmora licenses, I won’t work with them. Especially due to the copyright strike.
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  445. It’s one of the beauties of the genre — there’s so much to love, even for people with very different tastes!
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  446. I edited it out (I now realize) but I didn’t include anything from the last 50 or so years, just to let those works have more time settle. It’s very hard, and probably a fool’s errand, to compile a list like this! Very easy to ignore important works, to overemphasize some themes, etc.
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  447. There’s a dot grid on those pages. It’s faint, but it is there.
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  448. I have made several other videos on this topic. Le Guin has been mentioned many times, as has Wolfe.
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  449. I’m from a state that borders Pennsylvania.
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  450. It's the only one I know of. But I'd encourage everyone to dig in and do research (this is part of the reason why I didn't offer a specific guide — I'm not able to look into everything like that).
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  451. That wasn’t intended to be a dunk. I agree with him on many things.
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  452. I have a video planned about this.
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  453. I definitely should. It has been years since I tried.
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  454. This is a good point. I don’t find a Kindle or the Boox to be straining on the eye, but I definitely couldn’t read from an iPad due to my migraines.
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  455. I have experimented quite a bit. I now use a Neumann U87 Ai, which is overkill, but my audio is the single most important part of my content presentation for me. I record into Adobe Audtion and use a very light compressor for balance, plus I cut some of the bass frequencies.
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  456. It’s wonderful. Sometimes I just read a page or two before bed. Sometimes I get swept away and read much more. It’s medicine for the soul.
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  457. I’ve read a fair amount, but I need to read more. I’m currently reading Macbeth, actually.
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  458. It is.
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  459. I hate that a student would be forced to be part of a chat group for a class. For what it is worth, when I was teaching I didn’t even online discussion boards. Everything was done in class.
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  460. I may do some more manga (Vagabond, maybe Akira, maybe some more obscure titles). But I’m also planning some videos that will be about science fiction works but with a heavy dose of philosophy. These analysis videos are very time-consuming but highly rewarding. As long as they do reasonably well, I’ll keep making them.
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  461. Yes I am!
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  462. It’s an unfortunate mistake, but I’d have to delete the video and reupload in order to fix it. So the world will have to see the error.
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  463. Savage Gods is a good way, actually. His fiction is a weirder, but that Buckmaster trilogy is worth a read.
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  464. That Taylor book is great. I’ve been reading a chapter every once in awhile lately. I’m nearly done.
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  465. He's great. I never considered Stephenson a favorite, and then I realized that every time I read one of his books I loved it. He might be my favorite living science fiction writer (though I'd have to think long and hard about that).
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  466. As the article I linked tells it, Amazon refused to tell her what policy she had violated.
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  467.  @JohnAGalvanArt  I haven’t deleted a single comment on this video.
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  468. Good catch
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  469. Good luck with your PhD!
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  470. I like to have several journals. But that's just how I like to do it. I think I currently have 5 journals, which is probably excessive.
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  471. I have a list of books by women coming…eventually. Just need to get the list right. But one of my favorite living writers is Elizabeth Anderson. Her book ‘Private Government’ is very good.
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  472. My editor found that footage; he just trawls through public domain archives.
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  473. Not a big fan
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  474. You are correct — that’s what I get for recording without my notes!
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  475. I believe they legally could, but since I don’t advocate for anything illegal in the video (or anything that violates the ToS) it would look very bad for them to do so.
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  476. When I've done this, I've used a notebook and made very, very brief notes. It adds a layer of complication.
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  477. I use jzh1e4[@]gmail[dot]com for channel-related emails.
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  478. No, there’s no need to be picky about order. It’s more of a loosely shared universe rather than a series.
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  479. I was in college at time when guys like me were all reading DFW, so I guess it stuck. 'Vaguely hopeful optimism and fatalism' isn't how I have described myself, but I see it now!
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  480. I suspect this is what Resolve will eventually do. You get unlimited access to Resolve, maybe 2-3 major updates, but then you have to pay past that. I don't mind that so long as I get to keep using software I already paid for!
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  481. One response I get a lot about Amazon (and publishers) being able to remotely editing books is that it either very rarely happens or it isn't going to happen in a way that matters. It's the principle of thing, though. If I buy a book, I want to buy a stable copy of it. If a publisher wants to send out corrections for typesetting or typos, they can make it optional and I can choose to allow it. But if I buy a book, I don't want it changed without my consent. I mentioned in a video that Amazon will update Kindle covers. One of the updates they did was to change the cover of the first Wheel of Time book to an cover that was essentially an ad for the Amazon Prime adaptation. This is unacceptable. I didn't pay for an ad; I paid for a book with a completely different cover.
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  482. I didn't notice that I said that, but that would just be a slip of the tongue on my part.
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  483. I keep meaning to read them, but I never think of them when I’m picking my next read.
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  484. Did Tim recommend me? Do you have a link?
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  485. I like a man who commits.
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  486. I would not call myself that.
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  487. We're only two decades in, and I didn't want to have too much of a recency bias, so stopped before the mid-20th century.
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  488. Anathem solves the problem, I think. There is in fact a third act with a compelling resolution, unlike some Stephenson's other work.
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  489. Thank you!
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  490. Pick a project you think you can actually finish in the time allotted. Pick a project that fills in a gap in the literature, too. For an MA, be OK with a smaller and more narrowly defined topic since you'll be able to make substantive contributions to the conversation.
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  491. I wouldn't be surprised if my assessment of the overall philosophy changes (others point out a later emphasis on fate and destiny, for instance) but no matter what I'm sure it will be interesting.
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  492. Check out my other videos on the same subject. You’ll find plenty of Le Guin mentioned!
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  493. I think YouTube’s new auto dubbing has bugs. I hope this gets sorted out.
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  494. I admire his writings, especially Letters to a Young Contrarian, but that doesn’t mean I agree with his conclusions.
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  495. I plan to read them eventually. I might read some Sharpe novels for a fun read.
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  496. We all need to double down on the commitment. I’m hoping the Catherine Project continues to thrive!
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  497.  @srisley13  decent chance, if he sticks the landing
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  498. I would encourage you to use a pen and paper.
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  499. Read some of them, but make them part of a balanced literary diet.
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  500. Basically, what I mean is finding DRM-free files that I can download (legally) and then store in a home server, so I wouldn’t be reliant on cloud storage for anything.
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  501. I’m planning some audio-only content in the future, so I upgraded…
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  502. This reflects Copleston’s time and place. It was more accepted then to quote in the original, assuming the audience had a few lanaguges (often Greek, Latin, French, and German).
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  503. I recently started Player of Games after giving up on Consider Phlebas. I like this book significantly more.
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  504. That’s a Tombow mechanical pencil. I mostly use fountain pens, but for notecards I use whatever won’t bleed.
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  505. I do read some fantasy, but I struggle with a list like that. For some reason the science fiction lists are so much easier to make.
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  506. Just read. Take notes if you’d like, but don’t let them get in the way of simply reading.
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  507. Forallx is an open access logic textbook that is very good, but it may be a bit advanced. As for other textbooks, I think many are good. I prefer ones that don’t use truth trees but instead teach proof methods like natural deduction.
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  508. You can find some texts like these. It might be useful, but the quality of books like you've described can vary dramatically.
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  509. I have a newer video where I recommend some more introductory texts, such as Simon Blackburn's book Think. You might want to check it out — those books could be helpful.
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  510. Indeed, it is.
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  511. Yes
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  512. That is a Shure SM57.
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  513. I don’t know what to say about video games and such, but drawing (even on a tablet) or other forms of art are certainly very admirable and require/develop focus.
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  514. Just a small note: Cixin Liu does not write in English.
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  515. I'll consider this — I think the title isn't helping people know that they could click and still get something out of it, certainly!
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  516. As of the day I was laid off, I now have a rigid writing schedule that I'm sticking to.
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  517. I have, and I intend to at some point!
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  518. It went through a few revisions. I was trying to A/B test some things.
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  519. I haven't read those in particular. I do like the sound of the second as it appears to include selections from primary texts.
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  520. Even if you just write a single sentence, you're building that habit. Just make sure to put a little bit of thought into it.
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  521. I believe that’s by Jeremy Blake (who has a YouTube channel called Red Means Recording)
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  522. With rare exceptions, yes.
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  523. I buy most of the books featured on this channel.
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  524. I have another video on 5 journaling methods that you might want to check out. But you could just try recounting your day and asking yourself what you are proud of about the day — that’s a nice way to get the words flowing.
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  525. Congratulations! As a father of a young child, I totally agree: keep posting like your life depends on it.
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  526. I mostly rely on reviews and the reputations of the publisher. For instance, two of the editions I showed today were from Cambridge University Press, which I’ve found to always be a good press for this sort of stuff. The edition of Aristotle is from Chicago, which published my preferred edition of the Nicomachean Ethics.
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  527. Have you read Stephenson before? It isn’t my favorite of his, but I do like Snow Crash a good bit.
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  528.  @mikesbookreviews  You're in for a treat. I think you'd like some of his writing. If you ever read Anathem (my favorite book by him) I'd love to chat.
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  529. I was just having a conversation with others about this. It is something I need to do more of. Hopefully more soon.
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  530. I was very happy to study there!
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  531. Well, that's a weird flub on my part.
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  532. Oh, I totally forgot that it is everyone in the Radch. It has been awhile — I should have doublechecked.
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  533. This is a very compelling critique, except that I then talk about buying from alternative stores about 30 seconds later in the video.
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  534. Done!
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  535. My favorite is Perelandra, but it doesn't make much sense without the first one. The third novel stands on its own.
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  536. That’s true. One day I’ll make that.
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  537. It's on the list!
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  538. Students were called lazy at no point in this video.
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  539. Same thing, from how I understand the usage of the terms.
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  540. It’s actually a massive cardigan! Very comfy
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  541. I appreciate the feedback! I'm always working on improving the setup.
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  542. It’s the logo of my favorite band, Guided By Voices.
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  543. I wouldn't be able to say much, unfortunately. I don't enjoy many horror books or movies.
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  544.  @migfed  You're alright!
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  545. I don’t remember the exact track, unfortunately, but that music is from Epidemic Sounds.
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  546. Good point. Also, I'm a big fan!
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  547. There has been a pinned comment noting the slip of the tongue ever since this video was released.
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  548. In part because I’m often mixing the cards from various books in ways I don’t anticipate at the beginning. Cards give you flexibility.
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  549. Just a mix-up. My preferred view, though I haven't read much about this in quite a few years, was a view in which the past is real but the future isn't. That would likely be called an A-theory.
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  550. I’m not strictly speaking a Stoic for a few reasons. One, I don’t share some of the metaphysical views of the Stoics. Two, I am not sure I fully endorse the Stoic view of apathy. Three, I have a different (more strict) view of asceticism that is probably more similar to the ancient Cynics. Nevertheless I have learned much from the Stoics and plan to continue to spread the best parts of their teachings.
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  551. I did say that whole language learning was part of the problem. However, it is not the entire explanation.
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  552. I appreciate you adding that perspective!
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  553. It's a mystery.
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  554. A few I can recall: Erasmus' In Praise of Folly, the Penguin Classics edition of the King James Bible and their collection on Ancient Rhetoric, Mishima's Confessions of a Mask.
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  555. You're not alone. My wife agrees.
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  556.  @veraholzl  The biggest problem is that many guys feel like reading is boring, but that's because they don't see how interesting books can be. Finding some interest of his and looping it into the reading idea is helping. If he likes video games, suggest Ender's Game, for instance. Tons of guys have told me that got them started with reading.
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  557. It was his book 'Letters to a Young Contrarian' that made me fall in love with him as a writer. I like Hitch spoke his mind, wrote eloquently, and didn't back down when faced with criticism. Obviously he and I disagree about a great many things, but I admire him as a writer.
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  558. Most fiction is going to have some philosophical themes, especially since you're going to find ethical dilemmas or debates in almost every novel. But I do think there's non-philosophical science fiction, or science fiction that doesn't emphasize the philosophical themes as much as the works I've highlighted. To use an author I quite like as an example: I don't think Stephenson's Seveneves is particularly philosophical (except for the ethical dimensions, which we really need to bracket to make the category meaningful). It is heavily focused on technology for the vast majority of the novel.
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  559. I’d have to talk to my editor about it. I’ll see what I can do.
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  560. Yes
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  561. It’s legal in many places. California just passed a law saying online stores have to make this more explicit.
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  562. I can assure you that I am neither a Marxist nor a nihilist.
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  563. This is absolutely correct. The initial filter was a problem (for many jobs), and this mindset has been destructive.
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  564. Sony A7IV and a Sigma 35mm lens
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  565. I try to avoid spoilers. There might be minor spoilers, but I don’t do plot summaries.
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  566. Happy to hear that!
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  567. The paper is called 'The Absurd' by Thomas Nagel. Someone might be able to track it down. I believe a few people have posted a PDF and it should be the top result. (I'll get around to editing the description with a link in a bit.)
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  568. I worry that's too broad — there are so many eras and styles of history books that I wouldn't know what to include (I also have clear biases in which history books I like to read).
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  569. It's a good place to be! I wish you the best there
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  570. I made another video on this topic a month ago where Le Guin’s works are mentioned and discussed at length!
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  571. I stopped working with them after this video, as that’s when people reached out to me.
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  572. Because the time in which Arthur would’ve existed would have been in a mostly pre-Christian Britain.
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  573. It won’t be for quite some time.
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  574. One of my favorites!
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  575. Yes, I would make the same recommendations to an atheist.
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  576. I’ve read the majority of Orwell’s essays, actually! I’ve been meaning to read Berlin.
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  577. The twist in that story is that Amazon wouldn't tell her how she violated the terms of service, and they suggested her account was associated with another account that had previously been found to violate the terms. That's the only explanation she received.
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  578. Milking what, exactly?
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  579. I haven't read it, so I can't say.
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  580. Thank you for your kind comments and continuing support.
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  581. That’s impossible, I’m afraid.
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  582. We can fight about this on a stream!
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  583. I left out quite a bit. Go read it.
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  584. Good catch
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  585. I’m always happy to hear your thoughts, Domingo!
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  586. Trying to fix this on my end — the upload sounds much quieter than the file on my computer.
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  587. Thank you!
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  588. Can you share the name of the channel?
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  589. Usually a quick mention is OK. It's when you linger or repeat phrases that you need to start worrying.
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  590. Thanks, Matt!
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  591. I’ve been there!
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  592. I am aware of at least one other YouTuber who took all of my major examples from this video and then remade it (at one point even copying my title and thumbnail text). My script is original.
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  593. I get rid of them. I don’t hang onto those notecards after I’m done writing whatever I’m trying to write!
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  594. The plan is YouTube, Substack, pursuing other writing opportunities, and a few other things. I want to diversify to be safe.
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  595. The video is about the live action, but I was reading the manga first.
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  596. Sure! ‘Nonhuman person’ is a phrased used by philosophers to refer to some nonhumans that might have the moral status of being persons (meaning they have some kind of sentience, can be morally responsible, etc). Philosophers disagree about what could count as a nonhuman person, though.
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  597. I'd be willing to have a conversation, for sure. We'll see.
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