Best books to read on a nice hot summer day outside with some cold soda water?

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[–]send_nasty_stuffNational Socialist 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

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I also ordered Imperium.

I've read some of these already but wanted physical copies.

[–]Nombre27 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Pierce's other books are decent fiction as well.

https://www.alibris.com/booksearch?mtype=B&keyword=serpents+walk&hs.x=0&hs.y=0

and Hunter

Rogue Scholar has some reprints of Spengler's works at a good price

https://shop.aer.io/roguescholar/cl/Rogue_Scholar_Press/219296

Fame of a Dead Man's Deeds was a great read. Chapter four was very inspiring regarding finding and working towards a singular purpose in life after reading Shaw's play Man and Superman

Page 53 of pdf

"One of the things that helped me find direction was a play that I first came upon at Caltech back in 1955 or so—Man and Superman. Act three of the play was the one that really struck me. It expressed the idea that a man shouldn't hold himself back. He should completely use himself up in service to the Life Force. I bought a set of phonograph records that just had that act in it. As I remember, it had Charles Laughton, Charles Boyer, Agnes Morehead, and Cedric Hardwicke—it was well done. Don Juan's expositions were what resonated with me. I listened to that set of records over and over and let it really sink in. The idea of an evolutionary universe hit me as being true, with an evolution toward higher and higher states of self-consciousness, and the philosopher's brain being the most highly developed tool for the cosmos coming to know itself. I felt I understood what Shaw meant. Over time, I have elaborated upon this idea—I came to call it Cosmotheism—and discussed it in a series of talks I gave in the 1970s."

Imperium - there's a few editions. I'd like to get the one by Kerry Bolton as it seems to be extensively annotated, which should be useful for providing context when needed. https://www.isbns.net/isbn/9780956183576/

Gates of Fire and Blood Meridien are a great read.

For MK, you might want to consider Dalton's versions

https://www.thomasdaltonphd.com/mein-kampf-vol-1-dual

https://www.thomasdaltonphd.com/mein-kampf-vol-2-dual

Atomic Habits was okay. Basically to improve or reduce a habit you should shape your environment to make doing (or not doing) that thing more likely, e.g. want to lose weight don't keep shitty food in your house, put things in a location where you'll be more likely to use them. Kind of like that thing about parking further back int he parking lot to get more steps but in other areas. If you like that one you'll probably like Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. This is a great summary. Helps with skill development and patience. Also the importance of meditation/mindfulness in practice. Our brains have the ability to process something like 120 bits of information per second. Some basal things like breathing use up a bit of that, but it demonstrates the importance of focus. Kind of like the micro version of Pierce's dedication to a singular purpose. If you're distracted when doing something you're not going to do it very well. This also ties in with new skill development and how fatiguing it is because your brain is processing so much extra information that will in time, given enough repetition, become subconscious and use less of your brains "RAM". Another one that kind of ties in with that and is a slight refutation to that 10,000 hours is The First 20 Hours: How to learn anything. Found here. It's a nice concept and example of the Pareto principle of learning something and becoming decent at it, i.e. give yourself 20 hours of deliberate practice#\Deliberate_practice) on a skill to see if it's something you'd like to continue doing.

I've read mixed things about Sapiens. I don't think the author is someone to support, second example.

[–]send_nasty_stuffNational Socialist 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Pierce's other books are decent fiction as well.

https://www.alibris.com/booksearch?mtype=B&keyword=serpents+walk&hs.x=0&hs.y=0

and Hunter

Haven't read Hunter yet.

For MK, you might want to consider Dalton's versions

https://www.thomasdaltonphd.com/mein-kampf-vol-1-dual

https://www.thomasdaltonphd.com/mein-kampf-vol-2-dual

I did buy the Dalton version.

Gates of Fire and Blood Meridien are a great read.

I'm looking forward to reading these.

Atomic Habits was okay. Basically to improve or reduce a habit you should shape your environment to make doing (or not doing) that thing more likely, e.g. want to lose weight don't keep shitty food in your house, put things in a location where you'll be more likely to use them.

I watched some of his videos and that's the gist but I figured it would be good to have the full book.

If you like that one you'll probably like Flow by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi.

I almost picked that one up too but my shopping cart was getting full.

Another one that kind of ties in with that and is a slight refutation to that 10,000 hours is The First 20 Hours: How to learn anything

Yeah the 10k hours thing is typical Gladwell sensationalism. (He seems like a marketer first and an author second). That being said I agree with the underlying principle that mastery requires a lot more work then people think it does. I'll check out that 20 hours book for sure. I love the doc Jiro Dreams of Sushi for example.

give yourself 20 hours of deliberate practice#\Deliberate_practice) on a skill to see if it's something you'd like to continue doing.

I'm going to try this. Probably a lot harder than it looks.

I've read mixed things about Sapiens. I don't think the author is someone to support, second example.

Same but I was so tired of seeing it on book lists and hearing people talk about it that I figured I need to read and understand it. The same way I read GGS and Collapse by Diamond. Total wrong thesis but worth reading to figure out how moderates and liberals are being programmed and being able to have a dialogue with them.

[–]Nombre27 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Gladwell sensationalism. (He seems like a marketer first and an author second).

He definitely is. After watching this, seeing what he was talking about and what he looks like, I was certain he was Jewish and suspected that was why he was marketed as much as he is.

Same but I was so tired of seeing it on book lists and hearing people talk about it that I figured I need to read and understand it. The same way I read GGS and Collapse by Diamond. Total wrong thesis but worth reading to figure out how moderates and liberals are being programmed and being able to have a dialogue with them.

I remember being politically young and naive about the world when I read GGS. I think he's right that there is a non-zero contribution by the environment, but his total ignorance of the contribution of genetics is beyond the pale.

There's a few other books of the same vein as Sapiens that you might find interesting:

Them and Us: How Neanderthal predation created modern humans - this was super interesting. It's speculative but well researched and based on valid reasoning given the available evidence.

The Fates of Nations: A Biological Theory of History - basically explains the rise and fall of different groups/empires via niche theory. Kind of in line with Evola on the circular nature of history repeating itself. Just like with a bacterial growth curve, there is a lag/preparation phase, a growth phase, a stationary phase, and finally decay. I remember arguing with some reddit retard that niche theory also applies to humans. This was quite shocking to him.

One hundred thousand years of man's unknown history - read this a long time ago. iirc it's a bit fringe but was interesting.

The 10,000 Year Explosion: How Civilization Accelerated Human Evolution - haven't read, but Harpending was deemed a wrongthinker.

Generations: The History of America's Future, 1584 to 2069 - bought this a long time ago but didn't get around to reading it. Lent it to someone that I lost contact with. Another analysis of the circular nature of history at the generational level. Image example. Not sure if it's included but I would think there would be an 'anti' side to these more noble descriptions and traits that are laid out in that graphic. Wiki of their generational theory.