The reading collection
Psychology, geopolitics, philosophy—and everything in between.
373 readings · 109–120
Law 24: Play the Perfect Courtier In this chapter, Greene persuades us to be the perfect courier. Of course, courts, king and couriers are antiquated terms, but the modern world is not without their equivalents.
Machiavelli* Communication Strategies Communication is a type of war. You can trick some people by disguising your great ideas in ordinary form. Others, who are more resistant and dull need extreme language that is new.
Abū Yūsuf Yaʻqūb ibn ʼIsḥāq aṣ-Ṣabbāḥ al-Kindī was an Arab Muslim philosopher, polymath, mathematician, physician and music theorist. Al-Kindi was the first of the Islamic peripatetic philosophers, and is hailed as…
Otto Rank’s insight into neuroticism is a key argument in Becker’s book. According to Rank, the neurotic is close to the truth, spiritually. Psychoanalysis tries to get people to see beyond the illusions of their…
My Notes For Maps Of Meaning (2017) – Jordan Peterson Neuropsychology of Symbolic Representation Jordan Peterson’s eighth Maps of Meaning (2017) lectures discusses the neuropsychology of symbolic representation (how…
Rule 2: Treat Yourself Like Someone You Are Responsible For Helping Adam and Eve* Self-inflicted Pain Dialysis is painful to go through, people have it because they don’t take their medication. There are some good…
The Discovery of the Unconscious is a book that explores the history of the dynamic psychiatry.
Pet a cat when you encounter one on the street. People cooperate in groups to gain security, safety, and company. And competition within the group promotes personal growth and status. The size of the group matters,…
Attacking directly is rarely a good idea. Napoleon had a name for the opposite strategy, the ‘manoeuvre sur les derrieres’ – it would become a favorite of his.
Habit 1: Be Proactive I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.
It is difficult to understand the human mind without understanding its pathology. One of the ideas that struck me as odd and pathological is masochism – when people derive pleasure from the experience of pain. Freud…
They are the Walking Dead, the White Walkers – brainless, but physically present, they march towards one goal, to convert every living thing in their path to their own ideology – or rather, the dominant ideology…