The reading collection
Psychology, geopolitics, philosophy—and everything in between.
373 readings · 277–288
FOR IT IS A GENERAL RULE OF HUMAN NATURE THAT PEOPLE DESPISE THOSE WHO TREAT THEM WELL AND LOOK UP TO THOSE WHO MAKE NOCONCESSIONS.—Thurydides Wayne got out of prison and wanted to get rid of Curtis Jackson, who was…
Sam Harris had a discussion with Eric Weinstein on his podcast. Eric is a mathematician, economist, physicist and managing director of Thiel Capital. Eric and Sam talked about left and right political ideologies,…
War can only be fought against an enemy who exposes himself. Infilitrate into your opponents’ ranks to accumulate valuable information – their weaknesses and schemes.
A German shepherd was receiving painful electric shocks. The dog can easily get out since the other side of the box he was in was insulated from shocks – a low barrier separates the two sides. Instead, he lies down…
Freud was an atheist but when it came to the nature of man, he was as religious as the theologian Kierkegaard. He thought that man’s creatureliness was his fundamental nature.
Law 37: Create Compelling Spectacles Grand symbolic gestures can be used as a powerful tool to influence, distract, and project an aura of power. Words are not as powerful, they are dangerous and often misinterpreted.
Jung departed from Freud’s theories about the unconscious because he believed that the unconscious contents of the psyche consisted of inherited knowledge of archetypes, in addition to contents that were derived from…
1-Sentence Description of A Mind for Numbers by Barbara Oakley --- The secrets to effectively learning math and science. --- --- 1. Two Modes of Thinking:Focused and Diffused.
It’s something that for generations, has been constant. It’s a message. It’s in some of the most popular songs recorded. It’s what many religions discuss at length. It’s what psychologists and philosophers have been…
The deal of modernity is simple: it is the exchange of meaning for power. Throughout history, we have believed that we were part of a cosmic plan. This plan gave people’s lives meaning but placed strict limits on…
Law 20: Do Not Commit to Anyone Henry Kissinger* Do not commit yourself to anybody or anything, for that is to be a slave, a slave to every man…. Above all, keep yourself free of commitments and obligations—they are…
The term “inferiority complex” was coined by psychologist Alfred Adler. The idea is that each individual is born with a weakness, this may be physical or not. For example, someone might be born with bad vision,…