Red Mosquito

Mickey wrote:Lots of books I haven't read on that list but very little that jumps to the front of the line or projects a vibe of "oh you HAVE to read that next."

BurtReynolds wrote:

Don't let the dry cover and title fool you, this book is pretty nuts. He basically argues that human consciousness only started about 3000-4000 years ago, and before that, we were all basically schizophrenic, being told what to do by "gods" or voices in our heads.

- Most of the Iliad and Odyssey is written as though the gods control everything the humans do. He proposes that this isn't just style, but descriptions of their actual experience. Another example is Socrates saying he was told his ideas by a "daemon", etc.
- Lots of weird and somewhat terrifying info on how brains work, and how they don't work when damaged.
- There are essentially two different people living in our heads today. Freaky shit.
- Some of the philosophy of consciousness and mind seems kinda shaky to me. His definition of consciousness is weird, but it's still a fun read.

12 mental breakdowns.

Simple Torture wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:

Don't let the dry cover and title fool you, this book is pretty nuts. He basically argues that human consciousness only started about 3000-4000 years ago, and before that, we were all basically schizophrenic, being told what to do by "gods" or voices in our heads.

- Most of the Iliad and Odyssey is written as though the gods control everything the humans do. He proposes that this isn't just style, but descriptions of their actual experience. Another example is Socrates saying he was told his ideas by a "daemon", etc.
- Lots of weird and somewhat terrifying info on how brains work, and how they don't work when damaged.
- There are essentially two different people living in our heads today. Freaky shit.
- Some of the philosophy of consciousness and mind seems kinda shaky to me. His definition of consciousness is weird, but it's still a fun read.

12 mental breakdowns.

This was basically the source text for the Westworld series.

BurtReynolds wrote:

Simple Torture wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:

Don't let the dry cover and title fool you, this book is pretty nuts. He basically argues that human consciousness only started about 3000-4000 years ago, and before that, we were all basically schizophrenic, being told what to do by "gods" or voices in our heads.

- Most of the Iliad and Odyssey is written as though the gods control everything the humans do. He proposes that this isn't just style, but descriptions of their actual experience. Another example is Socrates saying he was told his ideas by a "daemon", etc.
- Lots of weird and somewhat terrifying info on how brains work, and how they don't work when damaged.
- There are essentially two different people living in our heads today. Freaky shit.
- Some of the philosophy of consciousness and mind seems kinda shaky to me. His definition of consciousness is weird, but it's still a fun read.

12 mental breakdowns.

This was basically the source text for the Westworld series.

Someone mentioned that in the reviews. Haven't seen the show yet.

Mickey wrote:Tartt heads, I'm in chapter seven and there's still one thing I'm dying to know

Spoiler: show

Did the twins fuck?

The Argonaut wrote:I drove out to Bennington (the inspiration for Tartt's Hampden) yesterday, and walked around the campus of Bennington College and downtown Bennington

Simple Torture wrote:

Mickey wrote:Tartt heads, I'm in chapter seven and there's still one thing I'm dying to know

Spoiler: show

Did the twins fuck?

Satisfied?

Spoiler: show

I still want to know what that certain "carnal dimension" was. Murder orgy?

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

Anders wrote:A biography called Ernst Lubitsch: Laughter In Paradise by Scott Eyman.