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Re: The What I'm READING Thread!
Posted: Thu Aug 30, 2018 2:32 pm
by Maecius
Saw this and thought it was kind of neat:
https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperi ... logies.pdf
Of course, technology forecasting is way less accurate or predictive than, say, our still not 100%-accurate weather forecasting models. So take it with a grain of salt!
Re: The What I'm READING Thread!
Posted: Mon May 27, 2019 4:24 am
by Steve
Re: The What I'm READING Thread!
Posted: Sun Jun 02, 2019 4:53 am
by Steve
...we might take comfort from what seems to me the authentic core of the fantastic as a genre, as we see it from the standpoint of late modernity: fantasy may best be taken as an acknowledgment that the great problem of the pagan world — how to navigate as safely as possible through an ever-shifting landscape of independent and unpredictable powers who are indifferent to human needs — is our problem once more. The powers now may have different names than the ones Homer or Ovid knew, but they are powers all the same.
Fantasy and the Buffered Self.. Long read article.
Please discuss?!
Re: The What I'm READING Thread!
Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2019 10:26 pm
by Tsidkenu
In the theme of 1950s Velikovskian apocalyptic. Although I disagree theologically with many of the old-world assumptions, it is nonetheless a compelling read.
To be followed up by
My ultimate goal is to undertake a theological reconstruction of typical creationist cosmological frameworks using the above inter-disciplinary approaches. That is to say, I'm writing my own book(s) now!
Re: The What I'm READING Thread!
Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2019 8:19 pm
by Steve
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/13/book ... agons.html
“...it’s about feeling welcome and the game feeling accessible. “So much of that acceptability comes from putting the power of the storyteller in the hands of the players.””
Re: The What I'm READING Thread!
Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2019 8:19 am
by Tsidkenu
Because it's never too late to learn new things! (Expensive one, though! Ouch!)
Re: The What I'm READING Thread!
Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2019 9:30 am
by Theodore01
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Re: The What I'm READING Thread!
Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2019 6:59 am
by Razzaband
Trying to get back into reading philosophy again, wanted to see what Kierkegaard is about so starting with this first:
An interesting read so far, though I am finding the whole relation of the self to the self a bit confusing
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