From Plassey to Partition by Shekhar bandhoupadhaya Era of Darkness by Shashi Tharoor These two are my current favt book and just ordered History of economics which you have recommended.

Haha. I feel the same when I accidentally open Amazon 😅😅

Nothing beats a house full of books!

There has definitely been a democratization of AI and Information, but we will see how long that lasts. I am also uncertain about the future, but optimistic.

Yeah, that's honestly the entire british policy in Afghanistan, historically. They refused to take leaders like dost Mohammad khan seriously, installed unpopular leaders like Ali shah because one single British officer liked him, and refused to give aid to Afghanistan until it was already too late, multiple times. I would like to think I wouldn't be as short -sighted, lol.

@@markfortuin7111 I have it. It is a thick boook! I also grabbed evans three volume series as well.

@@IdeasInHat Yes it’s a behemoth. 💯

Didn't realize there was a specific name. Yes, the book delves into that time period quite a bit. Thanks for the information!

I don't know, I didnt start counting via an app until 8ish years ago. But since the 8year marker, like 260 to 300. I don't remember what the app said lol. My guess is closer to 800 read, but I cannot prove it since I didn't use an app.

Hahahah. I have it. But not yet. What's wrong with it? 😅😅

@@IdeasInHat well, he claims that we are basically Christian to the core. That all our values, human rights, are deeply rooted in christian theological assumptions and not by any means rational or self-evident. Even modern atheism is just an natural endpoint of Protestantism. And even science is standing on assumptions that can be derived to theology. It's insane. I really don't know what to make of it. But I didn't see any good counter-arguments either.

​​@@IdeasInHat It makes a claim that basically all human rights and our core moral values are based on Christian assumptions. We are Christians without even realizing it. Even atheism is just an extension of protestantism. And even science stands on christian theological grounds. Which, for the first time, made me realize that there are clear limits of what can science tell us and what it cannot tell us. For example, when people say there is no evidence for divine revelation or any kind of intelligent design, that is really a non-argument. Science is a discipline which in it's assumptions say that it explains events with "natural laws" (Lex Naturalis from Aquinas). So even if you would find evidence for something that can be explained by intelligent design, you cannot do that by your starting assumptions. So science can only reinterpret the evidence into more complex laws, nothing else. Btw, I haven't either read the book XD. I watched a ton of podcasts and talks by him.

@@antun88 oooh. Sounds like a spicy take. Makes me excited to read it! My bias is actually to root things in human nature, so this is clearly a cultural/environmental leaning book. Sounds great! I have heard Peterson make this claim a few times, but never looked too much into it.

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Basically what you said. Some ideas like government spending policies can remove wealth from the private sector and increase money velocity, but as to why you would want todo that, depends. His ideas are good or bad depending on the context.

@@IdeasInHat that why debt is increasing and i read debt book is good and bad both..

Antinatalism, spicy take. I find I agree with some Antinatalism ideas, but cannot bring myself to agree entirely.