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I just read the article and I want to go back to bed: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/07/we-need-new-science-progress/594946/
Peak liberal ideology right here, folks
Edit: I just looked up the co-authors and found that one of them, Tyler Cowan, is the author of a book titled <em>The Great Stagnation: How America Ate All The Low-Hanging Fruit of Modern History, Got Sick, and Will (Eventually) Feel Better</em>.
Cowan's fundamental argument is that America's astronomical wealth rests on certain forms of """low-hanging fruit"""" such as """free land""" (which, he generously notes, "was often stolen from Native Americans, one should not forget) and that the benefits of that """low-hanging fruit""" have now ceased helping deliver the same rate of exploitation as it used to.
Simply put, his argument vindicates Marx's argument about the falling rate of profit, and this article with his co-author Patrick Collison is really about how to grasp this pseudo-object called "progress" in order to return us to past rates of profitability.
In conclusion: these fuckin liberals will drive a comrade to drink
Edit 2: This has to be one of the saddest sentences I've ever read lol:
>Along the cultural dimension, the artists of Renaissance Florence enriched the heritage of all humankind, and in the process created the masterworks that are still the lifeblood of the local economy.
The other shameful part is that those of us who aren't normally like that often get shamed into being more 'manly' - i.e. acting like dicks - around other men. I've always preferred hanging out socially with women because of this.
Yes, there is a thing. Check out this book:
Self-Made Man: One Woman's Year Disguised as a Man https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000OT8GTE/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
In it she suffers severe depression as a result of her experiment.
Not quite what you are asking for but I cannot recommend enough Norah Vincent's Self Made Man for those interested in finding out female experience of what it is like to be a man.
I'm remembering a book called Self-Made Man that covered a woman's experiences masquerading as a man to catch a more authentic view of masculine interactions. It might be interesting to you. I can give you some more of my thoughts on masculinity if you want, but they'll be rambly and somewhat scattered.
For the simplest explanation why he specifically says that white men are the most put upon people, though, I suggest doing some quick google research on white feminism. People are always going to be more aware of the issues that they themselves face, and consequently think that they're the weightiest issues of the time. So while there's a lot to untangle about masculinity and a lot more about what issues get air time vs. which ones don't, never underestimate the power of good old fashioned cognitive biases.
Historical tale where exactly that occurred in the workplace: https://www.amazon.com/Radium-Girls-Story-Americas-Shining-ebook/dp/B01N7KMS7X
I really dug Infidel, by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B000NY12CI/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
I also second The Autobiography of Malcolm X
I read this book recently by a North Korean defector. Pretty good read, but I wonder if Kim Jong Il wrote the plot of this movie, he wrote plots for a lot of the movies during his lifetime.
Worth noting that it started in 1917 but it went on for decades. One suit didn't even get settled until the late 30's. It was incredibly fucked up. As depressing as it is, the book about it was a great read.
https://www.amazon.com/Hate-Men-must-read-feminism-patriarchy-ebook/dp/B08JYMZ6QF
That is called "I Hate Men."
There were many things from feminists like Sally Miller Gearhart who said, "The population of males needs to be reduced to 10%." Paraphrasing a bit but it was very close to that.
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I learned so much from this book and her other one that starts in the 1970s.
I'm sadly not sure. It was a random library grab that I didn't expect to really read, much less enjoy so much. I'm gonna guess America's Women by Gail Collins since I remember some sort of flag on the cover, but no promises.
No, the author says that other people might think that, and then goes on to dismiss them.
>These critics rightly insist on an analysis of male power as institutional, not narrowly personal or individual or biologically based in male bodies.
She's using the fun leftist double speak. We can't blame all men on a individual level, just all men on a societal level. Which means nothing other than she doesn't want to admit the her hate filled supremacist she is.
Here's another fun one, it's an entire book: https://www.amazon.com/Hate-Men-must-read-feminism-patriarchy-ebook/dp/B08JYMZ6QF
I am not into reading much, like one book per two months, but I could NOT put this book down because it so relevant to what is going on right now.
Done in one week and I am a slow reader.
> My impression is women just broadly don’t get the male experience, and how much social capital you lose by being male instead of female...
If you want to give them a taste, I recommend having them read <em>Self-Made Man</em> by Norah Vincent. She disguises herself as a man and goes to strip clubs, dates straight women, joins a bowling team, and even joins a men's support group. People sometimes assumed she was gay, but nobody clocked her. Afterwards she revealed that she was a woman and while her male friends were surprised, they took it well.
I'm a man, so it was funny to read her experiences. She was shocked by how hard it is to pick up women. She was also surprised by what women found attractive in men. She initially thought that she'd have an easy time dating because she'd understand women better than men. But to her surprise, women much preferred a strong and stoic psyche to a vulnerable and empathetic one. She also had no idea just how much men suffer (since they tend to do so quietly).
Her view changes are best summed up in an interview with ABC:
> "Men are suffering. They have different problems than women have, but they don't have it better," she said. "They need our sympathy. They need our love, and maybe they need each other more than anything else. They need to be together."
> Ironically, Vincent said, it took experiencing life as a man for her to appreciate being a woman. "I really like being a woman. ... I like it more now because I think it's more of a privilege."
Feminists are pretty upfront about it.
I don't undertsand why people care so much about defending a word.
An interesting aspect of American history you might find interesting is America's Women: 400 Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates, and Heroines
An Unquiet Mind and Catching Fire are the next two on my to read list.
I try really hard too. It's a struggle to stay on track with structure. When I was diagnosed with BP2, I told a friend I knew had BP1 and he told me to do a few simple things: No drugs or alcohol, 8 hours of sleep a night, limit if not avoid caffeine, and read this book
Of course I try to do these things but it's difficult and currently it's really not working. It takes a lot of effort and sometimes we slip up and then start forgetting to stop and take care of ourselves. My ideal plan is to: sleep 8 hours, only 1 cup of coffee/tea a day if I decide I'd like one, remember to eat substantial healthy food everyday, at least one hour of quiet time before bed to pray/meditate/whatever spiritual or comforting activity fits, consult r/bipolar for understanding and encouragement, take meds at same time each day, try to stick to structure, always remember that my life is not just my own - it is dedicated to helping others and helping my family. exercise. Currently, I'm trying to get back on track after the semester has just ended and I've met a new schedule shift.
It's hard. But I believe our suffering is something to be learned from. I try to accept what comes my way and most days I believe the hand I've been dealt is for some sort of strange unknown reason. You're alright, not alone. We just get stuck.
It's a terrible conspiracy, and they should be ashamed of themselves.
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman is a great book, if you're interested! I need to get his other books on the family.
Here is a Palestinian children's show.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWwCKvvodBA
Here is a quote from the book Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
She write about her life in this book, including the time she spent in Saudi Arabia as a child.
>In Saudi Arabia, everything bad was the fault of the Jews. When the air conditioner broke or suddenly the tap stopped running, the Saudi women next door used to say the Jews did it. The children next door were taught to pray for the health of their parents and the destruction of the Jews. Later, when we went to school, our teachers lamented at length all the evil things Jews had done and planned to do against Muslims. When they were gossiping, the women next door used to say, "She's ugly, she's disobedient, she's a whore--she's sleeping with a Jew." Jews were like djinns, I decided. I had never met a Jew. (Neither had these Saudis.)
Catherine the Great has a number of good biographies on her, Amazon should be able to list a few. Her reign and most of her life are well documented. I liked this one. Vlad the Impaler might be a little more difficult, I've never looked though.