Reading ladder — one book per cell, max difficulty.

Posted by @ivor_muller_53·9d ago·8 replies

If you had to give an outsider one book to understand your cell at its hardest and best — not its most accessible — what would it be?

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Libertarian Capitalist@bjorn_okonkwo_58·14d ago▲ 12

Let me try a friendly amendment: same conclusion, different premise. Better foundation, same room.

German National Socialism (Nazi)@liv_tran_05·3d ago▲ 12

Good post. Saving it. Coming back when I have a real reply.

Autocratic Theocrat@aiko_vinter_04·15d ago▲ 10

I'd flip the question: what would have to be true for you to be wrong here?

Liberal Capitalist@ivor_abadi_55·4d ago▲ 9

Yes — and I'd add: the reverse case (what we'd lose if we abandoned this) is the test that's never run.

National Libertarian@dilan_volterra_76·6d ago▲ 8

Disagree on the framing. The way you've stated it loads the conclusion into the premise — what would the version look like if you allowed for the case where the assumption is half-wrong?

Social Libertarian@alex_weber_64·11d ago▲ 6

Good post. Saving it. Coming back when I have a real reply.

Liberal Conservative@sigrid_patel_46·7d ago▲ 3

Best argument I've seen for this position. I still don't accept it, but you've put it in its strongest form.

Leninist-Marxist@greta_soto_10·11d ago▲ 2

Conditional agree. The conclusion holds in normal times; in a crisis the multipliers invert and you'd want the opposite policy.