"Western society's innate herd instinct has allowed the government, the media, and even the principles of economics to take advantage of each person's unwillingness to be cut off from the group. What's more, those who have mental disorders may not be insane, but could be individuals in the purest sense, because they are by nature isolated from society." - back cover
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I don't know wth i'm doing or why with this stuff. The authors
1) Write intentionally obscure
2) Assume you have read whatever they reference, because they are such sophistimicated philosophers and you should be as well. Bringing new ideas with little to no introduction
3) do (1) with an intent to induce a delerium in the reader
4) Write about ideas that they together may have contradicting opinions about
I can't help but laugh, be pissed off at myself and be in awe/fascination. Strikes my attention, there's a gravity to it.
Half of me attempts to push through the opacity. The other half pulls away, self talking "this is going to be a massive waste of time"
At least there's some enjoying the theater of it all and my own publically yielding to the delerium.
What an interesting quote.
Yeah, hits pretty hard these days.
Are you focusing on a particular train of thought recently (human behavior/perception) or this typical reading?
There's some genuine curiousity + intuition that some of these things are relevant to my own thinkings about the world. The first chapter "The Rhizome" from their book "A Thousand Plateaus" has absolutely a biological essence to it, while also ascribing that attribute to processes you'd never initially say is biological or alive, but it do.
Had to go looking for what any of that might mean. Oh boy, you're in deep lol. Modern French philosophy with "rhizomes" (apparently reference to main underground root that connects things unusually, I learned)...
Yeah, its been my favorite word for about a year 😅. Its this natural growth & organizing process. Dandilions sprouting to sunlight, even from concrete. Roots and vines sprawling as they seek nutrients. Nostr & the internet embody it, to even our minds cultivating, connecting and coiling around ideas.
Check out their book Nomadology: The War Machine
Very interesting take, thx for sharing 🙏🏼 My list of books is getting longer every day 😅
Any explanation as to why western society acts like this? I have a hunch but would prefer to hear what others think before divulging it 😉
That's one of the central questions they're trying to answer with this book. Quite fascinating in general. I've needed to pull in a bunch of secondary resources (youtube commentary, reading groups) and i'm still not past page 20 🤣.
If you're thinking of reading this book, you should also take the warning 😅
Sounds like an additional good reason to put the book on my reading list 📚 Thx for the recommendation and warning 🙏🏼 I‘m looking forward to hearing about your progress 😉😎🫂
