Sometimes I'll watch something old out of nostalgia, but it reminds me of how little good content there is now so it's a double edged sword. I haven't done it in a while.
I'm actually more into reality than fantasy atm. Maybe because I'm older, or maybe because reality is so surreal, who knows? The only fantasy thing I'm reading right now is Dune, since I was always curious about its popularity and they made that new movie about it. It's a weird story written by a somewhat degenerate lefty who seems to pine for a lost age where men were tougher. At least that is my impression by book 4, but I can see why people like it. It is thought provoking, and would be more so if I were younger and not a Christian already who has awareness of how weak our society is.
Nowadays I like to watch JLP for entertainment. He's the funniest guy I've ever seen, and it seems to be effortless to him. Outside of that, I'm doing productive things instead, like reading about nutrition and studying programming. I'm beginning to understand that men should be learning and building things. Our society is focused on sensations, base pleasure seeking and status. It might sound strange, but I think it's an intentional trap to keep young men hopeless and distracted in order to enrich older men who already occupy positions of power. They don't want us to notice that we can compete and even destroy the existing systems, or that they are erecting as many legal barriers as possible to slow us down. Anything to try and keep that cycle of destruction and renewal at bay.
I cycle between fiction and non fiction books. I actually finished Dune back in July. Then read some Thomas Sowell and now I’m reading the LOTR trilogy. When Covid started I got more serious about nutrition because I feel we will all get it and the best thing I can do is have a healthy immune system.
Nice, I loved LOTR. May try reading it again as it's been a while. Yeah now that we're entering dark times I feel like everyone is intuitively preparing in their own way to survive. I will never step into a hospital again if I can avoid it.
I liked it enough to buy the next two books. Haven’t read those yet. You? I can see where George Lucas got some inspiration, and can also see where GRRM got some inspiration for Ice and Fire
I just finished Book 4, God Emperor of Dune. I liked the first two much better than the third or fourth, as they were a lot more centered around family, sacrifice, honor, loss; themes that anyone can relate to. I can see what you mean about inspiration and I agree. Book 3 is where it starts to get derailed imo, drifting more into abstract philosophical ideas around humanity, history, government, and especially religion, and it comes off as a lot more intellectual than spiritual. It has its interesting moments, but I was not as invested in the characters as I was in the first two books with the personal stories of Jessica, Leto Atreides, Paul Atreides, the Reverend Mother, Stilgar, Duncan Idaho, the Emperor, the Baron, etc. I've got two more to go though, and I will finish it because I don't like to leave things undone. :)
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Sometimes I'll watch something old out of nostalgia, but it reminds me of how little good content there is now so it's a double edged sword. I haven't done it in a while.
I'm actually more into reality than fantasy atm. Maybe because I'm older, or maybe because reality is so surreal, who knows? The only fantasy thing I'm reading right now is Dune, since I was always curious about its popularity and they made that new movie about it. It's a weird story written by a somewhat degenerate lefty who seems to pine for a lost age where men were tougher. At least that is my impression by book 4, but I can see why people like it. It is thought provoking, and would be more so if I were younger and not a Christian already who has awareness of how weak our society is.
Nowadays I like to watch JLP for entertainment. He's the funniest guy I've ever seen, and it seems to be effortless to him. Outside of that, I'm doing productive things instead, like reading about nutrition and studying programming. I'm beginning to understand that men should be learning and building things. Our society is focused on sensations, base pleasure seeking and status. It might sound strange, but I think it's an intentional trap to keep young men hopeless and distracted in order to enrich older men who already occupy positions of power. They don't want us to notice that we can compete and even destroy the existing systems, or that they are erecting as many legal barriers as possible to slow us down. Anything to try and keep that cycle of destruction and renewal at bay.
I cycle between fiction and non fiction books. I actually finished Dune back in July. Then read some Thomas Sowell and now I’m reading the LOTR trilogy. When Covid started I got more serious about nutrition because I feel we will all get it and the best thing I can do is have a healthy immune system.
Nice, I loved LOTR. May try reading it again as it's been a while. Yeah now that we're entering dark times I feel like everyone is intuitively preparing in their own way to survive. I will never step into a hospital again if I can avoid it.
What was your impression of Dune by the end?
I liked it enough to buy the next two books. Haven’t read those yet. You? I can see where George Lucas got some inspiration, and can also see where GRRM got some inspiration for Ice and Fire
I just finished Book 4, God Emperor of Dune. I liked the first two much better than the third or fourth, as they were a lot more centered around family, sacrifice, honor, loss; themes that anyone can relate to. I can see what you mean about inspiration and I agree. Book 3 is where it starts to get derailed imo, drifting more into abstract philosophical ideas around humanity, history, government, and especially religion, and it comes off as a lot more intellectual than spiritual. It has its interesting moments, but I was not as invested in the characters as I was in the first two books with the personal stories of Jessica, Leto Atreides, Paul Atreides, the Reverend Mother, Stilgar, Duncan Idaho, the Emperor, the Baron, etc. I've got two more to go though, and I will finish it because I don't like to leave things undone. :)
This is the best book about nutrition: The Bulletproof Diet: Lose Up to a Pound a Day, Reclaim Energy and Focus, Upgrade Your Life https://www.amazon.com/dp/1623368383
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