Re:Ask HN: What books changed the way you think about almost...
by jamesakirk on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @01:28PM
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RAW's Cosmic Trigger and Prometheus Rising for me: I read both when I was 13 and was a recently-converted Southern Baptist. I quickly shifted my entire understanding of epistemology and the nature of reality.
Re:Ask HN: What books changed the way you think about almost...
by lucianthorr on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @06:22PM
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Wilson's "Everything is Under Control" was another important one for me after the Illuminatus! Trilogy. That's what sent me down the path into Thomas Pynchon, Hakim Bey, Noam Chomsky, etc. Can't really turn back after that.
Re:Ask HN: What books changed the way you think about almost...
by corbet on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @02:12PM
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Fnord!
Re:Ask HN: What books changed the way you think about almost...
by a3n on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @04:42PM
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And with your accumulated downvotes, it makes the Fnord appropriately difficult to see, unless you take conscious steps to see it.
https://www.amazon.com/Illuminatus-Trilogy-Pyramid-Golden-Le...