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Discussion => Philosophy, Economics and Justice => Topic started by: MrGonzo on May 20, 2013, 01:41 am

Title: Recommend some documentaries/books?
Post by: MrGonzo on May 20, 2013, 01:41 am
Can you recommend me some documentaries/books dealing with Government, Economics, Psycholgy, and Philosophy? I've been watching and reading a lot lately thanks to all the awesome recomendations people here make in their posts and threads. I know for a fact there's a lot I haven't come across yet.  ;D I try to read/watch unbiased material but it's hard to find stuff that is 100% unbiased all the time.  :D
 
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Post by: backpackjackson on May 20, 2013, 01:46 am
Demon Haunted World by Carl Sagan

God Delusion by Richard Dawkins

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Post by: jundullahi on May 20, 2013, 04:58 pm
Dr. Zakir Naik - Quran & Modern Science.
Its a very interesting lecture about like the title says. The Quran and Modern Science.

PS truly unbiased does not exist because every person will present a subject/concept from his own experience knowledge point of view.
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Post by: Barbijuana on May 20, 2013, 05:44 pm
VICE.com

Or check out VICE on torrents for the HBO specials
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Post by: jundullahi on May 21, 2013, 05:11 am
Aspartame: 'Sweet Misery' (2004) A Poisoned World

one third of the holocaust full
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Post by: Visionary on May 21, 2013, 02:04 pm
Can you recommend me some documentaries/books dealing with Government, Economics, Psycholgy, and Philosophy? I've been watching and reading a lot lately thanks to all the awesome recomendations people here make in their posts and threads. I know for a fact there's a lot I haven't come across yet.  ;D I try to read/watch unbiased material but it's hard to find stuff that is 100% unbiased all the time.  :D

Trade-Offs: An Introduction to Economic Reasoning by Harold Winter
The Machinery of Freedom by David D. Friedman
The Republic by Plato
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter
Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
Religions, Values, and Peak-Experiences by Abraham Maslow
Eye to Eye by Ken Wilber
Consciousness Explained by Daniel C. Dennett
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Post by: SealTeam6 on May 21, 2013, 07:37 pm
I would get all religious writing and study them as much as possible.  They are stocked with history and wisdom!
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Post by: jundullahi on May 21, 2013, 08:47 pm
I would get all religious writing and study them as much as possible.  They are stocked with history and wisdom!

All tough I assume you are probably being sarcastic. Still is still wise to read religion books. So that when you talk about them an try to discredit them you at least know what you are talking about.
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Post by: SealTeam6 on May 21, 2013, 09:14 pm
I would get all religious writing and study them as much as possible.  They are stocked with history and wisdom!

All tough I assume you are probably being sarcastic. Still is still wise to read religion books. So that when you talk about them an try to discredit them you at least know what you are talking about.

I was not being sarcastic just too general.  What I mean is if these writings were interpreted in the right context, more specifically just stories aiming to instruct, not the ultimate way to go bout living life, people would be better off.
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Post by: jundullahi on May 21, 2013, 09:26 pm
Then please forgive me for my wrong assumptions.
If you compare curtain religion and the way of life the preach. There are some differences between them.
And there right context is always most always be observed.
But the problem is that most if not all religions preach a way of life with the goal of achieving ultimate succes in the after life.
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Post by: SealTeam6 on May 21, 2013, 09:34 pm
Then please forgive me for my wrong assumptions.
If you compare curtain religion and the way of life the preach. There are some differences between them.
And there right context is always most always be observed.
But the problem is that most if not all religions preach a way of life with the goal of achieving ultimate succes in the after life.


That's exactly it right there!
Afterlife
That's how religions keep their members, by fear mongering.  Of course people will run to something they believe will save their life.
It's fight or flight! 
Title: Re: Recommend some documentaries/books?
Post by: jundullahi on May 21, 2013, 09:47 pm
Fight or flight is an animal human instinct and part of human nature. And that will never change.
Because how ever you at it form the point of evolution or religion. How ever you look upon it
we are glorified monkey's. So the human basic instinct will in some way will drive us.   
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Post by: joywind on May 22, 2013, 06:43 am
Religion and philosophy:

The Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley
Alan Watts' works
Ken Wilber's works
D.T. Suzuki's works:
Frithjof Schuon's works
Hossein Nasr's works
Rene Guenon's works
Julius Evola's works
Terence McKenna's works

Psychology:

A Very Short Introduction to Carl Jung
LSD: Gateway to the Numinous by Grof (also touches on religious and spiritual themes)
Anything else by Stanislav  Grof





Title: Re: Recommend some documentaries/books?
Post by: SealTeam6 on May 22, 2013, 01:03 pm
Fight or flight is an animal human instinct and part of human nature. And that will never change.
Because how ever you at it form the point of evolution or religion. How ever you look upon it
we are glorified monkey's. So the human basic instinct will in some way will drive us.


I think most people forget that they are animals after all is said and done!  I think embracing all the things that you truly are is the best way to come to peace with yourself! 
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Post by: fatoldsun on May 22, 2013, 01:58 pm
"Zen and The Art of Archery" by Eugen Herrigel (that's pronounced oygen, not yoojeen)

It's relevant to anybody who is trying to master a challenging skill.

edit -- It's also the book that gave rise to all the "Zen and Whatever Wankery I'm Into" books all over the bestseller lists. This is the original and the best.
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Post by: EricCartman on May 22, 2013, 07:06 pm
My recommendations:

The Myth of Sisyphus - Albert Camus
Nausea - Jean Paul Sarte (beware, not for the faint of heart).

Dr. Zakir Naik - Quran & Modern Science.

Really? This guy is such a big hack that he makes John Edward look legit.
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Post by: jundullahi on May 23, 2013, 09:27 pm
On what do you base your accusation. If you dont agree with some one does not mean his a hack.
Everybody should decide for him self.
And did you ever seen this lecture or are you just repeating what other people say?
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Post by: EricCartman on May 23, 2013, 09:45 pm
On what do you base your accusation. If you dont agree with some one does not mean his a hack.
Everybody should decide for him self.
And did you ever seen this lecture or are you just repeating what other people say?

Yeah, since you asked here is an interview from him. The amount of ignorance in it should be self-evident.

[Clearnet, with subtitles] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JEgKqxZB88

And BTW, you don't seem to be an open-minded fellow, astonishing  given the swathe of drugs that you can get around here.
Do everyone a favor and drop a couple of tabs of some good Acid. Let me know how you feel then.

Peace.
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Post by: jundullahi on June 01, 2013, 06:01 pm
Well some day I might drop of couple of tabs of acid.

If and tll that time and till the end of time there will be One Worship of worship.

And guides who's he wills
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Post by: abitpeckish on June 02, 2013, 01:11 am
Literature:

Free Will - Sam Harris
  - chances are you believe that you are the author of your own thoughts and actions. this is not even remotely as true as you believe it to be. Sam Harris lays out a devastatingly clear and concise (< 100 pages!) explanation as to why that is, what it means, and especially what it doesn't mean.

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance - Robert Pirsig
  - this gets pretty dense on the philosophy, but the experience of reading it is sublime
  - this book changed me. it was slow, and it did not *fix* me, but it absolutely changed me

Catcher in the Rye - J.D. Salinger
  - i cry every time i read this, and it's always on the same page
  - this is a book everyone should read at least once every 10 years

100 Years of Solitude - Gabriel García Márquez
  - one of the most beautiful experiences I've ever read
  - there will be flying carpets within the first 100 pages, and you will believe they are real

Movies:

Where The Wild Things Are
  - this movie got a lot of shit, and none of it was deserved. it is brutally (but metaphorically) honest about growing up and learning to deal with the monsters of desire that most people are most of the time.
  - this is NOT a kids movie

Apocalypto
  - just ... fuck yeah

2001: A Space Odyssey
  - fuckin Kubrick man. You owe it to yourself to drop acid and watch this movie.
  - DO NOT spoil this movie for yourself by reading the plot.
  - it's too soon to tell, but I'm pretty sure this movie changed my life.
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Post by: Minchia on June 03, 2013, 01:29 pm
any book by Erich Fromm is a good read.
it is mostly a neo- psychodynamic view on different aspects of society.

some of the best:

The Art of Loving
To Have or to Be?
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Post by: heatcheck on June 03, 2013, 05:14 pm
I found Albert Hoffman's book "LSD My Problem Child" to be a really interesting read.

Talks about discovering LSD, how he felt about it being used recreationally, studying it and then also exploring Mexico and South America in a quest to isolate psilocibin.