DaveWinkler][quote=happypantsmcgee]If you read more and spoke less you would probably be tolerable.</p> <p>Relevant: <a href=http://i.imgur.com/08UgW.jpg[/quote rel=nofollow>http://i.imgur.com/08UgW.jpg[/quote</a>:

That eagle has three eyes so it can read even faster! Must be some sort of super faggot eagle.

Wow, aren't you classy.

Follow the shit your fellow monkeys say @shitWSOsays Life is hard, it's even harder when you're stupid - John Wayne
 

The personality structure that finds reading (aka, learning) pleasureable completely dominates political, business, military, and cultural structures. Everyone else just plays in their world.

Food for thought.

Get busy living
 
UFOinsider:
The personality structure that finds reading (aka, learning) pleasureable completely dominates political, business, military, and cultural structures. Everyone else just plays in their world.

Food for thought.

Beautifully put. People who don't like to learn things for the sake of learning them usually can't write, speak or argue well.

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eokpar02:
UFOinsider:
The personality structure that finds reading (aka, learning) pleasureable completely dominates political, business, military, and cultural structures. Everyone else just plays in their world.

Food for thought.

Beautifully put. People who don't like to learn things for the sake of learning them usually can't write, speak or argue well.

How do I learn as much as you, eokpar? That's not sarcastic btw. I am honestly impressed by how well informed many WSO members are, and by the depth of knowledge many people here seem to possess. What books and news sources will help me become a worldly philosopher?

 
UFOinsider:
The personality structure that finds reading (aka, learning) pleasureable completely dominates political, business, military, and cultural structures. Everyone else just plays in their world.

Food for thought.

Best quote I've ever seen on this site. Thanks very much for that.

 
rpcas:
UFOinsider:
The personality structure that finds reading (aka, learning) pleasureable completely dominates political, business, military, and cultural structures. Everyone else just plays in their world.

Food for thought.

Best quote I've ever seen on this site. Thanks very much for that.

* bows, tips hat *
Get busy living
 
mb666:
Reading is extraordinary. It transformed Plaxico Burress from a dumbass into an intellectual lol: http://bleacherreport.com/articles/987352-plaxico-burress-former-star-r…

Anyone who doesn't take reading seriously is more likely to be ignorant and an idiot. Hope the OP enjoys trolling us.

Nice - it's great he was able to transform himself for the better while in prison through reading.

 
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For libertarian economics read Hayek's "Road to Serfdom". Stick to the Austrian school.. if you go to mises.org you can get a lot of free material there, including entire books in pdf.

I believe that monetarism (Chicago School) is overrated. So are Ayn Rand's novels.

Regarding Keynesian I enjoy reading about the psychological side. Check out Akerlof's and Shiller's book "Animal Spirits". Unfortunately I can't recommend a good book about a system that preaches prosperity through excessive borrowing and debt.

History:

  • A People's History of the United States (Howard Zinn)
  • Guns, Germs and Steels (Jared Diamond)

Philosophy:

  • Some of these books are tough to read. I recommend reading about the beliefs of more modern philosophers such as Nietzsche, Kant, Khun and Popper.
  • Philosophy/science realm: chaos theory. Fascinated topic into non-linear, extraordinarily complex yet sometimes simple dynamics/phenomena. Makes the study of any social science, including economics, seem like a joke.

Finance/Investing:

  • The Black Swan (Nassim Taleb)
  • The Misbehavior of Markets (Benoit Mandlebrot)
  • The Alchemy of Finance (George Soros)... horrible writer but goes through macro trades.
  • Reminiscences of a Stock Operator (Leferve... really Jesse Livermore).

There are a lot of great sources out there for knowledge. Try:

  • khanacademy.org (great site to learn the basics of any 1st - 12th grade level).
  • ted.com (amazing videos by intellectuals)

If you can't find something then you're not trying. Find keywords and input them into Wikipedia.

 
Revolution:
wikipedia.com

get lost in links and you will be a formidable intellectual in a few months

Truth. Whenever I go to Wikipedia I love clicking on related links in the articles. then clicking th related links in the next article etc. I can be on there for hours. Reading the news is a good thing too. Sometimes people will use terms or make statements that you may not think are tue- look them up rather than accepting them. I've always loved random knowledge- I was the capitan of Quiz Bowl in HS and one of my good friends killed Jeopardy a few months ago. Jeopardy isn't that hard questionwise but the pressure of being on TV must make it crazy hard. If yu want real, random knowledge that will make you seem smart you can go the the NAQT website or look at Quiz Bowl practice questions. Such random knowledge. For finance specifically, I still have a hard-on for Wikipedia.

Reality hits you hard, bro...
 

Also if you can take interesting classes outside your major (if you are still in school) you can learn a lot. Particularly ones like psychology and political science. Like this past semester I took a class on Islam and the State and it was really interesting and taught me a lot about the reasons for why the MENA is like it is today and Islamic philosophy. Totally different perspective than I had before and a lot of more respect- even if the faults of Islamic law were highlighted a lot in the course.

Reality hits you hard, bro...
 

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