Luke Burgis Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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4. "The Contrarian" by Max Chafkin. This book about Peter Thiel has not been taken seriously by most people who know—for a reason. If you like Peter, you'll hate it. If you dislike him, you'll like it. It begs the question: What's the point of the book, then?

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“When culture is in woeful crisis, the insights rarely come from parliament, senate, or committee, they tend to come from a hunt at the edge of the village….There is a tremendous, unexpected hope waiting.” —Martin Shaw, intro to John Moriarty’s ‘A Hut at the Edge of the Village’

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“Bullies, oppressors and all men who do violence to the rights of others are guilty not only of their own crimes, but also of the corruption they bring into the hearts of their victims.” —Alessandro Manzoni, The Betrothed

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Twitter makes me think of the opening to Dale Carnegie’s “How to Win Friends and Influence People”, the story of Two Gun Crowley and Al Capone. Everyone thinks their tweet is great when they tweet it. And criticisms are like homing pigeons: they always return home.

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“There is no fashion so absurd, even grotesque, that it cannot be adopted, given two things: the authenticity of the fashion-trendsetter…and the vacuity or naughtiness of the consumer.” —Walker Percy, Lost in the Cosmos

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Final hours to register for a free, signed copy of @jimmyasoni's new book, THE FOUNDERS—out today. Here's my conversation with him, including some Girardian perspectives that didn't make it into the hardcover. Giveaway entries accepted until 11:59pm. https://read.lukeburgis.com/p/beneath-the-founding-mythology?utm_source=url

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“And herein lies the tragedy of the age: not that men are poor, –all men know something of poverty; not that men are wicked, –who is good? not that men are ignorant, –what is Truth? Nay, but that men know so little of men.”  - W. E. B. Du Bois in The Souls of Black Folk (1903)

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9. "Principles for Dealing With the Changing World Order" by @RayDalio — Dalio and I share the same agent, so I received an awkward email after putting this on my list... But it's good to be a billionaire. For publishing purposes, too.

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"For certain men the stronger their desire, the less likely they are to act." —Gustave Flaubert in Sentimental Education

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Jessica stopped beside him, said, “What delicious abandon in the sleep of a child.” He (Yueh) spoke mechanically: “If only adults could relax like that.” —Frank Herbert, Dune