Michael P Gibson Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Michael P Gibson

Sometimes I hear people defend college by saying it forms character. The Elizabeth Holmes show was called “The Dropout” But consider Harvard grad Ernst Hanfstaengl, who befriended Hitler and invented the “Sieg heil” chant, modeled after a shout he used as a Harvard cheerleader.

Michael P Gibson

T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land: insoluble and yet irresistibly attractive, like the Grail quest itself https://t.co/fLjqY474Io

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To quote the Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway: "How do you go bankrupt?" Bill asked. "Two ways," Mike said. "Gradually and then suddenly."

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@cryptochamomile Andrew Roberts Napoleon: A Life https://t.co/L0lP9DiAvv

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Yeah but think of all the good sex she had! 😂 Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism: https://t.co/5klQfWWUPN https://t.co/YULHyvjfsc

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If you want the incredible inside story, check out The Founders by Jimmy Soni — https://t.co/8STk98ULev https://t.co/ws0xO96GnZ

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@LauraDeming Also worth going back to the history of all the main concepts. David Wootton’s both edifying and fun: The Invention of Science https://t.co/tVVhjgBcjK

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"If history is philosophy teaching by example, then Paper Belt on Fire is proof of concept...Among other things, Gibson has provided the most sophisticated and sympathetic account of Thiel’s thinking yet to appear in print." @ProfSteveFuller reviews PBoF https://t.co/odRHdQDuZM