do you recommend that as a starting point with him?
he produced an extremely apt summary of how communism would play out in the 20th century that turned out to be more accurate than content produced by actual communist theorists , and the ideology still hasn't been able to overcome it
he also went into explicit detail about how nihilism would degrade ethics and disturb tho social fabric of human civilization, while kiddies like Nietzsche merely borrowed from him to build their own copes that all ultimately fell short of the original
Dostoevsky is easily the most relevant and important thinker of the last two centuries
also interested in where you would say to start, i’m very interested in building up a nihilism-defense mechanism that’s founded on something other than my witless optimism
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For a starting point you should read House of the Dead. It's an autobiographical account about Dostoyevsky's experiences in a Siberian Gulag. Not only is it one of my favorite works of his, it allows you to see how his later books were influenced by his experiences in prison.
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the easiest starting point would probably be crime and punishment, though personally i think it was far from his best. Demons and the brothers karamazov are probably the best from a philosophical perspective but are much more dense. if you're into that then by all means, jump straight into those
i would say that C&P and especially notes from underground deal with a more reactionary form of nihilism, hence why the underground man ended up being the ultimate "literally me" character around here, whereas TBK and especially Demons deal much more with nihilism in a revolutionary context.
he produced an extremely apt summary of how communism would play out in the 20th century that turned out to be more accurate than content produced by actual communist theorists , and the ideology still hasn't been able to overcome it
he also went into explicit detail about how nihilism would degrade ethics and disturb tho social fabric of human civilization, while kiddies like Nietzsche merely borrowed from him to build their own copes that all ultimately fell short of the original
Dostoevsky is easily the most relevant and important thinker of the last two centuries
Stand on Zanzibar - John Brunner (1968)
Set in 2010 and predicted: >video calls with customizable avatars >wearable technology >school shootings and domestic terrorism in America >hook-ups and "situationships" becoming more common than marriages >same-sex marriage >legalization of marijuana >the decline of Detroit >world population reaching 7 billion people (this happened IRL in 2011) >affirmative action for blacks and the election of a black President named Obomi >American rivalry with China >Europeans forming an economic union
kurt Vonnegut predicted the leftist obsession with idpol. its more interesting the he himself was a leftoid
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_Bergeron
>In the year 2081, the Constitution dictates that all Americans are fully equal and not allowed to be smarter, better-looking, or more physically able than anyone else. The Handicapper General's agents enforce the equality laws, forcing citizens to wear "handicaps": masks for those who are too beautiful, earpiece radios for the intelligent that broadcast loud noises meant to disrupt thoughts, and heavy weights for the strong or athletic.
C.S. Lewis predicting celebration of sin and hatred of chastity.
Celibacy is a slur today, taking wieners up the ass is brave and empowering, castrating children is liberating, killing babies is the feminine super power etc.
I don't know about best, but recently I enjoyed reading The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster
It's a bit quaint and simplistic, being published in 1909.
But, for something published in 1909, it's also surprisingly prescient.
Especially now, at a time when so many people seem so eager to rush into living in pods.
I even detected some hints of AI slop there, though I was reaching a bit. >there will come a generation that had got beyond facts, beyond impressions, a generation absolutely colourless, a generation seraphically free from taint of personality
good stuff
short read
The bit about how all people do in the future is watch each other give lectures about the new ideas they've had seemed stupid when I first read it but it captures modern influencer culture perfectly.
Aldous Huxley.
Nietzsche, Orwell, Houllebecq
What did Dostoevsky even predict
Christcuck homosexuals love reading this awful novelist complain about modernity.
You haven't read his books.
Plato
It is amazing how well Plato predicted current culture.
Demons
This. Shatov is the first Fascist. And I would have killed myself if I were Maurras and read Demons
>fellow Maurras reader here
Good company!
Just about every single issue plaguing the West today. Demons is essentially a critique of wokeness (and soviet russia before it even existed)
Jews destroying Russia.
But the Nazi's lost, what do you mean?
How did Dosto predict Yeltsin?
Read Devils.
do you recommend that as a starting point with him?
also interested in where you would say to start, i’m very interested in building up a nihilism-defense mechanism that’s founded on something other than my witless optimism
For a starting point you should read House of the Dead. It's an autobiographical account about Dostoyevsky's experiences in a Siberian Gulag. Not only is it one of my favorite works of his, it allows you to see how his later books were influenced by his experiences in prison.
the easiest starting point would probably be crime and punishment, though personally i think it was far from his best. Demons and the brothers karamazov are probably the best from a philosophical perspective but are much more dense. if you're into that then by all means, jump straight into those
i would say that C&P and especially notes from underground deal with a more reactionary form of nihilism, hence why the underground man ended up being the ultimate "literally me" character around here, whereas TBK and especially Demons deal much more with nihilism in a revolutionary context.
he produced an extremely apt summary of how communism would play out in the 20th century that turned out to be more accurate than content produced by actual communist theorists , and the ideology still hasn't been able to overcome it
he also went into explicit detail about how nihilism would degrade ethics and disturb tho social fabric of human civilization, while kiddies like Nietzsche merely borrowed from him to build their own copes that all ultimately fell short of the original
Dostoevsky is easily the most relevant and important thinker of the last two centuries
Is there a book that analyzes Dostoyevsky's predictions and how they paralleled the future?
the enlightenment's consequences.
Read Weininger, Berdyaev and Ellul
me lying in a sofa for days and seething with fever and hatred
Theodore Kaczynski
George Orwell
Unabomber
Ayn Rand
Stand on Zanzibar - John Brunner (1968)
Set in 2010 and predicted:
>video calls with customizable avatars
>wearable technology
>school shootings and domestic terrorism in America
>hook-ups and "situationships" becoming more common than marriages
>same-sex marriage
>legalization of marijuana
>the decline of Detroit
>world population reaching 7 billion people (this happened IRL in 2011)
>affirmative action for blacks and the election of a black President named Obomi
>American rivalry with China
>Europeans forming an economic union
kurt Vonnegut predicted the leftist obsession with idpol. its more interesting the he himself was a leftoid
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_Bergeron
>In the year 2081, the Constitution dictates that all Americans are fully equal and not allowed to be smarter, better-looking, or more physically able than anyone else. The Handicapper General's agents enforce the equality laws, forcing citizens to wear "handicaps": masks for those who are too beautiful, earpiece radios for the intelligent that broadcast loud noises meant to disrupt thoughts, and heavy weights for the strong or athletic.
his welcome to the monkey house was even more prescient.
nietzsche.
C.S. Lewis predicting celebration of sin and hatred of chastity.
Celibacy is a slur today, taking wieners up the ass is brave and empowering, castrating children is liberating, killing babies is the feminine super power etc.
lmao, sex is good you christ cuck. you are the one who is unnatural and a freak
Sex is good, which is precisely why you should be chaste.
Homosexuals are 50000 more likely to get aids.
You think STDs are coincidence?
Be safe anon
Why do I get the vibe this poster is some knucklehead with patchy facial hair and manboobs?
Edward Gibbon predicting that christtards are born nation wreckers
I'll pray for you.
I don't know about best, but recently I enjoyed reading The Machine Stops by E.M. Forster
It's a bit quaint and simplistic, being published in 1909.
But, for something published in 1909, it's also surprisingly prescient.
Especially now, at a time when so many people seem so eager to rush into living in pods.
I even detected some hints of AI slop there, though I was reaching a bit.
>there will come a generation that had got beyond facts, beyond impressions, a generation absolutely colourless, a generation seraphically free from taint of personality
good stuff
short read
The bit about how all people do in the future is watch each other give lectures about the new ideas they've had seemed stupid when I first read it but it captures modern influencer culture perfectly.
>Especially now, at a time when so many people seem so eager to rush into living in pods
What kind of people do you hang out with? Never in my life...
>If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face— forever.
The end of capitalism
Michelle Houellebecq literally predicted that i was going to end up on the LooksMaxx forums
Gibson.
Pic related.