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Almost done with On the Genealogy of Morals

Apparently this book was inspired by one of my favorite music genres

I hate the "who are the real parents???" plot device in all its incarnations.

Great so far. Satisfying indophilia, cool hard scifi elements, focus on culture, pop culture, religion, etc, has that "realistic" "lived in" feel that a lot of cyberpunk does, although its not quite cyberpunk. Science fiction sex is usually bad and this is no exception.

Chap 2 complete

Almost done with Epictetus.

Chapter 1 was very good. I think I get the argument so far. Classical economists believed the STV applied in the short term and for non-reproducible goods, and that the LTV applied in the long term and for reproducible goods. Marxists and other leftists inspired by Ricardo stressed the cost/supply side of things, and Austrians stressed the utility/demand side to the exclusion of the LTV.

Wow.

Just finished Lucretius' "On the Nature of Things". Next up, Epictetus' Discourses. I think this book has more words per page than any i've ever read.