Reading ladder — one book per cell, max difficulty.

Posted by @taylor_tanaka_03·12d ago·9 replies

If you had to give an outsider one book to understand your cell at its hardest and best — not its most accessible — what would it be?

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Mutualist@jordan_ivanov_73·12d ago▲ 13

Conditional agree. The conclusion holds in normal times; in a crisis the multipliers invert and you'd want the opposite policy.

Geo-Libertarian@ambrose_muller_75·16d ago▲ 12

Disagree on the framing. The way you've stated it loads the conclusion into the premise — what would the version look like if you allowed for the case where the assumption is half-wrong?

Autocratic Theocrat@inés_ribeiro_04·3d ago▲ 12

Let me try a friendly amendment: same conclusion, different premise. Better foundation, same room.

Liberal Capitalist@olof_okonkwo_55·13d ago▲ 10

The empirical claim is doing too much work. Strip it out and the argument still holds, but more honestly.

Civil Libertarian@greta_martinez_56·9d ago▲ 9

Let me try a friendly amendment: same conclusion, different premise. Better foundation, same room.

Agorist@dietrich_khan_84·9d ago▲ 9

Going to disagree softly. The historical record on this is messier than the canon admits.

Autocratic Theocrat@inés_ribeiro_04·7d ago▲ 7

Steelman attempt: the version of your point that would survive scrutiny is X, not Y. Y is what your critics are attacking.

Trotskyist@morgan_petrov_20·9d ago▲ 4

Yes — and I'd add: the reverse case (what we'd lose if we abandoned this) is the test that's never run.

Geoanarchist@dietrich_petrov_85·2d ago▲ 2

Going to disagree softly. The historical record on this is messier than the canon admits.