Yes, I was drawn in by Meditations on Moloch, like a lot of people, it seems. No, I don’t think the community’s for me. But a reactionary community of shitposts, while cathartic, also isn’t actually “nutritious”. Any blogs to recommend? Does everyone here just read source material (i.e. books)? Any books to recommend? I need my bite size thought provoking reading fix, and ssc is still the best I’ve found so far.
That’s not really what this subreddit is for - it’s called /r/SneerClub because it’s for sneering, not writing high-effort posts.
Here’s a left-leaning rationailist-ish reading list I copied from somewhere a while back, with my own recommendations highlighted:
It’s got a few holes (ie - no Chomsky, not much theory, no economics at all) and there’s an over-focus on attacking RWers instead of making LW arguments, but it’s a good starting point.
It turns out almost nobody is here to do homework
first of all, how dare you
Perhaps what you need is not the nutrition of insight porn, but that of developing a sense of humor.
just read the war nerd
Naked Capitalism
Karl Marx - Capital Vol. 1-3
Fuck off.
Here’s a reading list that was assembled by Sneertizens (that’s what we call ourselves) from the last Sneer Club general interest thread:
People magazine
Gawker
Under Currents by Nora Roberts
Star Magazine
Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson (this is a fantasy one, like with knights and wizards and stuff, but I hear it’s good)
The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself by Michael Singer
US weekly
The complete Atkins diet guide by Sandra Baker
You are a Badass: how to stop doubting your greatness and start living an awesome life by Jen Sincero
I’ve got some ideas for some things about the cottage industry that has grown about superlative futurology, of which MIRI is just one example of.