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i like how he talks abt how everything is fake/ is intersubjective stories we tell ourselves- god is not real, corporations are not real, religions and spiritual (journeys) are very different: one demands order/is basically a DEAL shaping your behaviour, the other one challenges it. very strong statements & ideas broken down into reasonable bite-sized explanations that somehow makes them convincing

trying to finish it this weekend when i dogsit, fucking sleepy. apparently my boss doesnt remember my obsession with robots so hes paying me a high compliment by saying he thinks im the only person who can understand it. author is declarative n hilarious, creative n presumptuous but not in an off putting way.. readable. 2.5-3 stars for now

epicurus n bentham maintained that nature gave dominion over man to two masters- pleasure n pain. its what I ALSO SAY. when reading victor e frankl's man's search for meaning n he said its pursuit of meaning that gives our life purpose i said no its pursuit of pleasure!! n in that line absence of pain!!!! yes i found my true fathers