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Peter Murphy's avatar

Jesus. For a supposed "intellectual" of the Counter-Enlightenment, Curtis Yarvin is an utter mediocrity of a thinker. He's like a Temu Carl Schmitt, or a "slightly-soiled" Joseph de Maistre one gets half price off Ebay.

Look at his usage of "NPC": one of those insults where the user is telling on themself. "I go through life seeing other people as not really human". PKD would get the irony straight away. Curtis never would.

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Evgenia's avatar

Yeah yarvin is pro no empathy android. Doubt he can understand pkd.

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hierochloe's avatar

Yarvin never deserved all the attention he got, he's a perfect example of navel-gazing drivel gone inexplicably viral.

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Barbara's avatar

Perfect timing! Your recent interview inspired me to read some PDK work and now I know where to start.

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nigel Thomas's avatar

Started reading funny as fuck!

"My schedule for today lists a six-hour self-accusatory depression,’ Iran said.‘What? Why did you schedule that?’ It defeated the whole purpose of the mood organ" I'm lucky I don't have to schedule my depressions 🤣🤣🤣

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Evgenia's avatar

Yes, it’s one of the best lines there and a great opening scene. Ridley Scott is a real idiot for not including it in the film

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nigel Thomas's avatar

Perhaps he didn't read the book 🙄

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"Big Microbe"'s avatar

Wow, didn't realize PKD (minus the beard) looked so much like Spalding Gray

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matt's avatar

>a novel that is much richer and deeper than Ridley Scott’s film adaptation.

I always thought that too....but I guess that's something for the actual book club

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Christian McBride's avatar

Up for it. Went and grabbed long overdue member of the bookshelf. May not get through the whole thing by the 17th but keen for some discourse

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Jeremy Hartley's avatar

I'm in!

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matt's avatar

I'm excited for this!

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Biff Thuringer's avatar

Shit. You people got me belatedly interested in PKD. I just took Radio Free Albemuth out of the Poughkeepsie library. I guess I’ll take it back and get Androids. Hopefully it’ll still be there.

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