War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning

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"War is a Force that Gives Us Meaning" is the best book on the psychological dimensions of war that I'm aware of.

FYI this was written by Chris Hedges, the same guy who wrote the book War Is a Force that Gives Us Meaning . I only mention it because it's a really good book. That said, his literacy statistics come from Gatto's analysis for the 1993 NALS, even though there was a new one released just a couple years ago. And also, his other literacy stats come from here: http://bookstatistics.com/sites/para/resources/statistics.cf... While these numbers are probably roughly correct, and I have cited them myself in the past, they really do need to be verified.

…at's counterintuitive. I figure, hey, I'm pretty smart, so if it's intuitive then I can probably figure it out on my own. A list of stuff I cite most often: No Contest & Punished by Rewards by Alfie Kohn Status Anxiety by Alain de Botton PG's essays & ITConversations interviews The Underground History of American Education by John Taylor Gatto The Singularity is Near by Kurzweil This graph: http://alexkrupp.com/picture_library/plot.jpg Dee Hock's essay on leadership A handful of blog posts by Mark Cuban All Marketers are Liars & Free Prize Inside by Seth Godin. All of the books that Seth recommends are also worth reading. Bruce Schneier's interview on ITConversations Magic Ink, an essay by Bret Victor War Is A Force That Gives Us Meaning by Chris Hedges The Cluetrain Manifesto (the book) I'm sure there's a lot more, but that's what comes …