2019-03-30: Rape of Nanking

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Iris Chang - The Rape of Nanking

Discussion thread for Jordan B Peterson’s recommendation of Iris Chang’s The Rape of Nanking: I just finished reading The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang. This book really opened my eyes to the violence a group of humans is capable of when other humans are degraded as inherently lesser than they. Jordan Peterson’s ideas about group aggression and the slippery slope of reinforced biases were also backed up by this book. Reading this book directly after 1984 and Brave New World caused me a gre…

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Inazo Nitobe - Bushido: The Soul of Japan

Discussion thread for Inazo Nitobe’s Bushido: The Soul of Japan. A Classic Essay on Samurai Ethics

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