4 ms·

I often ponder why Carl Sagan never added another book to his famous reading list for students, as it makes a fairly reasonable argument that most populist move

I often ponder why Carl Sagan never added another book to his famous reading list for students, as it makes a fairly reasonable argument that most populist movements are essentially interchangeable =3 "The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements" (Eric Hoffer, 1951) https://www.amazon.com/True-Believer-Thoughts-Nature-Movements/dp/0060505915 https://www.amazon.com/True-Believer-Thoughts-Nature-Movemen...

krick 8mo ago
I don't think this list is as famous as you assume it to be. The only "Carl Sagan reading list" I managed to find [0] is apparently his personal TODO note (books he plans to read, but haven't at the moment of writing). Which obviously isn't the same thing as "his famous reading list for students". [0] https://www.sciencealert.com/get-inspired-by-carl-sagan-s-ambitious-college-reading-list https://www.sciencealert.com/get-inspired-by-carl-sagan-s-am...
- Joel_Mckay 8mo ago
  Even today, people still discuss Carl Sagan and his Astronomy 490 course structure: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Pc3IuVNuO0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Pc3IuVNuO0 The articles posted UFO cult study reference is part of the reading list. =3 "On Liberty" (John Stuart Mill, 1859) https://gutenberg.org/files/34901/34901-h/34901-h.htm https://gutenberg.org/files/34901/34901-h/34901-h.htm "Memoirs of extraordinary popular delusions and the madness of crowds" (Charles Mackay, 1852) https://www.gutenberg.org/files/24518/24518-h/24518-h.htm https://www.gutenberg.org/files/24518/24518-h/24518-h.htm "The Evolution of Cooperation" (Robert Axelrod, ) https://ee.stanford.edu/~hellman/Breakthrough/book/pdfs/axelrod.pdf https://ee.stanford.edu/~hellman/Breakthrough/book/pdfs/axel...
webdoodle 8mo ago
This should be at the top of everyone's reading list. It was the blueprint for the CIA's regime change agenda, led too MKUltra/Mockingbird and is still required reading for most Terrorism studies classes.

krick 8mo ago

I don't think this list is as famous as you assume it to be. The only "Carl Sagan reading list" I managed to find [0] is apparently his personal TODO note (books he plans to read, but haven't at the moment of writing). Which obviously isn't the same thing as "his famous reading list for students". [0] https://www.sciencealert.com/get-inspired-by-carl-sagan-s-ambitious-college-reading-list https://www.sciencealert.com/get-inspired-by-carl-sagan-s-am...

Joel_Mckay 8mo ago
Even today, people still discuss Carl Sagan and his Astronomy 490 course structure: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Pc3IuVNuO0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Pc3IuVNuO0 The articles posted UFO cult study reference is part of the reading list. =3 "On Liberty" (John Stuart Mill, 1859) https://gutenberg.org/files/34901/34901-h/34901-h.htm https://gutenberg.org/files/34901/34901-h/34901-h.htm "Memoirs of extraordinary popular delusions and the madness of crowds" (Charles Mackay, 1852) https://www.gutenberg.org/files/24518/24518-h/24518-h.htm https://www.gutenberg.org/files/24518/24518-h/24518-h.htm "The Evolution of Cooperation" (Robert Axelrod, ) https://ee.stanford.edu/~hellman/Breakthrough/book/pdfs/axelrod.pdf https://ee.stanford.edu/~hellman/Breakthrough/book/pdfs/axel...

webdoodle 8mo ago

This should be at the top of everyone's reading list. It was the blueprint for the CIA's regime change agenda, led too MKUltra/Mockingbird and is still required reading for most Terrorism studies classes.