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What's the most radical book you've read?

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Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid

A unique synthesis of aesthetics and mathematics that completely formed my worldview.

Perhaps slightly dated, because it was written very early in the computer revolution. Had it been written today, the Artificial Intelligence chapters would be very different.

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Almost every book by Nietzsche. For example: Thus Spoke Zarathustra The Gay Science Human All Too Human

And, almost as a contrary, Tolstoy, My Religion. For example, he claims that - the teachings of Jesus are a reflection of human needs; break them and you will suffer, - every form of oath taking is forbidden; every time you align yourself with some external authority, you will suffer or do evil, - no form of judging another is ever allowed; even the criminal justice system is against the teachings of the Christ, - any form of non-monogamy leads to suffering; even just fantasizing about a woman who is not your wife will lead to suffering.

There’s more.

I’m not a Christian or religious. But this is radical. And interesting.

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The most radical book I’ve read is the Bible. But dramatically different…Discover of Freedom by Rose Wilder Lane perhaps. I don’t agree with everything she wrote but she had some interesting ideas.

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The suggestion that one can have a direct relationship with God tends to annoy those in power of various forms who might prefer to mediate that authority.

Others are less thrilled of the threat of eternal concequences for their actions.

I like the salvation by grace bit.

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

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The suggestion that one can have a direct relationship with God tends to annoy those in power of various forms who might prefer to mediate that authority. Others are less thrilled of the threat of eternal concequences for their actions. I like the salvation by grace bit.

> The suggestion that one can have a direct relationship with God tends to annoy those in power of various forms who might prefer to mediate that authority.

Genuinely, have you read the bible? Because this is not message of it at all.

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