Valhalla
Request: Doc has calibrated during a video lecture that there exists a realm that can be called Valhalla – a warrior's heaven. Is it really a heaven?
Arts & Humanities
The Assembly of Women, by Aristophenes
"The women of Athens concoct a daring scheme: penetrate the male-dominated Assembly disguised as men and vote themselves into power, after which they will overturn the old laws and inaugurate a new society where all are equal and where property and sex, too! is shared" -- amazon
learning foreign languages
By request
satire
the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people's stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues -- Oxford Languages
six degrees of separation
the idea that all people are six or fewer social connections away from each other -- wikipedia. Priority request.
Socratic questioning
to explore complex ideas, to get to the truth of things, to open up issues and problems, to uncover assumptions, to analyze concepts, to distinguish what we know from what we do not know, to follow out logical consequences of thought or to control discussions -- wikipedia
The Oxford English Dictionary
Request: Considered the most accurate assembly of the English language and the most used dictionary for research purposes.
The Anti-Communist Manifesto, by Jesse Kelly
"for anyone who feels alienated by political and popular culture in the United States and recognizes the danger of communism as it threatens to rip apart America’s social fabric" -- amazon
Lolita, by Vladimir Nabokov
It has been included in many lists of best books, such as Time's List of the 100 Best Novels, Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century, Bokklubben World Library, Modern Library's 100 Best Novels, and The Big Read -- wikipedia (priority request)
Ted Kaczynski's Unibomber manifesto
contends that the Industrial Revolution began a harmful process of natural destruction brought about by technology, while forcing humans to adapt to machinery, creating a sociopolitical order that suppresses human freedom and potential -- wikipedia
Mark Twain
Request: Praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced", and called "the father of American literature."
William Shakespeare
Request: Regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.
John Money (sexologist)
known for his research into sexual identity and biology of gender. He was one of the first researchers to publish theories on the influence of societal constructs of gender on individual formation of gender identity -- wikipedia
Woke: past, present, and future (video)
Dr. James Lindsay on Marxism: The definition of Equity - Woke is Maoism with western characteristics - They see themselves as nations, evolved to attack the west - The Goal is to make us global citizens (YouTube)
A Cowboy's Prayer, poem by Badger Clark
"...And yet I seem to feel You near tonight / In this dim, quiet starlight on the plains. / I thank You, Lord, that I am placed so well, / That You have made my freedom so complete..."