Red pill sourcelist

I do not commonly refer to America as a “funhouse” merely because it is a funny metaphor. I believe our culture aggressively erodes the emotional equilibrium of its subjects. The disequilibrium we feel in a funhouse is the same emotion as the fascination we feel for Jersey Shore (for some value of “we”).

It is intoxicating and addictive, but it is evil. Bearing the telltale signs, it works slowly, deliberately, patiently exploiting the weaknesses of the human psyche. The proprietors of filth have various motivations (wealth, power, et al.), many of them are highly intelligent, and some of them are very old. And I mean very old.

But for all that, a small rock can shatter a thousand painstakingly crafted mirrors. You can depend on a rock. You can build your house upon it and lay your fears to rest. Modern men worry too much about the tide.

Very occasionally I’ll happen upon a source of information (an author, usually) containing so much raw, unvarnished truth that it will shatter nigh on decades of blue pill propaganda, socially acceptable lies, and mimetic cultural tropes. That’s what the truth can do. I live to find such gems in the rough. It’s my greatest source of inspiration—in the etymological sense (it gives me breath and drives my blood). It is an addiction as healthy as a funhouse is destructive.

Such as this inspired Handel to write his Messiah, the only masterpiece to grace a composer of tertiary talent.

Raw, uncut diamonds.

I do not yet possess the knowledge to transform these stones into beautiful treasures. But I am something of a collector.

	Creator	Medium	Discovered
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring	Johann Bach	Music	1993
The Lord of the Rings	J.R.R. Tolkien	Book	1996
Mere Christianity	C.S. Lewis	Book	2002
Logic	(Omitted)	College course*	2004
No Nonsense Self Defense	Marc MacYoung	Website	2004
Type Logic	Joe Butt	Website	2008
Conjecture and Proof	Diane Driscoll Schwartz	Book	2009
Introduction to Computer Organization	Yale N. Patt and Sanjay J. Patel	Book	2009
The King James Bible	King James I/VI**	Book	2009
Chateau Heartiste	Roissy/Heartiste	Blog	2009
Perelandra	C.S. Lewis	Book	2009
The Underground History of American Education	John Taylor Gatto	Book	2010
Lockhart’s Lament	Paul Lockhart	PDF	2010
Vox Popoli	Vox Day	Blog	2010
Human Action	Ludwig von Mises	Book	2010
Marianas Trench	August Burns Red	Music	2010
Fred on Everything	Fred Reed	Blog	2011
Married Man Sex Life	Athol Kay	Blog/Book	2012
The Bell Curve	Charles Murray and Richard Hernstein	Book	2012
The Illiad	Homer	Book	2012
Koanic Soul	Koanic	Website	2012
Vault Co.	Texas Arcanum	Blog	2012
Mystery Method	Erik von Markovik	Book	2012

*A community college course that I took in high school, at that. But I was hooked. Any introductory book on logic would likely serve.
**Of England/Scotland. He commissioned the translation from the church of England, so he’s more of a figurehead in this table.