Let's Talk Books

The LLM Narcissus trap

Unraveling the threads of language, mind, and life

Jan 6 • Ryan

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December 2025

My favorite books of 2025

See you next year!

Dec 2, 2025 • Ryan

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November 2025

The Epic of Gilgamesh is a cautionary tale

And the Flood myth too

Nov 4, 2025 • Ryan

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October 2025

The Ottoman way of power

Slavery + conversion + meritocracy

Oct 7, 2025 • Ryan

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September 2025

Simone de Beauvoir: We have a moral duty to live our freedom

And fight that others may have theirs

Sep 2, 2025 • Ryan

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August 2025

Hello, Su Dongpo

Meet China's Leonardo Da Vinci

Aug 5, 2025 • Ryan

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July 2025

Jonathan Franzen was right about the climate crisis

He was only five years ahead of the consensus

Jul 29, 2025 • Ryan

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Lucretius and the material sublime

The Epicurean universe is both soothing and terrifying

Jul 15, 2025 • Ryan

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Paul vs. Roman masculinity

In which Saul gets Christ-pilled

Jul 1, 2025 • Ryan

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June 2025

You should read Pedro Páramo twice

And then maybe watch the Netflix version

Jun 17, 2025 • Ryan

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The only winning move is not to play

Trying on Schopenhauer's philosophy

Jun 3, 2025 • Ryan

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May 2025

Are we honor bound?

And thus shame bound?

May 20, 2025 • Ryan

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