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The Daily Stoic
The speaker recommended this book as important for understanding the unpleasant history of a place, encouraging readers to learn true facts instead of mythology or propaganda.
I'm sure you're familiar with all of them. But forget the Alamo. I think it's a really important book. You should not just understand the history of the place that you live, but the unpleasant history...
— Episode: Life Is Too Short To Read Bad Books
Episode: Life Is Too Short To Read Bad Books
The speaker recommended this book as important for understanding the unpleasant history of a place, encouraging readers to learn true facts instead of mythology or propaganda.
I'm sure you're familiar with all of them. But forget the Alamo. I think it's a really important book. You should not just understand the history of the place that you live, but the unpleasant history of the place that you live, right? Not the mythology or the propaganda, but the true facts.
I heard a great expression of if the history you're reading is comfortable, you're probably not reading history, right? You're reading your reading is propaganda in myth.